Senate

A collage of Jensen Huang, Tim Scott, and Howard Lutnick

Sen. Tim Scott calls on Lutnick and Huang to testify over national security concerns

Claire Carter · November 12, 2026 10:44 pm

Chris Van Hollen and Chuck Schumer

Chris Van Hollen launches bid to unseat Schumer as Senate majority leader

Jensen and Lutnick.

The GOP knives are out for Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick

Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Defense secretary, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

White House inches closer to ending Kevin Cramer blockade on Trump nominees

Sen. Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during a news conference after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill.

Thune open to passing party-line $350 billion military bill before Democrats take power

The Arizona Republican applauded the Senate Finance Committee for advancing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, but Sen. Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, said she wants legislation meant to lower Obamacare premiums passed first. (AP)

McCain bullish on tax bill, but Murkowski skeptical of Obamacare mandate repeal

Joseph Lawler November 17, 2017 5:30 pm

Women staffers who worked for Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., said, "In our time working for the senator, he treated us with the utmost respect." (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Eight women who worked for Al Franken say he ‘treated us with the utmost respect’

Melissa Quinn November 17, 2017 5:05 pm

Each scheme reeked of central planning. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Washington grudgingly agrees to let Alabama pick its own senator

Pete Kasperowicz November 17, 2017 3:00 pm

Editorial boards at the national newspapers withheld judgment on Sen. Al Franken, after being much more forward about Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore. (AP Photos)

Major newspapers hold fire on Al Franken, in contrast to Roy Moore

Eddie Scarry November 17, 2017 2:29 pm

A former Hillary Clinton adviser called Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., a "hypocrite" for saying former President Bill Clinton should have resigned after the Monica Lewinsky affair. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ex-Clinton adviser Philippe Reines calls Kirsten Gillibrand a ‘hypocrite’ for saying Bill Clinton should have resigned

Caitlin Yilek November 17, 2017 2:00 pm

Los Angeles radio anchor Leeann Tweeden, discussing her allegations of sexual harassment by Al Franken during a 2006 overseas USO tour, said she felt "belittled and humiliated." (KABC-TV via AP)

Leeann Tweeden says Al Franken’s ‘humiliation’ of her went on throughout USO tour

Anna Giaritelli November 17, 2017 1:47 pm

Stephen Colbert rips Al Franken: ‘There are no good people left’

Caitlin Yilek November 17, 2017 1:38 pm

Republican Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan is facing a challenge from liberal Jon Hoadley, who is embracing the Green New Deal to score an upset in a purple district won by President Trump in 2016.

Fred Upton to run for re-election, drop Senate bid

David M. Drucker November 17, 2017 1:10 pm

The Need for Outrage

The Editors November 17, 2017 8:00 am

Constitutionally Illiterate

Jonathan Adler November 17, 2017 8:00 am

True Blue in Alabama

Chris Deaton November 17, 2017 8:00 am

Moore, Less

Michael Ramirez November 17, 2017 8:00 am