Senate

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks to reporters with his palm facing the camera at the Capitol in Washington, June 30, 2025.

DOJ files lawsuit to block results in Alaska Senate race after two Dan Sullivans land on November ballot

Emily Hallas · October 23, 2026 2:17 pm

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., arrives for a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill.

Thom Tillis bashes Trump Cabinet members, says they’re ‘costing us more than they are benefiting us’

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) speaks during a hearing at the Capitol straight to the camera.

DOJ urged to investigate Slotkin over threats to young professionals seeking work in Trump administration

Sen. Susan Collins and former West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin arrive at a campaign stop Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, in Lewiston, Maine.

Maine AFL-CIO calls Susan Collins campaigning with Joe Manchin ‘insulting’

Elizabeth Warren and Elon Musk collage

Warren warns of ‘enormous risk’ to US if Musk throttled Starshield in Ukraine

Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) delivers her State of the State address, Jan. 30, 2024, at the State House in Augusta, Maine. Mills vetoed on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, a bill to establish a minimum hourly wage for agricultural workers that she initially submitted herself.

Janet Mills says she has no plans to run for Senate in Maine

Ross O'Keefe April 25, 2025 12:57 pm

Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts speaks at a town hall meeting in Kearney, Neb., Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Josh Funk)

Republicans ramp up in-person town halls after shying away

Lauren Green April 25, 2025 12:30 pm

Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Rep. Elissa Slotkin speaks during an election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Detroit.

Slotkin unveils strategy to revamp Democrats’s ‘weak and woke’ image

Emily Hallas April 25, 2025 12:30 pm

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., followed by Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, arrives before a procedural vote on the Women's Health Protection Act to codify the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass legislation that would guarantee the constitutional right to abortion services after the disclosure of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Schatz earns Cory Booker support to replace Durbin as Democratic whip

David Sivak April 25, 2025 10:19 am

Durbin retirement paves way for more combative Senate Judiciary panel

Ramsey Touchberry April 25, 2025 5:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), accompanied by other members of Congress, including Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), speaks during a rally against Elon Musk.

CNN analyst sounds the alarm on ‘revolt within the Democratic Party’ over polling figures

Brady Knox April 24, 2025 6:25 pm

FILE - Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Warren launches investigation into Trump’s dismantling of the Department of Education

Lauren Green April 24, 2025 1:06 pm

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) talks to reporters outside the chamber during a vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2025.

Fetterman calls for US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites

Emily Hallas April 24, 2025 12:26 pm

Republicans quietly squirm as White House defends Hegseth

Samantha-Jo Roth, David Sivak April 24, 2025 7:00 am

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) speaks during a hearing on combating the rise of illegal electronic cigarettes on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 12, 2024,

Social media reacts to Dick Durbin’s ‘long overdue’ retirement

Jenny Goldsberry April 23, 2025 3:43 pm

How Trump could circumvent Schumer’s blockade on New York prosecutors

David Sivak April 22, 2025 7:00 am

Out of power, Democrats resort to theater and procedure to mount Trump resistance

Ramsey Touchberry, David Sivak April 22, 2025 7:00 am