Get the latest news on the transition to the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump and the new Congress.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk hit out at political rivals over the blazes, which experts have pinned on high winds and low rainfall

Following the 2024 elections, the Republican Party now hold the US House of Representatives with a thin majority of five. Regina Wagner writes that this narrow majority reflects voters’ dissatisfac…

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, both conservative and liberal politicians say higher education changes in red parts of America could be a road map for the rest of the country

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, both conservative and liberal politicians say higher education changes in red parts of America could be a road map for the rest of the country.

House and Senate Republicans are split on how to advance Trump’s agenda, and hope the president-elect will give Congress marching orders.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) is lodging her own accusations against a fellow member after he said he would like an investigation into the House Select Committee that probed the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Punchbowl News reported on Tuesday that Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) would like to see a select committee to investigate the selec…

Democrat Allison Riggs won re-election to supreme court by 734 votes but her opponent is challenging 60,000 ballots

President-elect Donald Trump’s legislative agenda faces roadblocks before he even takes office. Despite his Republican Party controlling all branches of the federal government, resolving a once-in-a-decade fight over the tax code as well as immigration and energy policy overhauls is troubled by arcane budget rules, congressional dysfunction and jittery government debt markets. That risk became clearer on Wednesday, when long-term Treasury yields spiked to 5%. A bungled legislative approach could further spook markets, dooming Republicans’ plans.

President-elect Trump on Wednesday said “it doesn’t matter” whether Republicans on Capitol Hill tackle his top priorities on taxes, energy and the border in one package or two as the party tries to…

Big promises and a small majority.

Allison Riggs won the seat by 734 votes, but her opponent is trying to invalidate 60,000.

Why the North Carolina state Supreme Court allowing the case to proceed two months after the election is so extraordinary.