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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. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to members of the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019.

Ted Cruz: Senate should guide Trump through admin’s ‘raging’ foreign policy debates

Joel Gehrke February 7, 2019 10:33 pm

William Barr, President Trump's nominee to head the Justice Department, listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019.

Senate to vote on AG nominee William Barr this month

Susan Ferrechio February 5, 2019 8:44 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., leaves for the day after two Senate bills to ending the partial government shutdown fail on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019.

Senate passes measure funding government until Feb. 15

Susan Ferrechio January 25, 2019 9:47 pm

Nancy Pelosi is trying to federalize California’s bad election laws

J. Christian Adams January 25, 2019 5:00 am

Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., speaks at an event.

Democrat erupts at Cruz’s ‘crocodile tears’ on the Senate floor: WATCH

Pete Kasperowicz January 24, 2019 6:59 pm

Kill bill: Senate set to sink two plans to end the shutdown

Susan Ferrechio January 24, 2019 5:00 am

President Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.

Calls grow for Trump’s State of the Union to move Senate side

Daniel Chaitin January 24, 2019 1:17 am

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., asks a question of the chairman during the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday in Washington.

Senate cravenly fails to rebuke Cory Booker for ‘Spartacus’ moment

Quin Hillyer January 23, 2019 11:32 pm

Furloughed government workers affected by the shutdown hold a silent protest against the ongoing partial government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019.

Furloughed federal employees stage sit-in at Senate offices

Katelyn Caralle January 23, 2019 6:25 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., left, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., second from right, and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, right, speaks with reporters about the confirmation for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, following a closed-door GOP policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018.

How Senate Republicans can overcome Dems’ nominations blockade

Quin Hillyer January 22, 2019 11:12 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, talks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., before his speech at the McConnell Center's Distinguished Speaker Series Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, in Louisville, Ky.

Senate sets up Thursday votes on doomed plans to reopen the government

Susan Ferrechio January 22, 2019 9:30 pm

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks.

McConnell ups pressure on Democrats: Shutdown solution ‘staring us right in the face’

Susan Ferrechio January 22, 2019 6:45 pm