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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

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., wraps up a news conference.

Senate Democrats introduce alternative to the controversial Green New Deal

Susan Ferrechio February 28, 2019 9:48 pm

Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., speaks to reporters outside the West Wing following a meeting with President Donald Trump about border security at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019.

Random drug tests for members of Congress? This Republican says it’s time

Pete Kasperowicz February 28, 2019 2:46 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, speaks with Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., as Attorney General nominee William Barr testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019.

WaPo rushes to Democrats’ defense, lest anyone characterize the party’s pro-abortion radicalism as, well, radical

Becket Adams February 27, 2019 9:12 pm

McConnell blasts Democrats for stalling 128 Trump nominees

Daniel Jativa February 27, 2019 6:01 pm

Richard A. Gonzalez, far left, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer AbbVie Inc., testifying before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on drug prices, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

GOP shifts its tone on Big Pharma

Kimberly Leonard February 26, 2019 9:39 pm

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks about a resolution to block President Donald Trump's emergency border security declaration on Capitol Hill, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, in Washington.

Democrats push to regulate voting rules in 11 states under new Voting Rights Act

Naomi Lim February 26, 2019 8:19 pm

Oklahoma state Senator Joseph Silk, R-Broken Bow, left, debates with Oklahoma state Sen. Greg Treat, R- Oklahoma City, President Pro Tempore, right, on the best way to ban abortion in Oklahoma during a Senate committee meeting Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, in Oklahoma City.

With their stance on infanticide bill, do Democrats show a death wish?

Quin Hillyer February 26, 2019 7:56 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined at left by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, speaks to reporters about the bipartisan compromise worked out last night by Leahy and others in hope of averting another government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019.

Senate Democrats push to defund Trump’s ‘fake panel’ on climate change

Susan Ferrechio February 26, 2019 5:08 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

Trump at risk of losing Senate vote on border funding

Susan Ferrechio February 26, 2019 2:48 am

President Donald Trump participates in the 2019 White House Business Session with Our Nation's Governors at the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019.

Trump’s first veto averted as Senate parliamentarian derails Yemen war vote

Steven Nelson February 25, 2019 9:48 pm

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

Trump attacks Harry Reid: ‘He led through lies and deception’

Katelyn Caralle February 25, 2019 1:40 pm

In this Aug. 19, 2014 photo West Virginia State Sen. Alex Mooney speaks in Beckley, W.Va. Elections in non-presidential years typically draw fewer voters.

Rep. Alex Mooney: Bring back the ‘talking filibuster’

Rep. Alex Mooney February 25, 2019 5:03 am