President-elect Donald Trump's victory may mean that the World Health Organization's pandemic preparedness agreement might ...

Three Republican senators with a history as rabble-rousers are poised for the first time in their careers to chair major ...

Justice Sonia Sotomayor is the first Hispanic justice and at 70, is not the oldest member of the Supreme Court.

Donald Trump will be the 47th President of the U.S. Not since 1892 has a President been elected to two non-consecutive terms, ...

A CNN legal analyst suggested Vice President Kamala Harris could be nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court.Attorney Bakari Sellers, who was a Democratic member of the South Carolina House of ...

Roll Call lays out what newly elected members have championed in the past and what perspective they might bring to the GOP-controlled Senate. Meanwhile, one more government spending battle looms in ...

When Donald Trump first won the 2016 election at 70 years old, he became the oldest person to be elected U.S. president — and the first to ... Republicans are projected to take control of the Senate.

Longtime Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell is stepping down, setting up a race to replace him between John Thune of South ...

The 118th Congress is likely to have at least one final political standoff before the balance of power shifts, and it's over ...

In 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president. He was assassinated five ...

In a historic victory, Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) was elected to the U.S. Senate on November 5, becoming the first Korean American ...

A Republican in the White House isn’t the only big change Indian Country is facing as tribes seek to hold the U.S. government accountable for its trust and treaty responsibilities.