These are the president's top advisers and the highest-ranked U.S. officials. Here's what Cabinet members do — and some issues they're likely to face if confirmed by the Senate.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday announced plans to shift into two key roles in the next Congress as he prepares to hand over the torch as the upper chamber’s top ...

Trump has tapped several sitting lawmakers to serve in his administration, including Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and New York ...

The Senate will have a dozen new members on the 119th Congress, six from each party. For the first time, two Black women — ...

Investigators found a trail of thousands of dollars in payments made by the then-lawmaker during a three-year probe, The New ...

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a standard-bearer for the MAGA wing of congressional Republicans, said on ...

If the Senate goes along with President-elect Donald Trump's pick, then financier Howard Lutnick will be the next secretary ...

In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Lee and James explore the role of the Senate and the dysfunction we see today ...

Minnesota House Republican and DFL leaders have begun negotiating how to share power, but getting things passed could be a ...

Republicans on the House Ethics Committee blocked the release of a report into sexual misconduct allegations against former ...

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) will lead the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee next year. He’ll take over for the panel’s ...