Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs knows she is outnumbered this legislative session as republicans expanded their statehouse majorities in the last election

Exclusive: Nigel Farage is set to host ‘the biggest inauguration party’ in Washington DC with Donald Trump, the president-elect’s family, Elon Musk, senior republicans and the UK’s new ambassador to the US Lord Mandelson all expected to atten ...

Changes at Meta come after company elevated prominent republican to key position and donated to Trump

 

Bill may pass, led by republicans, without amendments after Democratic resistance vanishes

Donald Trump took a swipe at Governor Gavin Newsom over the California wildfires today (9 January). The president-elect, who is in Washington, took the opportunity to criticise Mr Newsom for the lack of water, blaming him for the dry fire hydrants. T ...

Donald Trump took a swipe at Governor Gavin Newsom over the California wildfires today (9 January). The president-elect, who is in Washington, took the opportunity to criticise Mr Newsom for the lack of water, blaming him for the dry fire hydrants. T ...

‘There’s some good arguments,’ one republican senator tells The Independent ahead of Trump’s return to Capitol Hill

A republican representative has already started calling the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America" after President-elect Donald Trump declared he wants to change the name of the ocean basin. “As for the Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Am ...

Marjorie Taylor Greene says new legislation ‘is important to begin funding the changing of maps for all agencies within the federal government’

The first openly transgender lawmaker exclusively tells The Independent that republicans’ prioritization of the legislation leaves her “mystified that this is a priority” for the GOP.

President insists polling suggests he could have bested republican rival and secured second term as he ponders legacy ahead of White House exit

Laken Riley was brutally murdered in February while on a run

‘I can feel proud that we’re acting as constitutional patriots,’ Representative Jamie Raskin tells Eric Garcia on the four-year anniversary of the Capitol riot

The former Illinois congressman hit out at republicans who have backpedaled on their positions since 2021

Analysis: Washington’s liberals aren’t entirely ready to move on as a new Trump administration looks to downplay January 6’s bloody legacy

President-elect has threatened to levy tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China, which can burden businesses

The former Fox News host is due to attend a confirmation hearing for the top Pentagon job on January 15

Trump loyalists make baseless link between attack and US border and say cabinet nominees must be urgently ratified

Yes, republicans have a trifecta. Yes, Trump is president. But hardliners’ inability to take ‘yes’ for an answer means Democrats can act as the ‘governing majority,’ in a coalition with Mike Johnson, Eric Garcia reports