Senate

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth turns to the camera for a tight smile.

Hegseth not being considered for Blackburn’s Tennessee Senate seat: Report

Molly Parks · November 5, 2026 7:32 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Republican convention.

Cruz suggests GOP ignored cost of living as top midterm issue: ‘They didn’t understand’

President Donald Trump walks from the podium after speaking at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, in Washington.

Trump pressures Senate on Sunshine Protection Act over ‘ridiculous’ early sunsets

Maggie Hassan gestures during a hearing.

Democrats move quickly to hire investigators after blue wave ‘lawyer up’ warning

Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA).

Brendan Boyle rules out 2028 Senate run with House Budget Committee chairman announcement

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., listens during a Senate Finance Committee business meeting Thursday, March 2, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis tests positive for COVID-19 and will miss votes

Gabrielle M. Etzel October 31, 2023 5:12 pm

Hamas attack on Israel elevated terror risk to US to ‘a whole other level’: FBI

Anna Giaritelli October 31, 2023 3:52 pm

Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt Blinken testimony during Senate hearing on Israel funding

Jack Birle October 31, 2023 3:15 pm

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a press conference announcing investment of Inflation Reduction Act funds at the St. Elizabeth DHS campus on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, in Washington.

WATCH LIVE: Mayorkas and Wray testify before Senate Homeland Security Committee

Brady Knox October 31, 2023 2:08 pm

Senate Republicans urge Schumer to reject Biden request for Gaza humanitarian aid

Cami Mondeaux October 31, 2023 2:00 pm

Senate Democrats eye subpoenas in Supreme Court ethics investigation

David Sivak October 31, 2023 1:49 pm

Architect of the Capitol Photo.

WATCH LIVE: Senate Appropriations Committee holds hearing on Biden administration’s national security supplemental request

Brady Knox October 31, 2023 1:24 pm

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing following an event about government regulations on artificial intelligence systems at the White House in Washington on Oct. 30, 2023.

Senate Democrats call IRS cuts a ‘nonstarter’ after House unveils Israel aid

David Sivak October 31, 2023 10:30 am

Tim Sheehy.

Pro-Tim Sheehy super PAC starts $250,000 radio ad buy for Montana Senate seat

Reese Gorman October 31, 2023 10:00 am

Las Vegas man charged for threatening Jewish Sen. Jacky Rosen

Brady Knox October 31, 2023 12:23 am

Republican candidate Kari Lake waves to supporters as she announces her plans to run for the Arizona U.S. Senate seat during a rally Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Kari Lake says ‘disaffected’ Democrats and independents are key to her Arizona Senate bid

Cami Mondeaux October 30, 2023 8:44 pm

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) speaks with reporters outside the newly renovated Amtrak train station in Charleston, West Virginia, on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.

Joe Manchin accused of ‘ducking the truth’ and hiding from being a Democrat by Republicans

Jack Birle October 30, 2023 6:15 pm