The House welcomed two new members to its ranks on Tuesday, putting the chamber at near-full capacity as lawmakers prepare for another spending fight and Democrats look to pass any final pieces of legislation before Republicans take control of Congress next year.

House Republicans will have a small margin in the chamber next year. Speaker Mike Johnson has warned Trump, who is still pulling from the GOP's ranks.

A CNN analyst said Thursday that Donald Trump’s controversial cabinet picks that continue to stun Capitol Hill are just another example that the president-elect better be taken “at his word.” CNN’s Jamie Gangel revealed Republicans' private views about Trump’s still-evolving administration Thursday as news broke he'd offered Robert Kennedy Jr.

The new Senate majority leader has been critical of the president-elect, but even conservative senators expressed confidence that he would work well with Trump.

Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz's selection by President-elect Trump for attorney general led to immediate pushback from some Republicans, who forecast a bleak outlook for a confirmation.

Republicans held on to their narrow majority in the US House, giving Donald Trump and his party unified control of the elected branches of government and limiting potential curbs on the incoming president’s power.

President-elect Donald Trump’s unconventional picks for a number of important Cabinet positions in his second administration have set him on a collision course with the GOP-led Senate.