Trump's GOP skeptics in Congress face lonely path forward

What's next for Congress after Trump's Gaetz nomination, other team picks?

Many of President-elect Donald Trump's team picks for his second term in the White House will have to go through the Senate confirmation process. Also, an expected House ethics inquiry into former ...

Durbin on Gaetz ethics report as Congress reacts to Trump's attorney general pick

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the Senate's majority whip, is calling for the preservation of the report and any documentation pertaining to the House Ethics Committee inquiry into former Florida Rep. ...

Number of women in Congress stalls for the first time since Trump's 2016 election

Women have made significant gains in Congress in recent elections, but that progress has stalled for the first time since 2016, falling short of the current record levels.

Politics - NBC News - 2 days ago

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez on Winning a Trump District and Fixing Congress

Lessons from a Democratic winner in Trump country.

Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday

Trump transition live updates: Trump taps longtime ally as agriculture secretary

President-elect Donald Trump is continuing to announce his picks for top jobs inside his administration.

Gaetz on not returning to Congress after dropping out of Trump attorney general consideration

Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz told conservative personality Charlie Kirk that he will not be part of the 119th Congress in January. This comes after he announced he would withdraw from ...

Trump is trying to control Congress. Republicans are quietly pushing back.

Republicans opted to quietly push back rather than vocally denounce a questionable Cabinet pick. Look out for that same strategy when it comes to spending and other nominees.

Politics - Politico - 13 hours ago

Election 2024 live updates: Trump flips battleground state of Arizona

Former President Trump has won the election in key swing states such as Georgia and Pennsylvania, and is projected to win the necessary 270 Electoral College votes, while Republicans have taken ...

Politics - The Hill - November 7

Trump seemingly moving forward with Hegseth nomination amid news of past sexual assault probe

Trump communications director Steven Cheung on Friday expressed support for defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth after news broke of a sexual assault allegation Hegseth was investigated for in 2017. ...

Meet the unwilling faces of GOP anti-trans ads: ‘I haven’t been able to sleep’

Former President Trump and Republican congressional candidates have blanketed the nation with campaign ads critical of transgender rights, painting their Democratic opponents as radical for ...

Politics - The Hill - October 30

Trump’s Tax Proposals Face a Fiscal Reckoning

Advisers to President-elect Donald J. Trump and Republicans on Capitol Hill are already looking at ways to scale back some of his more expensive ideas.

Business - The New York Times - November 7

Trump just realigned the entire political map. Democrats have 'no easy path' to fix it.

President-elect Donald Trump raised eyebrows when he decided to hold a campaign rally in the Bronx in late May.

Politics - NBC News - November 12

Trump’s tariff plan would put US on path to ‘crony capitalism’, Griffin says

Founder of hedge fund Citadel also floats possibility of selling minority stake in firm to outside investors

Business - Financial Times - 2 days ago

Democrats plot a path back to victory in Nevada after Trump ends 20-year streak

Democrats lost Nevada in the presidential race for the first time in 20 years, with Donald Trump defeating Kamala Harris, but the party feels it has a strong roadmap to win again in 2028.

Barbados PM asks Donald Trump for face-to-face meeting on climate

Exclusive: Mia Mottley, who has championed climate action, says she would seek common ground with US president-elect. Mia Mottley, the climate-championing prime minister of Barbados, has invited ...

World - The Guardian - November 13

Tapper mocks GOP leaders with clips of Trump calling Harris 'fascist'

CNN host Jake Tapper mocked the two Republican leaders in Congress with clips of former President Trump calling his opponent, Vice President Harris, a “fascist.” Tapper made fun of Speaker Mike ...

Politics - The Hill - October 25

GOP voices frustration, disgust over Trump MSG rally

Republicans are expressing frustration about controversial remarks made at former President Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally, worrying it could complicate the party’s outreach to Hispanic, ...

Politics - The Hill - October 28

2024 election updates: Biden angers GOP associating 'garbage' with Trump supporters

Biden is under fire for turning a comment about "garbage," first used to disparage Puerto Ricans at a Trump rally Sunday, back toward his supporters.

Biden remark about Trump "garbage" rally angers GOP

Biden was responding to a joke made at a Trump rally by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, in which Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage."

How infrequent voters, GOP defectors could tip the battlegrounds for Trump, Harris

CBS News director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto joins "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" to discuss the latest 2024 Battleground Tracker, which shows how voter turnout and ...

Chuck Todd: 'Greatest fear' is Trump win turns GOP into kleptocracy

Former "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd said that his “greatest fear” is the Republican Party will be turned into a kleptocracy if former President Trump wins reelection. “I fear the ...

Politics - The Hill - November 4

What GOP control of House and Senate could mean for a Trump presidency

A Republican-controlled Congress and former President Donald Trump back in the White House will have long implications for the country.

The Atlantic's David Frum leaves GOP after Trump victory

Conservative author David Frum announced Wednesday that he has left the Republican Party following President-elect Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election. “De-registered as a Republican ...

Politics - The Hill - November 6

Kinzinger: Zero percent chance GOP House would buck Trump

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said on Wednesday he was concerned about the potential lack of checks and balances across government branches, especially if Republicans keep control of the ...