AP Elections

A New York judge says he'll make a decision as early as next week on the future of Donald Trump's hush money case

President-elect Donald Trump has stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping someone largely inexperienced and untested on the global stage to take over the world’s largest and most powerful military

President-elect Donald Trump has stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be defense secretary

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson is beginning the hard fight to retain his gavel

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson is beginning the hard fight to retain his gavel

Rep. Mike Johnson has won the Republican nomination to remain as House speaker, on track to keep the gavel after a morning endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump ahead of a full House vote in the new year

In the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades, three senators are vying to replace longtime GOP leader Mitch McConnell when he steps down from the post at the beginning of next year

It was the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades

Republican senators will gather behind closed doors Wednesday to decide who will replace longtime Senate leader Mitch McConnell and lead their new majority next year — a decision that could determine the future of the Senate, and the party, as Donald Trump reclaims the presidency

Sen. John Thune has won an internal election among Republican senators to become the chamber’s next majority leader