U.S. Congress

Derek Tran, a consumer rights lawyer and Army veteran, defeated Representative Michelle Steel, a Republican two-term incumbent, flipping a seat in Orange County, Calif.

By Amy Qin

The agriculture and nutrition measure was last updated in 2018 and originally expired two years ago. Farmers fear the Trump administration’s priorities will eclipse theirs next year.

By Maya C. Miller

Donald Trump will try to fill every judgeship that Democrats leave open.

By The Editorial Board

After a brutal election, Democrats need to get better at talking about trans issues.

By Michelle Goldberg

The longest-serving Senate leader is relinquishing his post in the next Congress and planning to use his influence in ways that could put him at odds with President-elect Donald J. Trump.

By Catie Edmondson

Readers respond to a column by David Brooks. Also: Blaming the Green Party for a Democratic loss in the Senate race in Pennsylvania; a sitcom cabinet.

The once and future president’s constitutional gimmicks are embarrassingly transparent.

By David French

After eight years in the Senate as a moderate Democrat, he took a leftward turn toward “new populism” in a failed shot at the presidency in 1976.

By Robert D. McFadden

Some in the party are considering alternative ways of assessing the federal budget as they prepare to extend temporary tax cuts passed in 2017.

By Andrew Duehren

The second Trump administration appears likely to inherit broader powers to force American service providers to help a warrantless wiretapping program.

By Charlie Savage

Readers respond to an essay by Roxane Gay. Also: A Republican plan to bar a transgender member from the women’s bathroom; Matt Gaetz; Elon Musk’s cuts.

The Senate majority leader is staying out of Republican turmoil over the more contentious picks for strategic reasons.

By Carl Hulse

The Constitution is not a grant of power for a king.

By Jamelle Bouie

Lessons from a Democratic winner in Trump country.

By Michelle Goldberg

The rise of the Republican representative from Georgia signals the ascendancy of the MAGA wing of the G.O.P. in Congress.

By Annie Karni

Mr. McCormick, a Republican former hedge-fund executive, toppled Mr. Casey, a three-term Democrat, in one of the nation’s top Senate races and biggest 2024 upsets.

By Katie Glueck

Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for attorney general, faced what appeared to be long odds of securing the votes needed for confirmation in the Republican-controlled Senate.

By Tim Balk and Maya C. Miller

Since 1906, new members of Congress have drawn lots to choose their new homes on Capitol Hill. Staff and lawmakers often scout and strategize far in advance to find the best spaces.

By Maya C. Miller

Trump failed to push Republicans past their red line.

By Michelle Cottle

Mr. Gaetz has consistently denied the allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use, but his prospective nomination ran into trouble in the Senate.

By Peter Baker, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan