Senate

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, of S.D., walks toward the Senate chamber at the Capitol, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington.

test Senate Republicans eye bipartisan deal to speed up Trump nominee votes

By David Sivak and Ramsey Touchberry July 31, 2025 5:00 pm

Senate Democrats make late push to drive GOP’s Epstein files headache

Ramsey Touchberry Jul 31, 2025

Royalty Transparency Act approved by Senate committee

Washington Examiner Staff Jul 31, 2025

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., departs following a classified briefing on President Donald Trump's directed strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities last weekend, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 26, 2025.

Senate defeats growing Democratic bid to restrict Israeli military aid

David Sivak Jul 30, 2025

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO).

Trump blasts Hawley over congressional stock trading ban: ‘Second-tier Senator’

Mabinty Quarshie and Ramsey Touchberry Jul 30, 2025

GOP rallies around escalating Biden investigations as party feuds elsewhere on policy

By Lauren Green, Rachel Schilke and Ramsey Touchberry June 9, 2025 6:00 am

Sanders claims Trump is moving US ‘rapidly into authoritarianism’

By Asher Notheis June 8, 2025 5:52 pm

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) pauses to speak to reporters outside the chamber as the Senate prepares a procedural vote on an emergency spending package that would provide military aid to Ukraine and Israel, replenish U.S. weapons systems, and provide food, water and other humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza, at the Capitol in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024.

Paul says reconciliation bill should be split up to rein in Congress debt expansion

By Jenny Goldsberry June 8, 2025 5:38 pm

Keith Beavers examines his tobacco crop in aftermath of Hurricane Irene in Mount Olive, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011. Far from the beach towns that took Hurricane Irene's first hit, the storm inflicted some of its worst damage on inland farms from North Carolina to New York as crops were pummeled by wind, scalded by salt spray and submerged by floodwaters. Some farmers are reporting total losses. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)

North Carolina Republicans push to remove ‘hidden tax’ from ‘big, beautiful bill’ after pressure campaign

By Ramsey Touchberry June 6, 2025 4:05 pm

Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., speaks during the confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee

Katie Britt pushes to increase child care tax credit in One Big Beautiful Bill Act

By Zach Halaschak June 6, 2025 6:30 am

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., listens as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security oversight hearing, Thursday, May 8, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Sen. Chris Murphy says the Democratic Party isn’t ‘terribly credible’ on corruption

By Morgan Kromer June 6, 2025 12:01 am

Cornyn sought testimony on Biden’s mental health from bombshell book authors

By Ramsey Touchberry June 5, 2025 4:54 pm

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

Congressional DOGE Republicans move to codify protections against fraudulent payments

By Brady Knox June 5, 2025 4:26 pm

Tommy Tuberville asks Senate not to ‘bankrupt’ Alabama with food stamp changes

By David Sivak June 5, 2025 2:32 pm

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, Monday, May 19, 2025, in Washington.

Jeffries says ‘Republican civil war’ is brewing as Senate debates reconciliation bill

By Emily Hallas June 5, 2025 1:58 pm

President pro tempore of the United States Senate Chuck Grassley (R-IA) in 2024.

Chuck Grassley slams Christopher Wray for ‘lying’ about anti-Catholic intelligence

By Jenny Goldsberry June 5, 2025 12:39 pm

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri attacked Secret Service acting Director Ronald Rowe during a Senate hearing on July 30, 2024, for not firing individuals involved in the security decisions around the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where former President Donald Trump was shot.

Josh Hawley says judicial injunctions ‘usurping the will of the people’

By Jenny Goldsberry June 5, 2025 11:15 am