The top three House Republican leaders are all running for their roles in the new Congress, a show of confidence that the GOP will prevail in winning full control of the federal government. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., sent letters to fellow House GOP lawmakers on Wednesday night asking for support to remain in those positions. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn.,...

A House Democrat is arguing that their party needs to get past “this idea they call ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome'” as President-elect Donald Trump is gearing up for another term in the White House.  The lawmaker, speaking to Axios about how Democrats should approach Trump’s second term, suggested they ought to “pick and choose” their battles this time around.  “Democrats just literally attacked everything he did. We could never agree...

The executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union pledged “to combat” the forthcoming Trump administration’s proposed policies on critical issues such as abortion, border security and LGBTQ rights. “We know that a second Trump administration will be even more aggressive and effective than it was before,” Anthony Romero, the group’s executive director, said in an open letter published on the ACLU’s website. “The Trump administration’s anti-liberty and...