Democrats ran on lowering costs and stamping out corruption before securing control of Congress Tuesday. But how will they accomplish their goals amid tension with President Trump?

Speaker Mike Johnson won't stay on as GOP leader in the House when the new Congress convenes in January. His decision follows crushing losses by Republicans in the midterm election.

NPR's A Martinez talks with Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York about Democrats' priorities and strategies now that the party has won back control of the House and Senate.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with historian and journalist Anne Applebaum about how much a Democrat-led Congress can steer foreign policy.

The Democratic gains in this week's midterm elections will bring a different business climate to Washington. But the overall economy should be OK.

Cuba continues to grapple with a deepening economic and energy crisis, as widespread power outages, fuel shortages and rising tensions with the U.S. add to uncertainty across the island.

NPR's A Martinez visits 90s music icon Alanis Morissette as she prepares for her residency "Butterfly with a Machete," a series of concerts in Los Angeles that are part musical performance, part ...

Historically, most physicians who served in the House or Senate have been Republicans. In the next Congress, physicians who ...

Voters in northern Arizona defeated local ballot measures that would have increased taxes but also supported open space and ...

Democrats are likely to launch investigations into Musk's influence, including his leadership of DOGE and government ...

On Wednesday, a tiny sliver of votes separated Rep. Eli Crane and former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez in the their ...

Katie Hobbs, who in 2022 became the first Democrat elected governor in Arizona since Janet Napolitano in 2006, handily ...