Senate

Democratic Senate candidate Adam Hamilton speaks at an election night event.

Fetterman to get rare filibuster backup with new crop of Senate Democrats

David Sivak · November 7, 2026 6:00 am

Trump.

Trump rebukes Senate after midterm romp: ‘It’s just killing our country’

Ron Johnson.

Ron Johnson presses to delay Senate GOP leadership elections: ‘Political malpractice’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), right, speaks as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), left, listens during a news conference.

Who will be the next congressional party leaders?

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 8, 2024, in Washington.

Chris Murphy discharged from hospital after stroke but will miss ‘next several weeks of votes’

Thune runs into ‘big, beautiful bill’ time crunch ahead of July 4 deadline

David Sivak June 23, 2025 9:53 pm

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters about the U.S. bombinb of three sites in Iran, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Hakeem Jeffries says ‘Gang of Eight’ has yet to be briefed on Iran strikes

Lauren Green June 23, 2025 7:37 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R- IA) leaves the chamber as Republican senators meet to find a way to help President Donald Trump cancel $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

GOP forced to strike policy weakening judges’ powers from Trump tax bill

Ramsey Touchberry June 23, 2025 2:11 pm

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) introduces Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

Thune to keep Senate in session until reconciliation bill is passed

Annabella Rosciglione June 23, 2025 1:57 pm

U.S. Senator James Lankford gives remarks on behalf of the Nation during the 30th anniversary memorial service for the victims of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, in Oklahoma City, Saturday, April 19, 2025.

Lankford lauds Trump’s decision to ‘prevent’ attack against America

Jenny Goldsberry June 22, 2025 5:08 pm

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., arrives for a hearing with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on the Pentagon budget and the crisis between Iran and Israel, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Sen. Kaine introduced a resolution Monday seeking to prevent the U.S. from getting involved in a military conflict with Iran without congressional approval.

Tim Kaine predicts war resolution will get ‘Republican votes’

Jenny Goldsberry June 22, 2025 3:38 pm

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) speaks as Attorney General Pam Bondi appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.

Schiff rips Trump’s ‘partisan exercise’ of keeping Democrats in dark on Iran strikes

Kaelan Deese June 22, 2025 12:42 pm

Democrats on intelligence committees not briefed before Trump ordered Iran strikes

Keely Bastow June 21, 2025 10:38 pm

Early reaction shows Republicans split over Trump’s decision to bomb Iran

Zach LaChance June 21, 2025 8:48 pm

Trump rages against green subsidies in ‘big, beautiful bill’

Zach LaChance June 21, 2025 6:18 pm

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, left, walk away after speaking with reporters after meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in Washington.

Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ gets smaller as Senate referee strikes GOP priorities

Ramsey Touchberry June 21, 2025 7:00 am

U.S. Representative Al Green (D-TX) speaks at a protest organized by We Are the Flood and Mayday Movement USA calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on June 6, 2025

Russell Senate Office building should not be named for a ‘racist’: Al Green

Samantha-Jo Roth June 20, 2025 5:25 pm