Republicans rounded out their 53-seat Senate majority on Tuesday with the swearing-in of Jon Husted and Ashley Moody, the two senators replacing Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

In order to keep the Senate job, Husted will have to win a 2026 special election to fill the last two years of the term JD Vance vacated to become vice-president, then seek a full-six year term in 2028.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has appointed his lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, to fill the Senate seat vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance.

Mike DeWine (R) on Friday named his lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, to fill the state ... announced Thursday that the state’s attorney general, Ashley Moody, would be his pick to succeed ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Republican Ohio Governor Mike DeWine appointed his state's lieutenant governor, Jon Husted ... named state Attorney General Ashley Moody to replace U.S. Senator ...

Moody, 49, becomes the second woman to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate, after Paula Hawkins, a Republican who served one term in the 1980s.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine appoints Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to fill VP-elect JD Vance's former Senate seat. This move is part of President-elect Trump's cabinet selections causing GOP reshuffling. The appointment will remain until a November 2026 special election,

Vice President JD Vance might be first in line for the most powerful job in the world, but only this week did he get a glimpse of the Oval Office.  It has been a whirlwind week for the 40-year-old vice president as President Trump began the start of his second term.

President Donald Trump holds up an executive order commuting sentences for people convicted of Jan. 6 offenses in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) AP

Both the House and Senate are in session this week. Monday, Donald Trump was sworn in as the forty-seventh President of the United States. He

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, is combatting new allegations that his ex-wife feared for her safety because of his volatile behavior.