New top US Senate Republican John Thune steps up as Trump returns
U.S. Senate Republican leader John Thune faces the test of his career this year as he tries to steer Donald Trump's agenda ...
As new Senate gets underway, Thune vows to uphold Senate filibuster
Sen. John Thune used his first few minutes of floor time to make a commitment to defend the filibuster rule, which requires ...
Slotkin sworn in as new US senator, new House members wait for speakership vote to end
Elissa Slotkin is neither a congressman nor a senator-elect any longer, having been sworn in as Michigan's newest U.S. senator Friday afternoon with the installation of the 119th Congress. Across the ...
Harris botches Pledge of Allegiance on Senate’s opening day
Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday flubbed while saying the Pledge of Allegiance in the U.S. Senate. Harris was leading ...
Scandal-scarred Gaetz appears to flirt with Senate run despite bombshell House report on sexual misconduct
Firebrand former Rep. Matt Gaetz on Sunday teased that he might run for US Senate — even as he faces renewed scrutiny over ...
Tim Scott celebrates historic milestone as longest-serving Black US senator
With the start of the 119th Congress on Friday, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott will become the longest-serving Black Senator ...
Who represents you? Here are the demographics of the new US Congress
Friday marks the start of the 119th United States Congress as new members are scheduled to be sworn in on Capitol Hill. As ...
Harris swears in Republican Senate in final weeks of vice presidency
The Senate’s events marked one of Harris’s last constitutional duties as president of the Senate before she and President Joe Biden depart from office on Jan. 20 and Trump and Vice President-elect J.D ...
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Mike Johnson elected speaker of US House as Republicans unite behind him
US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected to the chamber's top job on Friday in a lengthy vote that ...