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Ron Johnson.

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

Ramsey Touchberry · November 6, 2026 5:22 pm

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’

South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Dr. Annie Andrews speaks to supporters during a campaign stop Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, in Columbia, S.C.

Annie Andrews cool on Schumer’s leadership role

John Fetterman has his hands out as if he is measuring the size of something.

Fetterman lashes out over bike boycott of Jewish businesses: ‘A**holes-on-wheels’

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).

Collins says Noem agreed to cease ICE operation in Maine

Emily Hallas January 29, 2026 9:42 am

Rep. Ed Markey, who is battling Republican Gabriel Gomez for the open U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts, said he is seeking donations as small as five dollars in an effort to raise $50,000 for his campaign.

Ed Markey pushes Democratic leaders to advocate defunding ICE in government funding negotiations

Emily Hallas January 29, 2026 8:31 am

Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, speaks at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Homeland Security, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

Bernie Moreno floats Hyde Amendment ‘audit’ in Obamacare subsidy talks

David Sivak January 28, 2026 6:14 pm

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) shake hands after being presented with hoodies from the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the Senate after participating in a debate.

Pennsylvania senators show rare sign of fraternal bipartisanship as political temperature rises

David Zimmermann January 28, 2026 4:10 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during the Senate Democrat policy luncheon news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington

Chuck Schumer lays out ICE demands to avoid government shutdown

Ramsey Touchberry January 28, 2026 3:58 pm

Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Cuba regime change, Iran faltering: Five takeaways from Rubio’s testimony to Congress

Naomi Lim January 28, 2026 3:34 pm

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

WATCH LIVE: Rubio testifies to Senate on US operations in Venezuela

Washington Examiner Staff January 28, 2026 10:08 am

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives at his office as the Senate returns at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats draw red line on new ICE guardrails: ‘Fix should come from Congress’

David Sivak, Ramsey Touchberry January 27, 2026 7:12 pm

Collage of Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).

Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski call for Noem’s ouster as GOP frustrations grow

Ramsey Touchberry January 27, 2026 6:35 pm

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, pauses in the door to the chamber to answer a question from a reporter as the Senate works to avert a partial government shutdown ahead of the midnight deadline, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2025.

Susan Collins asks Noem to pause deploying ICE to Maine and Minnesota

Rachel Schilke January 27, 2026 4:50 pm

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, at an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Trump ally Mike Lee rails against Netflix-Warner Bros. merger

David Zimmermann January 27, 2026 3:08 pm

A collage of Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) and former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown.

Sherrod Brown loses fourth union endorsement to Republican Jon Husted

David Sivak January 27, 2026 12:30 pm