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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’

Then-Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) presents Vice President Kamala Harris with a golden gavel after she cast the 32nd tie-breaking vote in the Senate, the most ever cast by a vice president on Dec. 5, 2023. (Stephanie Scarbrough/AP)

When vice presidents are frozen in marble

Jeremy Lott January 2, 2026 5:40 am

Former Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., talks about his appointment by Gov. Doug Ducey, R-Ariz., to fill Sen. John McCain's seat in the U.S. Senate at a news conference at the Arizona Capitol Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, in Phoenix.

Longtime GOP Sen. Jon Kyl announces dementia diagnosis

Molly Parks December 31, 2025 8:42 am

Then-Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump talks with then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

Trump’s latest funding cuts dampen bipartisan dealmaking in 2026

Ramsey Touchberry December 30, 2025 7:00 am

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) speaks during a news conference.

DeSantis dismisses Mike Johnson’s boasting of ‘productive’ Congress: ‘Paltry’

Emily Hallas December 29, 2025 12:54 pm

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters

Trump stress-tests Thune’s Senate majority with record-breaking year

David Sivak, Ramsey Touchberry December 29, 2025 6:00 am

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro.

Bipartisan senators call Putin a ‘ruthless murderer’ for Christmas strikes

Samantha-Jo Roth December 25, 2025 3:12 pm

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) departs following a classified briefing on President Donald Trump's directed strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities at the Capitol.

Paul’s annual Festivus report calls out $1.6 trillion in government waste

Molly Parks December 23, 2025 2:11 pm

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., leaves the Senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Ben Sasse announces Stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis: ‘It’s a death sentence’

Ross O'Keefe December 23, 2025 11:20 am

A collage of Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and then-Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH).

Travel scams create unlikely alliance amid battle for New Hampshire Senate seat

Ramsey Touchberry December 22, 2025 4:11 pm

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

McConnell and Shaheen take bipartisan whacks at Biden and Trump over Ukraine strategies

Ramsey Touchberry December 22, 2025 1:12 pm

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD).

Thune looks beyond healthcare to tackle affordability message

Ramsey Touchberry, David Sivak December 20, 2025 7:00 am

Gov. Roy Cooper, D-N.C., arrives onstage before Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak at a campaign rally, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce)

Roy Cooper’s hurricane rebuilding efforts challenged by audit

Samantha-Jo Roth December 20, 2025 6:00 am