Republicans have won full control of Washington, but Democrats will retain two key levers of power to shape legislative outcomes in Donald Trump’s second term.
With votes still being counted, here's a look at the key races that remain uncalled by the NBC News Decision Desk (read more on how those races are called on NBCNews.com).
Trump was looming over the Senate majority leader three-way race. Musk and other Trump allies, including Tucker Carlson, backed Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), who has close ties to the president-elect’s incoming chief of staff, Susie Wiles. Scott was an insurgent candidate facing Thune and John Cornyn of Texas.
Back in Washington for the first time since his election victory, Trump tells House Republicans that 'it's nice to win'
Returning lawmakers will be choosing the leaders for the next Congress and finishing work on the remaining priorities of the outgoing 118th Congress.
Donald Trump’s increasingly provocative Cabinet picks have left some Republican senators aghast and Washington in shock.
There were no protests on the streets as Donald Trump returned to Washington. He visited the nation's capital on Wednesday, a week after emerging victorious in the presidential election.
Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services. If the Senate confirms Kennedy, it will presage the biggest rethinking of the U.S. public health system ever. HHS and its agencies oversee drug approvals,
President-elect Donald Trump waited until after he had left Washington to stun the town. Hours after a cordial meeting Wednesday with President Biden, Trump on his way back to Florida announced administration picks that prompted surprise on Capitol Hill.