With 50 days left until his inauguration, President-elect Trump is ahead of the game. Not only has he been able to make good on his campaign promise to keep some U.S. manufacturing jobs from leaving the United States, he’s also exceeded his predecessors in the number of candidates he’s nominated to his Cabinet.
Nearly 2,500 refugees from terrorism hotspots around the world are bound for the U.S. after being rejected by Australia, but not even top lawmakers can get answers about who they are.
President-elect Donald Trump touched down in wingman Mike Pence's home state Thursday to take a bow for their dramatic, job-saving deal with Carrier air conditioning.
The Senate unanimously approved legislation Thursday that extends by 10 years the ability of the United States to hit companies who do business with Iran with economic sanctions.
Only about 1 in 4 people in the United States wants President-elect Donald Trump to entirely repeal his predecessor's health care law that extended coverage to millions, according to a poll.
House Democrats angry over the party's dreary Election Day voted Thursday to strip some power from Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi — but with her support.
American consumers and businesses would pay — literally — if President-elect Donald Trump followed through on his campaign pledge to slap big taxes on imports from China and Mexico.
President Barack Obama has nearly ruled out any major last-ditch effort to put pressure on Israel over stalled peace negotiations with the Palestinians, U.S. officials said, indicating Obama will likely avoid one last row with Israel's government as he leaves office.
The first candidate-driven statewide recount of a presidential election in 16 years began Thursday in Wisconsin, a state that Donald Trump won by less than a percentage point over Hillary Clinton after polls long predicted a Clinton victory.
President Obama has pointed the finger for the drubbing his party took in last month's elections squarely at America's most watched and most trusted cable news network.
It’s only appropriate that Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, invoked Hall of Fame quarterback Bobby Layne when describing his unsuccessful effort to dislodge House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., from her Congressional leadership post.
The exciting thing about a new president from a different party—and especially this new president—is that zillions of journalists get to write about the impact on their little corner of the world.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich blasted incoming Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer Wednesday night, saying that the New Yorker had "has no ideas, he has no solutions, he has no reforms, what he’s got is baloney."
President-elect Donald Trump has spoken with more than 40 foreign leaders since he won the Nov. 8 election, but his transition team has provided few details about what is discussed in those conversations.
In persuading Carrier to keep hundreds of jobs in Indiana, President-elect Donald Trump is claiming victory on behalf of factory workers whose positions were bound for Mexico.
The House easily approved a sweeping biomedical bill Wednesday that would help drug and medical device companies win swifter government approval of their products, boost disease research and drug-abuse spending and revamp federal mental health programs.
The decades-long effort to recognize and honor the U.S. Merchant Marines of WWII took another step forward Wednesday when the House passed a bipartisan measure to award the seamen a Congressional Gold Medal.
The number of unaccompanied children crossing into the U.S. from Mexico nearly doubled this year, a key lawmaker said Wednesday, citing Border Patrol figures that could drive swift action by the incoming Trump administration and even prompted a Democrat to acknowledge the need for “strong borders.”
