Congress

A recess appointment takes place when a president bypasses the Senate to confirm cabinet nominees when both the House and Senate are not in session for at least 10 days.

The House speaker Johnson told “Fox News Sunday” that “we’ll have to see how this develops” when asked whether he’d let Trump bypass the usual Senate confirmation process.

An unidentified “adversary” hacked into the email system for the Library of Congress, accessing information sent via email between January and September 2024, the Library said.

Republican senators are preparing for a robust vetting of Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department, with a keen interest in details from a House Ethics Committee investigation into the former congressman from Florida.

House Republicans on Wednesday endorsed Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) to remain as House speaker.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was chosen by House Republicans Wednesday afternoon to be the Republican nominee for speaker in January, according to a post by the House Republican Conference on X. 

At a Congressional hearing on Wednesday, former senior intelligence official Luis Elizondo testified that Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) are in some cases “splitting aircraft formations right down the middle.”

Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, told NBC News he recently “made a mistake” mixing Ambien and alcohol ahead of a flight and was “briefly detained” by police.

Republicans will maintain control of the House of Representatives by the thinnest of margins, NBC News projected on Wednesday.

Republicans will maintain control of the House of Representatives by the thinnest of margins, NBC News projected Wednesday, handing President-elect Donald Trump and his party all the levers of power in Washington.

Former senior intelligence official Luis Elizondo testified Wednesday at House Oversight Committee hearing that a “multi-decade secretive arms race” is playing out on the global state.

Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace Mitch McConnell in the top job.

Republicans inched their way closer to a potential House majority after a key win Tuesday. Still, several toss-up races remain in play that could determine which party controls the House next year.

Though control over the U.S. House of Representatives still hangs in the balance, Republicans were inching closer to victory Tuesday morning with more seats gained but more than a dozen races still uncalled.

Control over the U.S. House of Representatives still hangs in the balance, teetering between a Republican or Democratic majority with less than 20 races left to be called.

NBC News has called the final two states in the presidential election, but two Senate seats and a slew of House seats remain up for grabs.

With Republicans poised to take control of the White House and Senate in January, all eyes turn toward the House of Representatives as several key races remain uncalled.

NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern offers key political takeaways from a historic election week as President-elect Donald Trump has secured a second term in the White House.

Whichever party wins control of the House and Senate must decide how to handle a slew of consequential policy matters.

These sleeper congressional races could determine which party wins a majority in the House or Senate, which will have a substantial impact on the next president’s agenda.