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President-elect Trump's team is confident that Senate Republicans will approve his cabinet selection after the president-elect picked cabinet nominees at a rapid-fire pace.

Sen. Bernie Sanders' effort to prevent the White House from selling certain weapons to Israel was overwhelmingly rejected by the U.S. Senate Wednesday by a margin of roughly 60 votes.

House Republicans scored a valuable pickup in Alaska's lone seat in the chamber, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola.

President-elect Trump announced on Wednesday that he was picking former congressman Pete Hoekstra to be the U.S. ambassador to Canada.

California voters narrowly defeated a measure to raise the minimum wage, which would have exacerbated inflation, opponents of the ballot initiative said.

Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., who is reportedly in consideration to lead the Labor Department, is traveling to Mar-a-Lago at the end of this week, Fox News Digital has learned.

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra was grilled about his department's Refugee Resettlement Office and unaccompanied migrant children.

Republican lawmakers revealed they will have a heightened focus on legislation related to preventing gender-related medical care for minors.

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Republican senators have some concerns about Trump's choice of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says that justice was served after a judge sentenced the 26-year-old migrant from Venezuela who was convicted of murdering Laken Riley to a life sentence in prison.

A high school athlete's family filed a Title IX complaint after she was moved to junior varsity to make room for a transgender athlete on the varsity squad.

Nearly 200 migrant advocacy groups called for President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas to make sweeping moves ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House.

The House Ethics Committee held a meeting on Wednesday but did not reach an agreement to release the report on its investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is planning to deport criminal illegal immigrants in state prisons, coinciding with a push by the incoming Trump administration.

Automotive experts reveal their thoughts on President-elect Trump reportedly considering a slash to the tax credit for electric vehicles.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced a new bathroom policy banning biological males from women's spaces at the Capitol and House office buildings.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., urged his Senate GOP colleagues not to form a "lynch mob" and to give Matt Gaetz a fair shot during his confirmation hearings to be U.S. attorney general.

Elon Musk indicated he would be interested in meeting with Alex Soros, who responded by noting that he would be open to a meeting.

A northwest Ohio House race that many believed could determine who ultimately controls the House of Representatives was called by The Associated Press three weeks after Election Day.

Iran has increased its nearly weapons-grade uranium, a United Nations watchdog found, defying international demands to rein in its nuclear program.

The Biden administration wants to spend every dollar allocated under the president's Chips and Science Act before President-elect Donald Trump enters the White House, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo indicated during an interview this week.

President-elect Donald Trump could quickly seek to tackle an immigration program that some have argued has long been subject to abuse and fraud, according to one expert.

There are still four uncalled House races that will determine the size of the Republican majority in Congress after the 2024 elections.

Donald Trump has begun selecting people to fill top administration jobs in Washington upon returning to the Oval Office in January. Trump beat Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.