Politics

Sen. John Thune remembered President Jimmy Carter at the U.S. Capitol.

President-elect Donald Trump said he plans to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America “because [the US] does most of the work there and it’s ours.”

A Democrat is returning to the job of speaker of the Pennsylvania House after the Republican candidate bowed out. Speaker Joanna McClinton and Republican Floor Leader Jesse Topper tied 101 to 101 on Tuesday before Topper removed himself from consideration. Democratic Rep. Matt Gergely of Allegheny County wasn’t there after suffering a medical...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will resign as the leader of the Liberal Party but remain on as Prime Minister until a new leader of the party is chosen.

Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 election in proceedings Monday that unfolded without challenge, in stark contrast to the Jan. 6, 2021, violence as his mob of supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.

Four years ago, then-President Donald Trump rallied his supporters to march to the U.S. Capitol and urged his vice president to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory. No such drama is expected when Congress convenes to count the Electoral College vote this Jan. 6 — Monday.

The congressional joint session to count electoral votes is expected to be much less eventful than the certification four years ago. On Jan. 6, 2021, a violent mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump tried to stop the count and overturn the results of an election that he lost to Democrat Joe Biden. This time, Trump is returning to office.....

Some of the newest lawmakers in Congress are making history. NBC10 political reporter Lauren Mayk has more from Washington D.C. 

Sarah McBride took a train from Wilmington, Delaware, to Washington, DC, on Thursday to begin her historic tenure as the first openly transgender person in U.S. Congress. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk shows us her journey. 

Gov. Josh Shapiro ordered flags at half-staff in honor of former President Jimmy Carter who died at the age of 100. See reactions from other local leaders to Carter’s death.

Trump allies, including Elon Musk, vigorously defended the program to other MAGA adherents this week.

A multiday firestorm has erupted over comments made by two incoming advisers to President-elect Donald Trump about H-1B temporary worker visas.

The President-elect’s priorities could run into the realities faced by agents focused on enforcement and removals: The number of people already on its lists eclipses the number of officers available to do the work.