Senate

Lee, Moore Capito, Whitehouse, and Heinrich.

Major bill to cut red tape for energy projects clears Senate hurdle

Callie Patteson · November 9, 2026 6:34 pm

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’

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

Five northeastern states that fall along an Amtrack rail line known as the "Acela" voted Tuesday. (Nabil K. Mark/Centre Daily Times via AP)

Nate Silver forecasts Republicans have better chance of reaching at least 54 seats than Democrats have of taking over the Senate

Philip Klein October 17, 2018 7:17 pm

Rep. Krysten Sinema visits Blockwise Engineering in Tempe, Ariz., on July 2, 2018, and speaks with company founder Ed Goff about his company's manufacturing process. Sinema has come a long way from her days as a green party activist as she seeks to become the first Democrat to represent Arizona in the Senate in 30 years.

Fifth video shows Arizona Democratic Senate candidate mocking Arizona

Becket Adams October 17, 2018 6:47 pm

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., waits for the elevator after speaking on the Senate floor, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 in Washington.

Why does Ben Sasse want to be a US senator?

Philip Klein October 17, 2018 3:35 pm

Trump Beto

Trump: ‘Beto is a Flake!’

Katelyn Caralle October 17, 2018 12:17 pm

Republican U.S. Senate candidate John James speaks at a primary night election party in Detroit, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018.

Republican candidate apologizes for swastika in TV ad

Katelyn Caralle October 16, 2018 8:43 pm

Larry Tribe says Senate was ‘key part’ of ‘Faustian bargain’ with slavery. Then, why was it bitterly opposed by the largest slave state?

Philip Klein October 16, 2018 5:49 pm

Lou Barletta and Bob Casey.

Lou Barletta rips Bob Casey for ‘evil’ ad featuring kids with cancer

Pete Kasperowicz October 16, 2018 1:18 pm

Martha McSally’s Under-the-Radar Surge

David Byler October 16, 2018 6:13 am

U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., left, goes over the rules in a television studio prior to a televised debate with U.S. Rep. Martha McSally, R-Ariz.

McSally hits Sinema for anti-war activism and accuses her of ‘treason’

Diana Stancy Correll October 16, 2018 4:20 am

Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Elizabeth Warren’s DNA test shows ‘strong evidence’ of Native American blood

Katelyn Caralle October 15, 2018 11:36 am

Beto O'Rourke, who is challenging incumbent Republican Tex Cruz in the Texas Senate race this year, speaks during the general session at the Texas Democratic Convention.

Big dollar checks flutter from liberal fingers for Beto O’Rourke

Washington Examiner October 13, 2018 4:00 am

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., speaks to reporters.

Republican senator to anti-Kavanaugh protester’s children: ‘Your parents are using you as tools’

Diana Stancy Correll October 12, 2018 9:49 pm