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Wall Street stocks plummeted Thursday, erasing Wednesday's massive rally after clear-cut midterm election results.

Sen. Charles E. Schumer is confident he'll earn his caucus' support to serve as Senate majority leader next Congress, but some Democrats are seeking reassurances before committing to back him.

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon left her position as the head of the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division following massive Democratic victories in Tuesday's midterm election, according to several reports.

Apart from Democrat James Talarico's win over Republican Ken Paxton on Tuesday night, two other newcomers to Texas politics, Bobby Pulido and Nathan Johnson, both won their elections, and both share a musical background.

First lady Melania Trump hosted representatives from Russia and Ukraine at the White House on Thursday, taking on an unusual diplomatic role as she seeks to build on a humanitarian ceasefire she helped broker between the two warring nations.

Mississippi's too-close-to-call Senate race is poised to become a legal battle, with both sides' legal teams saying they will closely monitor how the decisive ballots are counted.

Two of ICE's independent auditors have cut their safety inspections at detention facilities even as the government is pushing more people into lockups, Congress' chief watchdog said in a new report Thursday.

The candidate former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed to succeed her as San Francisco's representative in Congress lost her race to another Democrat.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is keeping his job, President Trump said, but a new Pentagon chief could come before Democrats take control of Congress in January.

Corruption topped the list of concerns for voters who ousted Republicans and handed Democrats control of Congress in the midterm elections. Now, the newly empowered Democratic Party is putting the issue front and center as its leaders chart their ...