New York state Senator Pat Fahy was sworn in Friday to represent the 46th district after a long career in the Assembly.

Despite all the drama over warring House Republicans, Trump’s radical legislative agenda will mostly be shaped by Thune’s ...

Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., was reelected House Speaker on Jan. 3., receiving the bare minimum, 218 votes. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., was selected by his Republican colleagues as the Senate’s new majority ...

The affable traditional conservative from South Dakota is the first new chief of the Senate G.O.P. in nearly two decades. He ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Peter Welch were both chosen to serve on the committee that oversees taxation, tariffs, and trade.

The Senate gaveled in on Friday and officially came under Republican control, with newly elected Majority Leader John Thune ...

Friday marks the start of the 119th United States Congress as new members are scheduled to be sworn in on Capitol Hill. As Washington prepares for the new legislative session, let’s meet who will be ...

Mary Anne Krupsak, New York's first female lieutenant governor and a trailblazer in state politics, died on December 28, 2024, at her home on Seneca Lake, according to an obituary posted by her loved ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she will introduce legislation to expand the state’s involuntary commitment laws to allow hospitals to compel more mentally ill people into treatment.

Republican Mike Johnson has won re-election to the House speakership on dramatic first-round voting. He pushed past GOP ...

Speaker Mike Johnson faces a major challenge in the new Congress: the narrowest House majority in nearly 100 years. In a dramatic turn of events, Johnson managed to retain the gavel in a single vote ...