Lawmakers are back in town this week for the start of what’s called the “lame duck,” the eight-week sprint to finish up this ...

Speaker Robin Vos will continue serving as the Wisconsin Assembly’s top Republican for yet another term after being ...

After a big election night that saw Republicans grow their majorities, GOP lawmakers have reelected Jack Whitver and Pat ...

Illinois Senate Republicans called on Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker to promise not to raise taxes to address a projected budget ...

You don’t have to wait for Walmart’s actual Black Friday sale: These stellar discounts on Wirecutter-approved products are ...

Now that there is a Republican majority in the next Congress, it’s time for the party to bare its internal fault lines. That ...

Republicans renominated Jon Burns of Newington as speaker, traditionally the second-most influential post in state government ...

President-elect Donald Trump has selected South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as his next secretary of the Department of Homeland ...

After a four-day break, the defense geared up to begin cross examination on Tuesday morning in former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's federal corruption trial.

Ghana's Supreme Court restored the ruling party's majority in the parliament on Tuesday ahead of the Dec. 7 election, with an order that the speaker's declaration of four seats as vacant was ...