Tag: Senate

"I Voted Early" stickers in a bucket.

I spent 24 years on the ballot. Here is my direct warning about 2026

Eric Wargotz · September 29, 2026 11:00 am

Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Abdul el Sayed speaks at a news conference.

El Sayed speaks MAHA’s language in campaign pitch targeting chemicals in food

Emily Hallas · September 29, 2026 10:59 am

Ann McKee addresses an audience on Boston University's campus.

Congress is about to destroy decades of brain injury research in one vote

Brason Lee · September 29, 2026 10:00 am

Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith.

WATCH LIVE: Jack Smith testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee

Molly Parks · September 29, 2026 9:51 am

Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, left, walks past Rep. Brad Knott (R-NC) before he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee about his investigations into President Donald Trump, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026 at the Capitol in Washington.

Jack Smith deputy advocated ‘repealing’ congressional protections prior to Jan. 6

Kaelan Deese · September 29, 2026 9:15 am

Jack Smith faces Senate grilling as Republicans press for criminal charges against him

Kaelan Deese · September 29, 2026 6:00 am

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, walks out of a wooden elevator and gestures as she responds to reporters while walking.

Collins exploring pocket rescissions ban after Trump cancels $810 million in federal spending

Hailey Bullis, Ramsey Touchberry, David Sivak · September 28, 2026 9:07 pm

John Kennedy.

Senators use ‘special’ version of ChatGPT, Sen. John Kennedy reveals

Molly Parks · September 28, 2026 7:29 pm

Upward angle shot of Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., clasping his hands together in front of a wooden door within the Capitol as he tells reporters the Senate has a busy two weeks of work ahead before August recess.

Thune bucks Trump’s campaign-style ‘PSA’ ads for using taxpayer money

Ramsey Touchberry, David Sivak · September 28, 2026 4:47 pm

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at the Republican convention Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Paxton frames himself as centrist on data centers: ‘Yes, with conditions’

David Zimmermann · September 28, 2026 4:13 pm

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) responds to reporters' questions as he returns to his office after opening the floor, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.

Thune says Iran war trumps ‘everything else’ in midterm warning to Republicans

Emily Hallas · September 28, 2026 3:45 pm

Thom Tillis steps onto an elevator during votes on the immigration enforcement funding package, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 4, 2026.

Centrists warn pushing Paxton over Cornyn was mistake as Talarico sustains lead

Emily Hallas · September 28, 2026 10:46 am