Senate

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’

Emily Hallas · November 9, 2026 11:56 am

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. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign rally in support of Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, at Lincoln Park Middle School in Duluth, Minn. (AP Photo/Erica Dischino)

Democrats ‘cannot spend’ all of their time on Trump investigations, Sanders warns

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI).

Slotkin vows to oppose Schumer ‘until I see a plan,’ won’t rule out leadership challenge

Klobuchar: Jackson has more experience than ‘four people’ on Supreme Court

Kaelan Deese March 3, 2022 11:18 pm

White House gives big ‘Build Back Better’ spending bill a rebrand

Naomi Lim March 3, 2022 8:01 pm

McConnell emphasizes ‘judicial philosophy’ as major qualifier for Supreme Court

Kaelan Deese March 3, 2022 7:15 pm

Former judge and Reagan, Bush appointee endorses Ketanji Brown Jackson

Christian Datoc March 3, 2022 6:43 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.

Rand Paul endorses anti-Fauci ally for Oklahoma Senate seat

Virginia Aabram March 3, 2022 5:32 pm

Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings to begin March 21

Kaelan Deese March 2, 2022 7:38 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined from left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, tells reporters he has secured enough Republican votes to start President Donald Trumpâs impeachment trial and postpone a decision on witnesses and documents Democrats want, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday Jan. 7, 2020.

Senate GOP feud: Rick Scott escapes before McConnell tears into his policy plan

Emily Brooks March 1, 2022 9:36 pm

Liberal abortion bill fails to clear Senate hurdle but puts Democrats on record

Kate Scanlon February 28, 2022 11:21 pm

Grassley blasts DOJ for dropping Trump’s crackdown on Chinese espionage

Jerry Dunleavy February 28, 2022 9:48 pm

Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

Dianne Feinstein announces death of her husband

Abigail Adcox February 28, 2022 3:50 pm

Nathan Dahm joins race to replace Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe and says Fauci belongs in prison

Emily Brooks February 28, 2022 12:00 pm

From left, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy stand on the East steps of Capitol Hill in this Dec. 2021 photo.

With Build Back Better hopes dashed, Democrats seek a way out of the inflation mess

Kate Scanlon February 25, 2022 4:00 am