Republicans have won full control of Washington, but Democrats will retain two key levers of power to shape legislative outcomes in Donald Trump’s second term.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was fact-checked on Wednesday after claiming fewer migrants came into the U.S. under President Biden than under President-elect Trump.

The visit is a traditional part of the peaceful handoff of power — a ritual in which Trump himself declined to participate four years ago.

Trump was looming over the Senate majority leader three-way race. Musk and other Trump allies, including Tucker Carlson, backed Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), who has close ties to the president-elect’s incoming chief of staff, Susie Wiles. Scott was an insurgent candidate facing Thune and John Cornyn of Texas.

Donald Trump returned to Washington on Wednesday as president-elect where he headed to the White House for the first time in four years

Returning lawmakers will be choosing the leaders for the next Congress and finishing work on the remaining priorities of the outgoing 118th Congress.

There were no protests on the streets as Donald Trump returned to Washington. He visited the nation's capital on Wednesday, a week after emerging victorious in the presidential election.

The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information on a suspect behind ballot box arsons in the Pacific Northwest ahead of the Nov. 5 election.

Republicans in the Nov. 5 election took over the White House, the U.S. Senate and as of late Wednesday, the House, after calls were made in enough races to project a majority. They are expressing high hopes for unified control of government.