Senate

Graphic of Lisa Murkowski with Alaskan mountains in the background

Lisa Murkowski seeks to replace Susan Collins as top Republican on Senate Appropriations Committee

Rena Rowe · November 9, 2026 2:22 pm

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT).

Blumenthal declines to back Schumer as Senate majority leader

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

"I think what became clear this week is that [Ted Cruz] can't be president," Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, said Friday on "Morning Joe." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Joaquin Castro won’t seek Texas senate seat

Diana Stancy Correll May 1, 2019 9:22 pm

Attorney General William Barr testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, on the Mueller Report.

AG Barr criticizes media’s ‘faux outrage’ over his usage of the word ‘spying’

Julio Rosas May 1, 2019 5:34 pm

Pictured are former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, left, and Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., right.

Billboard battle over Medicare for All and Green New Deal heats up Arizona Senate race

Jerry Dunleavy May 1, 2019 4:07 pm

Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams speaks during the National Action Network Convention in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2019.

Stacey Abrams turns down Georgia Senate race to focus on not being governor

Becket Adams April 30, 2019 11:30 pm

In this April 3, 2019, file photo, Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams speaks during the National Action Network Convention in New York.

Stacey Abrams won’t run for Senate in 2020

Zach Halaschak April 30, 2019 1:06 pm

Sen. Richard Lugar is shown.

America and the world owe gratitude to the late Richard Lugar

Quin Hillyer April 29, 2019 9:36 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., smiles as he meets with reporters as work continues on a plan to keep the government as a funding deadline approaches, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018.

McConnell signs T-shirt poking fun at Merrick Garland

Diana Stancy Correll April 29, 2019 9:25 pm

In this Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017 file photo, former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally, in Fairhope Ala. Republicans had a lock on all Alabama statewide offices until Jones' narrow win last year over Moore, who was already deemed too extreme for many moderate voters before he was accused of sexual misconduct with underage girls.

Roy Moore to appear in federal court for Sacha Baron Cohen lawsuit

Zach Halaschak April 28, 2019 6:25 pm

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the International Association of Firefighters at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 12, 2019, amid growing expectations he'll soon announce he's running for president.

Former VP Biden joins crowded Democratic presidential field

David Mark, Allison Elyse Gualtieri April 25, 2019 10:13 am

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and author Sarah Smarsh.

Schumer met with Kansas author to discuss 2020 Senate run

Diana Stancy Correll April 23, 2019 6:21 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives to speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2019.

Mitch McConnell announces 2020 Senate campaign reelection

Daniel Jativa April 17, 2019 6:56 pm

Then-House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in 2015 in D.C.

John Boehner: ‘Our nation is blessed’ by Mitch McConnell

Caitlin Yilek April 17, 2019 4:34 pm