Senate

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT).

Blumenthal declines to back Schumer as Senate majority leader

Molly Parks · November 9, 2026 2:17 pm

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) speaks during a panel at Crooked Con.

Chris Van Hollen open to challenging Schumer for Senate majority leader

Democratic Senate candidate Adam Hamilton speaks at an election night event, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, in Overland Park, Kansas.

Adam Hamilton warns midterm results were not a ‘rousing endorsement of Democrats’

John Fetterman speaking to reporters.

Democrats ‘lining up’ to primary John Fetterman in 2028, Josh Shapiro says

Democratic Senate candidate Adam Hamilton speaks at an election night event.

Newly elected Kansas senator: Schumer viewed by voters as ‘a kind of polarizing figure’

Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Spending negotiations expose Biden presidency weaknesses

Naomi Lim October 11, 2021 5:37 pm

Far-left activists plan to ‘bird-dog’ Sinema during Boston Marathon over opposition to Biden spending plan

Kate Scanlon October 11, 2021 3:07 pm

Spending war escalates Schumer-McConnell grudge match

Kate Scanlon October 10, 2021 11:00 am

Todd Akin, 1947-2021

Philip Terzian October 8, 2021 11:38 am

Garland told federal ‘muscle should never be used against protesting parents’

Jerry Dunleavy October 7, 2021 7:33 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., tweeted late Sunday: "In 2018, we will not only intensify the struggle against Trumpism, we will increase our efforts to spread the progressive vision in every corner of the land." ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Bernie Sanders can’t bring himself to condemn political harassment unequivocally

Zachary Faria October 7, 2021 7:06 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, turns to answer a reporter's question as he departs after a closed-door briefing for the members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tuesday, March 5, 2019, in Washington.

Ted Cruz thanks ‘God’ after reports that Zodiac Killer identified

Sydney Shea October 7, 2021 2:00 pm

‘Entitlement society’ comment fuels Sanders-Manchin sparring over reconciliation bill

Emily Brooks October 6, 2021 10:48 pm

William Barr, Ralph Northam.

Filibuster ‘carveout’ for debt limit kaput after Manchin opposes

David M. Drucker October 6, 2021 8:34 pm

McConnell offers short-term debt limit extension amid standoff with Senate Democrats

Kate Scanlon October 6, 2021 7:19 pm

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., walks to the Senate as an 11th-hour Republican rescue mission to keep President Donald Trump from a Senate defeat on his signature issue of building barriers along the southwest border seems near collapse, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 13, 2019.

‘Fund Iron Dome, not the Taliban,’ Rand Paul urges

Christopher Tremoglie October 6, 2021 3:43 am

Democrats’ debt limit Kabuki is just hurting their own agenda

Conn Carroll October 5, 2021 2:24 pm