Senate

Trump.

Trump rebukes Senate after midterm romp: ‘It’s just killing our country’

Brady Knox · November 6, 2026 9:43 pm

Ron Johnson.

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

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

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, of S.D., second from left, and other republican Senate members, speak with reporters after a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Where every Senate Republican stands on Trump’s call to end the filibuster

David Sivak, Ramsey Touchberry November 6, 2025 3:16 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks to reporters about Democratic victories on the morning after Election Day.

Progressives warn centrist Senate colleagues not to ‘cave’ on shutdown

Ramsey Touchberry November 5, 2025 6:05 pm

Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, speaks about the Epstein files, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at the Capitol in Washington, as Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., looks on. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Senate Democrats’ unity frays as centrists weigh shutdown off-ramp

David Sivak November 4, 2025 6:20 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters.

Schumer performs final Mamdani sidestep ahead of NYC polls closing

Ramsey Touchberry November 4, 2025 5:26 pm

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks to reporters outside of his office in the Capitol.

Thune eyes longer stopgap funding bill as shutdown drags on

Ramsey Touchberry November 3, 2025 5:32 pm

Markwayne Mullin leaves the Senate floor after a vote in the U.S. Capitol.

Republicans eye shutdown breakthrough after Virginia elections

David Sivak, Ramsey Touchberry November 3, 2025 9:49 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md.

Cruz says Biden FBI’s Arctic Frost investigation makes Watergate ‘pale in comparison’

Emily Hallas November 2, 2025 1:23 pm

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) participates in a debate at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the Senate.

Fetterman says Democrats ‘really need to own’ blame for shutdown

Zach Halaschak November 2, 2025 11:52 am

Sen. Booker, House Minority Leader Jeffries, and Speaker Johnson as records continue to be broken in the 119th Congress.

Record-breaking Congress barrels toward another unwanted milestone

Lauren Green November 2, 2025 6:00 am

A collage of Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) and Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA).

Collins leads Kemp’s pick in Georgia GOP Senate primary to challenge Ossoff

Molly Parks October 31, 2025 5:35 pm

A collage of Tucker Carlson and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).

Ted Cruz heaps criticism on Tucker Carlson over Nick Fuentes interview

David Sivak October 31, 2025 2:08 pm

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., left, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speak at a news conference as the government shutdown begins its tenth day, in Washington, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Thune and Johnson united against Trump demand to nix Senate filibuster

Ramsey Touchberry October 31, 2025 11:44 am