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

FILE - Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., speaks before a gathering to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail at the Frazier History Museum in Louisville, Ky., June 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Barr leads Cameron in fundraising in Kentucky GOP Senate primary

By Samantha-Jo Roth July 16, 2025 6:51 pm

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) pauses as senators arrive for votes and policy meetings at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 17, 2025.

Amy Klobuchar slams public broadcasting cuts that ‘get alerts out’ on natural disasters

By Jenny Goldsberry July 16, 2025 4:33 pm

Lights shine inside the Capitol Building as night falls, Jan. 21, 2018, in Washington.

Dan Innis enters New Hampshire Senate race, vowing to serve as Trump’s ‘back up’

By Samantha-Jo Roth July 16, 2025 4:16 pm

Trump’s DOGE cuts face final Senate hurdle with ‘vote-a-rama’ session

By David Sivak July 16, 2025 1:12 pm

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks at the California Democratic Party's 2025 State Convention at the Anaheim Convention Canter in Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday, May, 31, 2025.

Schiff denies Trump’s claims of mortgage fraud as Fannie Mae investigates senator

By Emily Hallas July 16, 2025 11:20 am

Vice President JD Vance makes remarks during a visit to the East Palestine Fire Station on the second anniversary of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (Justin Merriman / for the Washington Examiner)

Vance casts Senate tiebreaker to advance Trump’s DOGE-inspired cuts

By David Sivak and Ramsey Touchberry July 15, 2025 9:20 pm

Senate Republicans to spare global AIDS program from DOGE cuts

By David Sivak July 15, 2025 4:47 pm

President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Emil Bove, appears in State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Thursday, April 25, 2024 in New York.

Grassley blocks Democrats’ call for Bove ‘whistleblower’ hearing

By Kaelan Deese July 15, 2025 3:55 pm

Former White House national security adviser Michael Waltz testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee nomination hearing on his nomination to be U.S. Representative to the United Nations, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Waltz grilled on Signalgate in Trump nominee’s quest to fill UN post

By Ramsey Touchberry July 15, 2025 2:59 pm

Senate GOP to target clemency emails in expanding Biden investigation

By David Sivak July 15, 2025 2:40 pm

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.

Attacks on first responders would be federal crime under bipartisan bill

By Ramsey Touchberry July 15, 2025 12:24 pm

Bill Gates speaks during the Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment Conference, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York.

Gates ‘alarmed’ over Senate rescissions plan to cut USAID

By David Zimmermann July 15, 2025 11:03 am