WASHINGTON – The House and Senate met in a joint session of Congress on Monday and certified the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. The whole thing took barely half an hour.

Monday's meeting to certify the election comes amid efforts by President-elect Trump to downplay the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Historically, the date presidential elections are certified are mundane. That is, until four years ago, when it meant certifying a loss that the 45th president falsely claims did ...

The president ordered the withdrawal of the country from the Paris climate agreement and took action on immigration policy ...

Rep. Elise Stefanik is likely to face questions at her confirmation hearing on Tuesday to become the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations about her lack of foreign policy experience ...

Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi says if President Biden offered him a preemptive pardon for his role in leading the investigation into then-President Donald Trump's role in the 2021 ...

The Kansas Legislature swore in 165 lawmakers for the 2025 legislative session, including 12 representing Topeka districts.

The Carter Center confirmed in a statement on Monday that it had accepted an invitation from Congress for the country’s 39th president, who died on Sunday, to lie in state from Jan. 7 through ...

Reminders of Jan. 6 Attack Fade in the Capitol as Trump Retakes Power WASHINGTON (AP) — Inside the Capitol, reminders of the violence are increasingly hard to find. Scars on the walls have been ...

President Biden awarded the leaders of the former Jan. 6 House Select Committee, former Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney and Mississippi Democrat Rep. Bennie Thompson, the second-highest ...