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Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks to reporters as the Senate holds a procedural vote on the nomination of Emil Bove, who served on President Donald Trump's criminal defense team, to be a U.S. Circuit Court judge for the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ron Johnson plans leadership election walkout in protest of quick vote: ‘I’ll leave the room’

David Sivak · November 9, 2026 3:32 pm

Graphic of Lisa Murkowski with Alaskan mountains in the background

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

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’

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

Amid allegations he romantically pursued teenage girls as a grown man, former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore is attempting to fire up his base and raise money using the "political attack" on his campaign as fodder. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Democrats’ chances of taking back the Senate in 2020 just got a little bit better

Philip Klein April 17, 2019 1:58 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell defended the Constitution, First Amendment and Middle America against attacks from coastal liberals in an address to Michigan's Hillsdale College Monday night.

McConnell warns AOC, Schumer, Pelosi aim to ‘blow up’ Constitution to get their way

Paul Bedard April 16, 2019 10:58 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., right, arrive for a classified briefing for all House members on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, July 22, 2015, where Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, and Secretary of Treasury Jack Lew, speak about the deal reached to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions.

Anti-harassment training measure expected to be approved ‘next work period’: House Democrats

Naomi Lim April 16, 2019 3:55 pm

In this Dec. 11, 2017, file photo, U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally in Midland City, Ala.

Roy Moore resurrected: He tops GOP field in Alabama Senate poll

David M. Drucker April 16, 2019 2:18 pm

Original Sinema

Seth Mandel April 12, 2019 4:00 am

Obama administration national security adviser Susan Rice sent an email to herself the day of President Trump's inauguration about a briefing that took place that month on Russian hacking during the 2016 presidential election. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Susan Rice opts out of 2020 Senate run in Maine

Naomi Lim April 11, 2019 8:49 pm

Acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt speaks during a White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council meeting with President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, April 4, 2019, in Washington.

Senate confirms former lobbyist to carry out Trump’s energy agenda as interior secretary

John Siciliano April 11, 2019 6:30 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined at right by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2019.

Schumer won’t commit to keeping filibuster

Naomi Lim April 11, 2019 6:02 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, to unveil Medicare for All legislation to reform healthcare.

New Bernie Sanders healthcare plan is even more absurd than his old one

Philip Klein April 11, 2019 3:28 am

Senate overwhelmingly approves retired Gen. John Abizaid as Trump’s lead diplomat to Saudi Arabia

John Siciliano April 10, 2019 5:32 pm

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, announces the "Save The Internet Act," congressional Democrats' plan to reinstate "net neutrality" rules that President Donald Trump repealed in 2017, during an event at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2019.

House passes measure restoring ‘net neutrality,’ though Senate vows to block it

Susan Ferrechio April 10, 2019 4:02 pm