A new US Congress has assembled, and the Republicans have a majority in both chambers. But president-elect Donald Trump faces some likely roadblocks.

The US has come within a whisker of a political nightmare after the Republican speaker of the country’s House of Representatives just squeaked back into the role.

With the start of the 119th Congress on Friday, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott will become the longest-serving Black Senator ...

New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his ...

Elissa Slotkin is sworn in as the newest senator from the state of Michigan on Jan. 3, 2024. The vice president-elect wore a ...

The Senate Select Committee on Energy Planning and Regulation in Australia reported on the National Electricity Market ...

2025 will see at least 12 confirmed elections across the globe with a handful that will likely prove to be pivotal. But with ...

The Department of Home Affairs received the highest number of workers’ compensation claims last financial year and shared the ...

Moving Australia Day away from January 26 could be the only way to resolve the day’s tensions, two historians have warned, as the country continues to splinter over the meaning of the date.

What Is the Social Security Fairness Act? The Social Security Fairness Act would eliminate two provisions that restrict ...

Republicans are demanding that the Senate confirm President-elect Donald Trump’s national security picks “as soon as possible ...

PTA chief says law, interior ministries should justify legality of the move; claims two companies have applied for VPN ...