Tag: Senate

Paxton smiles and waves at CPAC 2024.

Senate leadership touts poll showing Cornyn erasing Paxton’s lead in Texas race

Brady Knox · September 25, 2025 9:36 am

Sen. John Thune gestures in front of reporters.

Thune breaks with Trump on Tylenol-autism ties, cautions against ‘broad assertions’

Ross O'Keefe · September 24, 2025 4:20 pm

Lindsey Halligan, special assistant to the president, speaks with a reporter outside of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Washington

Trump pick for Virginia prosecutor post tees up latest potential ‘blue slip’ battle

Ramsey Touchberry · September 23, 2025 3:30 pm

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., speaks during a hearing to examine reviewing recent events at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and implications for children's health on Capitol Hill, in Washington Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025.

Cassidy asks HHS for new data to support claims tying Tylenol to autism

Emily Hallas · September 23, 2025 8:40 am

Colin Allred.

Colin Allred preaches anti-corruption message in uphill bid to flip Texas Senate seat

Emily Hallas · September 22, 2025 12:14 pm

The Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., shown Wednesday, June 21, 2006, measures 361 feet to the top of its familiar dome. The neck-bending skyscrapers that pack Chicago's fabled skyline are little more than scaled-down miniatures in downstate cities, where even the tallest buildings are at least three times shorter than the Sears Tower and John Hancock Center.

Panelists debate costs of energy legislation as Illinoisans struggle to pay bills

Center Square · September 21, 2025 2:43 pm

Mike Waltz.

Mike Waltz confirmed by Senate as Trump’s UN ambassador after monthslong delay

Hailey Bullis · September 19, 2025 2:36 pm

Ken Paxton and his wife at the time, Angela, pledge allegiance at an NCAA college football game in 2022.

Texas Senate race gets ugly with Cornyn document request over Paxton’s alleged affair

David Zimmermann · September 19, 2025 9:16 am

Trump Britain

Republicans redefine boundaries of free speech

Samantha-Jo Roth · September 19, 2025 8:22 am

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is met by reporters as he walks to his office while Congress works on a government funding solution, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025.

Senate confirms first batch of Trump nominees using ‘nuclear’ option

Ramsey Touchberry · September 18, 2025 6:22 pm

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Daily on Energy

Daily on Energy: US-UK nuclear deal, Senate ENR tensions, and Pompeo’s critical minerals push

Callie Patteson, Maydeen Merino · September 15, 2025 3:33 pm

State Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, speaks to supporters as he kicks off his campaign for U.S. Senate at Centennial Plaza in Round Rock, Texas, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Democrat James Talarico leans into faith in Senate bid to flip Texas red

Lauren Green · September 13, 2025 7:00 am