Tag: Senate

Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., arrives to speak before Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, at a campaign event Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Atlanta.

Mike Collins considers Georgia Senate run as Raffensperger waits in the wings

Emily Hallas · July 9, 2025 8:28 am

Man smiling in a suit

RNC chairman backs Lara Trump for North Carolina Senate seat, with a caveat

Amy DeLaura, Christian Datoc · July 9, 2025 6:00 am

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014 biotech greenhouse associate specialist Derek Haynes replaces tobacco plants in the greenhouse following examination at Medicago USA, Inc. in Research Triangle Park, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Inside the lobbying battle over a tariff provision of the ‘big, beautiful bill’

Mia Cathell · July 9, 2025 5:00 am

Senate Democratic candidates (left to right) Mallory McMorrow, Abdul El-Sayed, and Haley Stevens.

Michigan Democrats raise millions to battle one another for open Senate seat

Rachel Schilke · July 8, 2025 3:08 pm

Independent candidate Dan Osborn announces Nebraska Senate campaign against Pete Ricketts

Ross O'Keefe · July 8, 2025 10:07 am

Neil Jacobs, assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction, listens during a briefing with President Donald Trump on the 2020 hurricane season in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Energy and Environment

Who is Neil Jacobs? Meet Trump’s nominee to lead NOAA in the wake of Texas floods

Mackenzie Thomas · July 7, 2025 4:46 pm

Schumer asks inspector general to investigate link between NWS staff cuts and Texas flood

Ross O'Keefe · July 7, 2025 8:52 am

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., responds to reporters during his weekly news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress breaks four records just six months after arriving in Washington

Lauren Green · July 5, 2025 6:00 am

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., from left, Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., the ranking member of Energy and Commerce, Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., the ranking member of the House Budget Committee, Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, and Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., the ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee meet in the House Rules Committee as chairs and ranking members of relevant committees prepare President Donald Trump's signature bill of big tax breaks and spending cuts to go to the House floor, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Latest version of Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ raises SALT deduction cap to $40,000: What it means for you

Ally Goelz · July 3, 2025 1:04 pm

Attorney Alina Habba is joined by former President Donald Trump as she speaks during a news conference, Jan. 11, 2024, in New York. Testy encounters between lawyers for former President Donald Trump and judges have come to be expected as the attorneys carry into the courtroom the bombastic, and often antagonistic, style that defines his campaign trail demeanor.

Trump nominates Alina Habba to be permanent US attorney for New Jersey

Emily Hallas · July 2, 2025 1:41 pm

FILE — Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., returns to his office as senators arrive for votes and policy meetings, at the Capitol in Washington, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

List: The members of the House and Senate who have said they won’t seek reelection

Ally Goelz · July 2, 2025 10:17 am

Senate Republican leadership.

Thune: Trump agenda ‘business model’ to guide future Senate battles

Ramsey Touchberry, David Sivak · July 2, 2025 7:00 am