The Independent’s data correspondent looks at the numbers you need to know from the 2024 election, from how many states were ...

Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold ...

Wade into federal law if elected. Before her election to Congress, Chavez-DeRemer was a former mayor of the Portland suburb ...

Republicans are also already planning an extension of the tax cuts Trump enacted in 2017 — the last time he and his party had ...

Returning lawmakers will be choosing the leaders for the next Congress and finishing work on the remaining priorities of the ...

On January 6, 2025, the House and Senate are to assemble to watch as electoral votes from each state are opened and counted.

Republicans have finally completed the so-called trifecta and secured the 218 seats required for control of the U.S. House of ...

Control over the U.S. House of Representatives still hangs in the balance, teetering between a Republican or Democratic ...

The announcement sent shockwaves around the country and across Northwest Florida. Congressman Matt Gaetz was nominated to be ...

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., has resigned from Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced on Wednesday, the same day President-elect Donald Trump tapped the Florida lawmaker to serve as his ...

Democrats were projected to win at least 208 House seats and Republicans 215 seats as of Friday. A party needs 218 seats in order to have the majority.

On Wednesday, the Republican Party cleared the threshold of 218 seats, achieving majorities in both Congress chambers.