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Jensen Huang.

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

En route to a meeting at the White House, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, walks with Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, as work continues prior to a Friday night funding deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown, in Washington, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018. Trump is imploring McConnell to change the Senate's rules in order to pass the spending bill with money for a border wall.

Senate GOP pans Trump over call to end the filibuster for border wall

Al Weaver December 21, 2018 6:07 pm

Representative Christopher Collins, a Republican from New York, exits federal court in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018. Collins and his son were indicted for insider trading related to the shares of an Australian biotechnology firm, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said on Wednesday.

Hazmat suits, stalkers, and rape threats: Susan Collins describes harassment leading up to Kavanaugh vote

Becket Adams December 21, 2018 3:33 pm

From left, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, arrive to speak to reporters ahead of President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. Amid reports that Trump has wanted to fire special counsel Robert Mueller who is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election, McConnell said since he's unaware of any effort, official effort, by the White House to undermine the special counsel, he sees no need to bring up legislation to "protect someone who doesn't need protection."

Senate Republican leaders headed to White House as Trump demands nuclear option to get wall funding

Susan Ferrechio December 21, 2018 3:18 pm

President Trump speaks during an event.

Trump calls for ‘nuclear option’ to ram border wall funding through the Senate

Pete Kasperowicz December 21, 2018 12:59 pm

Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., doesn't support single-payer healthcare. But in a bit of political gamesmanship often seen in Congress, Daines wants to force vulnerable Democratic senators running for re-election in red states in 2018 to take a position on the liberal healthcare policy, which is gaining currency on the Left. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

GOP senator: End the filibuster to pass Trump’s wall money

Pete Kasperowicz December 21, 2018 12:23 pm

The Capitol is seen under early morning gray skies in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.

It’s beginning to look a lot like a government shutdown

Philip Klein December 20, 2018 9:08 pm

If you blinked, you missed the Senate vote to avoid a shutdown

Pete Kasperowicz December 20, 2018 3:42 pm

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., speak to reporters about their effort to bring up legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018.

Sens. Jeff Flake and Chris Coons introduce bipartisan carbon tax bill

Josh Siegel December 19, 2018 9:15 pm

Senate approves historic, bipartisan prison sentencing reform bill

Susan Ferrechio December 19, 2018 1:38 am

Mitch McConnell: White House ‘extremely flexible’ on government funding bill, there won’t be a shutdown

Susan Ferrechio December 18, 2018 9:20 pm

U.S. Senate candidate and U.S. Rep. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., speaks to supporters after her primary election victory, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, in Tempe, Ariz. McSally will face U.S. Rep. Krysten Sinema, D-Ariz., in the November election as they seek the seat of retiring U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.

Sen. Martha McSally is the strategic if not satisfying choice

Tiana Lowe Doescher December 18, 2018 5:04 pm

William Barr and Robert Mueller.

Senators must make William Barr commit to letting the Mueller investigation run its course

Kevin McAlister December 18, 2018 5:00 am