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The Senate is set to finally begin its August recess without a deal on nominations as Republicans are intent on moving forward with a rules change to...
President Trump, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) are making slow progress toward a deal...
Democrats on Wednesday ramped up pressure on Republicans over the Jeffrey Epstein files, turning to an arcane rule to attempt to force the release of...
Senate Republicans are moving swiftly to clear key hurdles in their effort to pass a set of spending bills before the August recess and get the ball...
Senate Democrats received a massive shot in the arm on Monday as former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) announced he is a go for the state’s...
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is feeling the squeeze as she navigates a series of political landmines that put her at odds with President Trump and...
A handful of Senate Republicans on Thursday offered support for a move by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) to get a special...
Senate Republicans are miffed that their House counterparts are leaving Washington early while they remain for at least another week and a half,...
Trump World was roiled momentarily Monday after a fake resignation letter purportedly penned by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell started to make...
Senate Republicans are weighing whether to heed President Trump's call to cancel some or all of the August recess to approve key nominees or to use...
An already active start to the 2026 cycle has kicked into overdrive in recent weeks with a major retirement announcement, the passage of a key GOP...
Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) was hospitalized Wednesday, likely putting Democrats down a vote during the vote-a-rama on the rescissions package that is...
Senate GOP leaders are looking to avoid a repeat of the lengthy and sometimes bewildering floor process that led to the passage of the Trump tax bill...
The decision by Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) to not seek reelection next year could give Republican leaders headaches as he looks forward to wielding his...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Thursday heaped criticism on President Trump's move to issue a 50 percent tariff on Brazilian goods, in part to protest the...
Senate Republicans are quickly shifting into sales mode as they attempt to pitch voters on their mammoth tax and spending bill in the face of an...
The weekend’s fatal floods in Texas have sparked immediate clashes in Congress over the federal government's role in preventing, or at least...
Senate Republicans endured a 26-hour slog before finally passing President Trump’s ambitious tax and spending package early Tuesday afternoon,...
Senate Republicans are facing a marathon session on Monday in order to pass President Trump’s ambitious tax and spending package and meet the White...
President Trump on Sunday celebrated Sen. Thom Tillis's (R-N.C.) announcement that he wouldn't seek reelection next year. “Great News!”...
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Sunday announced he will not seek reelection to the Senate next year, firing a political shock wave into the midterm...
The Senate clerks completed the full reading of the Senate GOP’s massive tax and spending bill on Sunday afternoon, allowing the chamber to start...
Senate Republicans are racing into a crucial weekend in their effort to pass President Trump’s mammoth tax and spending bill despite not knowing...
Senate Republicans late Friday night unveiled most of the legislative text for their mammoth tax and spending package as the GOP pushes to pass it in...
The Senate blocked an effort Friday to prevent President Trump from taking future military action against Iran without authorization from Congress,...
Democratic senators said they were left with questions Thursday about what was largely viewed as a successful strike in Iran, even as many cautioned...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) was taken to a local Washington-area hospital on Wednesday after becoming lightheaded at the Senate gym...
President Trump’s attempt to keep a ceasefire alive between Israel and Iran appeared to calm the concerns of his top supporters Tuesday after...
President Trump’s decision to float the possibility of regime change in Iran following a number of U.S. strikes on its nuclear facilities has caused...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) announced on Monday that the upper chamber will remain in Washington until it is able to pass President...
Senators in both parties are growing increasingly nervous about the possibility that President Trump could insert the United States directly in the...
Senators on Tuesday pleaded with top Capitol Police officials for an uptick in member security funding in the wake of the fatal shooting of a...
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) on Tuesday deleted social media posts he made blaming the left for the fatal shooting of a Minnesota state legislator. As of...
Several Senate Republicans who have withheld their support for the party’s massive tax and spending package signaled on Monday that they weren’t...
Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) on Monday confronted Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) over of series of comments he made blaming Democrats for the fatal shooting of a...
President Trump and Senate Republicans are facing a crucial week in their push to enact the mammoth bill containing their domestic agenda. GOP leaders...
Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) criticized Sen. Alex Padilla’s (D-Calif.) attempt to question Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem...
Senate Republicans indicated on Wednesday they are prepared to reduce the size of a key tax deduction in President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”...
Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked a Democratic push to combat the White House’s potential acceptance of a luxury Qatari jet to become the next...
The protests in Los Angeles over the White House’s deportation efforts are providing a boost to the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” as members...
Senate Republicans are trying to win over Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) to back the party’s ambitious tax cut plan...
Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) are unveiling legislation to change the security clearance process after President Trump revoked...
President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” took unfriendly fire from several White House allies Tuesday, including Elon Musk, complicating its path...
Senators in both parties are itching to move a bipartisan Russia sanctions package as fighting escalates in the region, but Republicans are waiting on...
Senate Republicans will take control of the party’s mammoth tax and domestic policy bill when they return to Washington on Monday — and seek to...
The 2026 midterm cycle is already bustling with activity as Senate Republicans gear up to defend their majority and Democrats try to reverse course...
Republicans are reveling in President Trump’s fight with Harvard University, fulfilling the years-long itch to take on leftists in the Ivy League...
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) believes it is time for President Trump to throw his support behind sanctions against Moscow in order to tell Russian...
The filibuster is under the microscope again as Senate Republicans voted to overturn a federal regulation and nix California’s vehicle emissions...
Senate Republicans are staring down a collision course with the House as they weigh possible changes to the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap...