James Fite

Election Day is just around the corner. If the polls are to be trusted, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are neck-and-neck, and it all comes down to a handful of swing states, as it often does. At first glance, that should mean the two stand about an equal chance of winning. Still, there are those […]

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) has spent the year traveling and campaigning, doing his best to keep and even grow the GOP majority in the House. With national polling showing former President Donald Trump leading Vice President Kamala Harris ever so slightly and Republicans poised to pick up the majority in the Senate, […]

Republicans managed to flip the Senate – but that's not all. As close as the polling was prior to Election Day, still there were rumblings of a big red wave and a Republican trifecta. As votes continue to be counted, that outcome seems more and more likely. While the overall House is still too close to call, Donald Trump has been declared the new president elect, the GOP has secured a 52-seat majority with at least a few more likely in the bag, and the House is trending that way, as well.

Unlike the Senate and the Oval Office, it remains to be seen who will control the US House of Representatives. But the suspense only lasts so long – and while 25 races haven't been called and neither party yet holds the majority, certain telling trends have emerged. When all the votes are counted, who will hold the House?

It may be many days before America learns the outcome of the 2024 presidential election in Arizona – but across the rest of the country, it's all over but the crying. Donald Trump won 301 electoral votes to Kamala Harris' 226 so far, and Arizona's 11 wouldn't be enough to change his decisive win. He also currently holds the popular vote. No doubt fingers are pointing, and blame is flying across the Harris campaign and the Democratic Party in general. Her campaign's fear and loathing approach clearly fell flat – and spectacularly so – but why? As is the case with most questions of politics, there isn't just one answer.

President-elect Donald Trump is building his administration – and he's poaching from the incoming Congress to do so. So, who's going where in DC, and what does this mean for the Republican majorities in the Senate and the House? How would any vacancies be filled? Who's on first, What's on second, and I Don't Know is on third!

Republicans swept the 2024 election, winning a trifecta in the halls of power the left simply didn't see coming. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) certainly didn't see it coming. He predicted back in August that Democrats would keep the Senate majority – and now he's begging for bipartisanship. The New York lawmaker was ready for war when he thought his party might nab the trifecta, but now he's suing for peace. What goes around comes around, what's good for the goose is good for the gander, you reap what you sow, or something about a pot calling a kettle black – whatever witty expression you choose, the world Schumer now faces as soon-to-be

Joe Biden became a lame duck the day he ended his 2024 re-election campaign. No matter who won between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, he had resigned himself to leaving the White House in January 2025. But he hasn't left yet – he's still president until his predecessor-turned-successor is sworn in, and there's still plenty he can accomplish in that time. Indeed, with Trump packing for his triumphant return, Biden's waning days have a new sense of urgency.

Donald Trump has announced some controversial Cabinet picks, and Matt Gaetz for US attorney general may well have been the most contentious. Now that the firebrand former representative has withdrawn his name from consideration, however, will those other nominees who previously raised eyebrows see a smoother Senate confirmation? Or will there even be confirmations? The president-elect still hopes to get his picks pushed through via the