Plus, Sen. John Thune will be the next Senate majority leader, while President-elect Donald Trump continues to build his next staff.

Republicans have officially won a full trifecta of power in Washington, D.C., following GOP victories in several key U.S. House contests.

Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana on Wednesday won the House Republican nomination to remain as House speaker. Johnson faces a full House vote in the new year, where he will need the support of a majority of the full House,

Speaker Mike Johnson has won the support of enough Republicans to stand as their candidate for the gavel in January.

Speaker Mike Johnson is beginning the hard fight for his gavel, a weeks-long campaign that starts Wednesday during internal House Republican leadership elections and will establish the new power centers in Congress for a Washington dominated by President-elect Donald Trump.

President Biden and former President Trump will appear together at the White House on Wednesday around 11:00 am. Trump met earlier this morning with House Republicans as Senate Republicans gathered to select the next Majority Leader.

President-elect Donald Trump will be welcomed at the White House on Wednesday after declining to do the same for President Joe Biden after the 2020 election.

President-elect Donald Trump will return to Washington on Wednesday — entering the White House for the first time since he was voted out of office — to meet with President Joe Biden for a ceremony meant to signal the peaceful transfer of power.