House Speaker Paul Ryan described his meeting Thursday with President-elect Donald Trump on Capitol Hill as "exciting" in an interview on "Special Report with Bret Baier," while also elaborating on what the two discussed about the GOP legislative agenda.
If the tears and hanging heads at Clinton headquarters Tuesday night didn't tell the story, a conference call among House Democrats the following day did.
A ranking Democrat in New Jersey is calling for lawmakers to consider impeachment proceedings against Republican Gov. Chris Christie after two of his aides were convicted in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing case.
The Illinois congressman who resigned amid scrutiny of lavish spending — including remodeling his Capitol Hill office in the style of the television series "Downton Abbey" — was indicted Thursday on 24 federal counts ranging from theft of government funds to filing false federal income tax returns.
Donald Trump's election has thrust Chris Christie into a powerful role as chairman of the president-elect's transition team -- but the governor's growing political baggage has left his own prospects for landing a plum post in the Trump administration in doubt.
The man who made “For the Love of Money” his television show’s theme song was outraised, outspent and out-advertised by Hillary Clinton's billion-dollar bid.
Bernie Sanders is leaving open the possibility of another presidential bid, saying in a Thursday interview that he wants to focus on helping the party rebuild its base after Donald Trump's victory.
Aaron Schock, who resigned from his Illinois congressional seat last year amid scrutiny of his spending, expects to be indicted by a federal grand jury, his defense team said Thursday.
President Obama hosted President-elect Donald Trump at the White House for their first formal meeting Thursday, as the outgoing president and the CEO poised to replace him sought to set aside their many differences and chart a peaceful transition of power in January.
One of Donald Trump's most controversial campaign proposals -- his call to suspend Muslim immigration -- has disappeared from his website, now that he's president-elect.
Despite the conciliatory tone struck in President-elect Donald Trump’s victory speech early Wednesday morning, a top surrogate and rumored contender to be the next attorney general twice left the door open to prosecution of Hillary Clinton once Trump takes the White House.
Before he gets to any of his campaign promises – building a border wall with Mexico, killing ObamaCare, reversing President Obama’s executive orders – Donald Trump will first face the daunting debt ceiling.
Things are getting ugly in the liberal precincts of the media.As the news business tries to grapple with the previously unthinkable—a Trump presidency—some of its left-wing practitioners are venting their rage, both at the country and at the press.
House Speaker Paul Ryan vowed Wednesday to help lead a “unified Republican government” with Donald Trump as president, promising Americans that the entire party can now work “hand in hand” to solve the country’s problems.
Thousands of people coast-to-coast took to the streets Wednesday night to protest Donald Trump’s election, disrupting traffic, chanting anti-Trump slogans and some ending up in handcuffs.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich slammed Republicans who refused to back Donald Trump during the general election as "whiny, sniveling negative cowards" Wednesday night, less than 24 hours after Trump was elected president.