How we got here: Among the new members, the freshmen class of the 119th Congress will include at least 40 Democrats — 34 in the House and six in the Senate — and 38 Republicans — 32 in the House and ...

Winner-take-all is the electoral software that generates two dominant parties and relegates third parties to playing the role ...

The 119th Congress will be the first one in recent years to buck the general trend of more racial, gender, age and ethnic diversity.

NBC News is making a series of changes to its White House and Capitol Hill teams, as is typical with a new administration and ...

The authors write "The United States will soon have the presidency and both houses of Congress controlled by a political ...

Conservatives claim that Donald Trump’s electoral victories show that his Republican Party, not the Democrats, now represents ...

With Congress ceding so much power to presidents, Trump, not GOP lawmakers, is where the action is.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other top Democrats will hold a press conference Tuesday afternoon to outline top priorities for the next two years. Vice President Harris gaveled ...

The opening day of the new Congress was marred by intra-party fratricide, with the Speaker of the House being elected after ...

Exploring the meaning of seniority in all of its American manifestations.

GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk of Georgia posed with House Speaker Mike Johnson for a photograph to mark the start of the next ...

Monday's joint session will be governed by a revised set of procedures that clarify the vice president's role, a change aimed at preventing attempts to overturn election results.