With a Republican lieutenant governor casting tie-breaking votes in the chamber, Democrats can lose just one vote on party-line issues.

President-elect Donald Trump picked South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to head the Department of Homeland Security, as he zeroes in on border security.

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Donald Trump is quickly building his administration for his second term. Several top jobs have been filled so far.

One week out from Election Day, more than 1.6 million Ohioans have already voted. As of Monday night, more than 742,000 ...

Democrats don't have to look back far into history to see how getting rid of the legislative filibuster would work out. In ...

Smaller states, such as Vermont and Wyoming, get three votes, as they only have one member of the House of Representatives ...

Tuesday, state senators with the Bail Task Force heard from industry experts. “We can flesh out some findings from the courts ...

In the weeks ahead, Congress faces another deadline, Dec. 20, to fund the federal government or risk a shutdown, and ...

Republicans flipped Democratic-controlled Senate seats in West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Montana. In the latter three ...

Hegseth is an Army National Guard veteran and according to his website served in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Trump has wasted no time in moving to assemble his team for a second term in the White House -- naming Susie Wiles as his ...