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Republicans recoil over Nvidia CEO spy allegations as feds investigate: ‘I lost my breath’

Kaelan Deese · November 10, 2026 9:21 pm

Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., speaks before Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine attend a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Ted Budd to run for second Senate term in swing state North Carolina

Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., speaks before President Donald Trump signs a bill that returns whole milk to school cafeterias across the country, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026.

Trump drops appeals court nominee opposed by Arkansas senators

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and members of the Republican Conference arrive to elect their leadership following the sweeping victory by Democrats in the midterm elections.

‘Forget 2028’: Senate GOP braces for a long stretch in the minority

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) center, walks to his office at the Capitol.

Opposition to Schumer leading Senate grows amid calls for a ‘new generation’ from Democrats

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"Save The Internet Act," congressional Democrats' plan to reinstate "net neutrality" rules that President Donald Trump repealed in 2017, during an event at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2019.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

Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. makes an announcement at the Kansas Department of Agriculture in Manhattan, Kan., Friday, Jan. 4, 2019.

GOP Kansas senator says no-go on Kobach for homeland security secretary: ‘We can’t confirm him’

Daniel Jativa April 9, 2019 5:58 pm

Tommy Tuberville is shown.

Why former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville has a great shot at becoming Alabama’s next senator

Tom Joyce April 8, 2019 10:56 pm

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, leaves the U.S. Capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 14, 2019.

Suspected anti-Kavanaugh lunatic charged with targeting Susan Collins in ricin scare

Becket Adams April 8, 2019 8:20 pm

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, leaves the U.S. Capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 14, 2019.

Woman arrested for allegedly threatening Susan Collins over Kavanaugh vote

John Gage April 8, 2019 6:17 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., are headed for another showdown next week as government funding is set to expire Feb. 8. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

How to save the 'post-nuclear' Senate

Washington Examiner April 8, 2019 4:00 am

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, speaks during a hearing with Energy Secretary Rick Perry on the President's budget request for Fiscal Year 2020, Tuesday, April 2, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Joe Manchin mulling bid for West Virginia governor

Emily Brooks April 7, 2019 8:57 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, joined from left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters about the possibility of a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. Congress and President Donald Trump continue to bicker over his demand that lawmakers fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, pushing the government to the brink of a partial shutdown at midnight Friday.

McConnell hits the gas on judges with new green light

Susan Ferrechio April 7, 2019 4:00 am

FILE - This July 20, 1983 file photo shows Senator Ernest F. Hollings (D-S.C.) in Washington, DC. Hollings, a moderate six-term Democrat who made an unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 1984, has died. He was 97. Family spokesman Andy Brack says Hollings died early Saturday, April 6, 2019.

Ex-US Sen. Ernest ‘Fritz’ Hollings of South Carolina dead

Associated Press April 6, 2019 1:47 pm

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member, listens during a markup on new federal judges, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 28, 2018. The Judiciary Committee oversees the confirmation process for presidential nominees to the Supreme Court.

Dianne Feinstein’s blue-slip flip-flop

Thomas Jipping April 5, 2019 5:21 pm