Democrat Chris Ryan is declaring victory in the race for New York’s 50th State Senate district. With a vast majority of votes ...

President-elect Donald Trump has kept Washington on its toes this week with a rapid-fire of Cabinet nominations, some of whom ...

Lawmakers running for reelection loathe tough votes. And for senators up in purple states in two years, those tough votes are ...

Some of Trump's picks for his cabinet have raised eyebrows due to their lack of experience or relevancy to the appointed ...

Trump appears focused on remaking the federal government in his own image. Some of his choices could face difficult confirmation battles.

Patrons at Murph's Tavern are toasting not just Donald Trump's return to the presidency but the fact that he carried their ...

What you’ve seen is that you have many fewer competitive seats in the country because the way in which redistricting is ...

A backlash to standardized tests has been fueled by complaints they take up too much classroom time and questions about how ...

President-elect Donald Trump is still choosing his nominees for his second term in the White House − and making some ...

Here are the early picks and top contenders for some of the key posts overseeing defence, intelligence, health, diplomacy, trade, immigration and economic policymaking ...

House Republicans will hold onto a thin majority, and while the chamber's exact partisan divide is still to be determined as ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s promises to sign a nationwide “concealed carry reciprocity” law could soon become reality.