Keeping Donald Trump in check will be among the California Democrat’s top challenges as she presides over the House of Representatives
Fears of a shutdown — which could send thousands of federal employees home without pay just before Christmas — helped send US stocks tumbling
Nancy Pelosi is seeking to reclaim the gavel that she first wielded a dozen years ago when she became the first female speaker of the House
The runoff in the Republican stronghold between Hyde-Smith and Espy came under national scrutiny when unsettling remarks by the senator
The US midterm election has been a tug of war over key issues, but none has had a more dramatic impact on voters than Donald Trump
Kavanaugh’s confirmation as a replacement for retiring justice Anthony Kennedy was controversial from the start
If he wins confirmation, Kavanaugh will seal a conservative majority on the nine-seat high court for years to come
Pollsters rate the Ohio race between Republican state senator Troy Balderson and Democratic lawyer Danny O’Connor as a toss-up
Facebook shut down 32 fake pages and accounts involved in an apparent ‘coordinated’ effort to stoke hot-button issues ahead of midterm US elections
The court ruling handed a major victory to Trump in a tortuous legal battle over the Republican leader’s efforts to restrict immigration