Senate

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., heads to an intelligence briefing in a secure room in the basement of the Capitol with the director of national intelligence and other congressional leaders, as Congress returns to work following the midterm elections, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Thune denies meddling in shadow contest to replace Blackburn in Senate: ‘Not my call’

David Sivak, Ramsey Touchberry · November 9, 2026 5:16 pm

Democratic Senators

PICTURED: Talarico, el Sayed, and new Senate Democrats descend on Congress for first time after midterm ‘bluenami’

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks to reporters with a blurred hand in front of the shot as he gestures, 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.

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

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

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions listens during the state funeral for former President George H.W. Bush.

Sessions claims he doesn’t miss serving in the Senate

Diana Stancy Correll December 5, 2018 9:42 pm

Florida Gov. Rick Scott, with his wife Ann, left, beside him, announces his bid to run for the U.S. Senate at a news conference Monday, April 9, 2018, in Orlando, Fla.

Rick Scott to join Senate late while finishing term as Florida governor

Dominick Mastrangelo December 4, 2018 7:54 pm

SwingSeat Update: How Did Our Forecast Do?

David Byler December 4, 2018 8:18 am

Thune introduced the legislation to repeal the death tax earlier in the day.

Senate nears deal to move long-stalled self-driving car legislation

Joe Williams December 3, 2018 11:22 pm

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, gets on an elevator on Capitol Hill in D.C.

Orrin Hatch’s farewell address

Tiana Lowe Doescher December 2, 2018 12:30 pm

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., delivers a concession speech Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in St. Louis.

Claire McCaskill blames her loss on Democratic Party abandoning centrists

Caitlin Yilek November 30, 2018 11:30 pm

Former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart speaks during an event.

‘The Front Runner’ fails to humanize Gary Hart

Tiana Lowe Doescher November 30, 2018 8:22 pm

The Missteps of the First Step Act

Charles Fain Lehman November 30, 2018 9:11 am

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., talks with reporters as he heads to a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018.

Over Mexican food, Corker urges Pence to sanction Saudi crown prince before Congress acts

Susan Ferrechio November 29, 2018 9:58 pm

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., assistant Senate minority leader, joined at left by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks with reporters about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh following their weekly policy meetings, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018.

With Trump in White House, Senate Democrats find a strange new respect for the advise and consent role

Philip Wegmann November 29, 2018 9:57 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2017, file photo, Thomas Farr is sworn in during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be a District Judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Senators are holding up Thomas Farr’s nomination, but he’s the furthest thing from racist

Quin Hillyer November 29, 2018 9:00 pm

Kathleen Kraninger testifies before a Senate Banking Committee hearing.

Senate moves toward vote on Trump’s replacement for Mick Mulvaney as top financial regulator

Colin Wilhelm November 29, 2018 7:18 pm