Rep. Matt Gaetz's pick as attorney general raised major concerns in Congress. President-elect Donald Trump was elected with a mandate last week. He's now using it to challenge Republican senators ...

Multiple Republican senators are looming as potential obstacles to President-elect Trump’s controversial Cabinet picks, especially his two most polarizing choices: former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) ...

The GOP held onto a slew of at-risk incumbents as results trickled in over the past week, and Republicans also picked up a few seats in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Colorado. But they still lost a ...

The GOP sealed a majority in the lower chamber of Congress Wednesday as news organizations crowned the party’s candidates winners in a minimum of 218 seats, although their final margin is ...

Earlier in the day, the AP called the race in California’s 41st District for Republican Rep. Ken Calvert, putting the GOP at 217 seats. Democrat Kirsten Engel also conceded her race challenging ...

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) won an uncontested race Wednesday to become the No. 4 Senate Republican, keeping her hold on a post in GOP leadership. Capito served the previous two years as ...

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) earned the Senate GOP conference chair position Wednesday, defeating Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) for the coveted spot. Cotton defeated the Iowa Republican in what was the ...

Boosted in part by two pivotal Arizona races, Republicans have won a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, helping to cement total GOP control over the federal government’s elected bodies.

Republican Rep. David Valadao, left, faced Democratic challenger Rudy Salas in California's 22nd Congressional District. (Los Angeles Times) Republican Rep. David Valadao managed to once again ...

Iowa Republican lawmakers have reelected Sen. Jack Whitver as Senate majority leader and Rep. Pat Grassley as House speaker, they announced Tuesday. Republicans expanded their majorities in last ...

Tammy Baldwin as "brutally hard and painful" and a "gut-wrenching punch to the solar plexus" in a radio interview, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde also posted a video leaving open the ...

GOP has 214 of the 218 seats they need for a majority in the House, The Associated Press reported Tuesday morning. The path to victory is more difficult but not impossible for the Democrats ...