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

Officials are seen in the Guadalupe River as they assist in recovery efforts after a flash flood swept through the area Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Hunt, Texas.

Cruz dismisses ‘crazy’ weather modification theories after Texas floods

By Emily Hallas July 7, 2025 5:19 pm

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)

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

By Mackenzie Thomas July 7, 2025 4:46 pm

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

By 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

By Lauren Green July 5, 2025 6:00 am

Sanders rips Paramount’s $16 million settlement with Trump: ‘Dark day for freedom of the press’

By David Zimmermann July 2, 2025 5:58 pm

Former Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer launches Senate bid to replace Lindsey Graham in South Carolina

By Brady Knox July 2, 2025 4:01 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

By Emily Hallas July 2, 2025 1:41 pm

Senate Republican Leadership speak with reporters following Senate passage of Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill on July 1, 2025. (Graeme Jennings, Washington Examiner)

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

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

FBI withheld 2020 China investigation to avoid contradicting Wray, records show

By Kaelan Deese July 1, 2025 8:37 pm

How Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ passed in the Senate with key Murkowski flip

By Rachel Schilke and Samantha-Jo Roth July 1, 2025 6:43 pm

Vote-a-drama: Senate reporters running on fumes see the funny side to marathon vote

By Mackenzie Thomas July 1, 2025 6:02 pm

Senate Republican Leadership speak with reporters following Senate passage of Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill on July 1, 2025.

What made it into the Senate’s final ‘big, beautiful bill’ and what didn’t

By Callie Patteson, Gabrielle M. Etzel, Maydeen Merino and Samantha-Jo Roth July 1, 2025 4:10 pm