Senate

84-Year-Old Mitch McConnell Hospitalized With Mystery Ailment

By Jenna Monnin

How Senate Democrats Got Their Mojo Back

By Igor Bobic and Oriana González

Thune and Schumer Lack the Thick Skin of Their Predecessors

By Paul Kane

Senators Propose Tying Trump’s Hands on Troops in Europe

By Joe Gould

Top Jon Husted Senate Aide Kept Working for Ohio Lobbying Firm

By Tyler Spence

Senate Republicans Break With Trump On His AI Equity Idea

By Samuel Larreal and Jeff Stein

Senate Passes Party-Line Reconciliation Bill, Sidesteps Attempts to Kill ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund

By Avani Kalra

Sen. Tillis’ Vote Is Key in Blanche’s Bid To Stay Atop the DOJ

By Al Weaver

Republicans Block Proposal to Bar ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund

By Avani Kalra

Senate Advances Immigration Bill Without ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund and Ballroom Money

By Avani Kalra

Senate Republicans Aren’t Moving on From Trump’s ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund

By Avani Kalra and Igor Bobic

Gallego Establishes a Legal Defense Fund to Fight an Ethics Complaint

By Jenna Monnin

John Cornyn’s Lonely Last Stand

By Daniella Diaz

Progressive Group Boosts Abdul El-Sayed in Contentious Michigan Senate Race

By Alex Roarty

Senate Democrats Think They Have Leverage on SNAP Funding

By Tyler Spence

Republican Divisions Over Trump’s ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund Derail Reconciliation Vote

By Avani Kalra, Reese Gorman and Igor Bobic

Lawmakers Won’t Bet on Online Gambling Regulation Moving This Year

By Torrence Banks

Trump is Pulling Troops from Europe. Some Republicans Are Trying to Stop Him.

By Joe Gould and Hamed Ahmadi

Republicans Stare Down Costly Runoff to Determine Who Will Challenge Ossoff

By Christa Dutton

Republicans Have Questions About Trump’s ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’

By Torrence Banks and Igor Bobic

Democrats Are Bullish on Texas After Trump’s Move for Paxton

By Stephen Neukam, Elena Schneider and Daniella Diaz

Trump Snubs John Cornyn to Endorse Ken Paxton

By Avani Kalra

Republicans Aren’t Giving Up on Trump’s $1 Billion Ballroom

By Igor Bobic and Al Weaver

Sen. John Fetterman Blames STOCK Act Violation on ‘Administrative Error’

By Dave Levinthal

Sen. Bill Cassidy Loses in Bruising Louisiana Senate Primary

By Christa Dutton

Senate Parliamentarian Rejects Trump’s Ballroom Funding

By Al Weaver and Igor Bobic

Senate Democrats Try to Make Nice With Fetterman

By Igor Bobic

The Former Republican Senator Who Wants the GOP to Turn on Trump

By Paul Kane

Democrats Are Giddy to Campaign on Trump’s Economy Shrug

By Al Weaver

The Housing Department Is Late on Reporting Homelessness Data

By Raymond Fernández

Chris Van Hollen Is Awaiting Kash Patel’s Alcohol Abuse Test Results

By Jenna Monnin

Senators and Kash Patel Debate: Who Really Has a Drinking Problem?

By Jenna Monnin

Antsy Senate Republicans Want More Answers on Trump’s Ballroom

By Al Weaver and Igor Bobic

Vermont’s Congressional Members Are Rich. But They Don’t Buy Stocks.

By Torrie Herrington and Taylor Giorno

Two U.S. Senators Violated the STOCK Act With Late Disclosures

By Dave Levinthal

A Hacker Stole Thousands From Cory Booker’s Senate Campaign

By Jackie Llanos

Wisconsin Lawmakers Have Boosted Their Wealth Since Coming to Washington

By Jade Lozada and Taylor Giorno

Trump’s Surprise Germany Troop Withdrawal Sets Up Showdown With Congress

By Joe Gould

Letlow, Cassidy Punt Personal Finance Disclosures Until After Louisiana Primary

By Dave Levinthal

Defense Contractors Pump Big Money Into Congressional Campaign Accounts Amid Iran War

By Samuel Larreal

Young Money: Ohio’s Newest Federal Lawmakers Are Among the State’s Richest

By Tyler Spence and Christa Dutton

Janet Mills’ Sudden Exit Has Democrats Asking: What Was Schumer Thinking?

By Alex Roarty, Elena Schneider, Stephen Neukam and Igor Bobic

Senate Unanimously Votes to Bar Members From Prediction Market Betting

By Torrie Herrington

Congress Kicks FISA Debate Down the Road

By Helen Huiskes

Susan Collins Changes Her Vote Curbing Trump’s War Powers Citing 60 Day Deadline

By Avani Kalra

Hegseth Claims Iran Ceasefire ‘Stops’ War Powers Clock in Congress

By Joe Gould and Hamed Ahmadi

Janet Mills Suspends Campaign for Senate in Maine

By Igor Bobic

Frank Lautenberg Died 13 Years Ago. His Senate Campaign Committee Is Still Alive.

By Dave Levinthal

Tillis Greenlights Kevin Warsh’s Nomination, Accepting DOJ’s Assurances

By Jade Lozada

Senate Democrats to Force a Vote on Automatic Renewals for Immigrant Work Permits

By Stephen Neukam

Trump’s War Powers Deadline on Iran Is Almost Up. Will Republicans Act?

By Joe Gould, Avani Kalra and Hamed Ahmadi

Cryptocurrency, Stocks and Real Estate are Driving Pennsylvania Lawmakers’ Wealth

By Avani Kalra, Shifra Dayak and Amelia Benavides-Colón

Tillis Agrees to End His Blockade of Trump’s Fed Chair Nominee

By Brett Bachman

Bernie Moreno Wants to Bar Senators From Using Prediction Markets

By Tyler Spence

Senate Republicans Adopt a Budget to Fund Immigration Enforcement

By Avani Kalra

Gallego Partied Until the Early Morning on Colombia Trip Despite Security Warnings

By Reese Gorman

Sens. Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin Raise Big Money Toward Their Legal Defense Against Donald Trump

By Em Luetkemeyer

Senate Democrats to Force Republicans to Vote on Affordability Measures During ICE Funding Debate

By Avani Kalra

Senate Democrats Demand Probe Into the Trump Administration’s Immigration Processing

By Daniella Diaz

Mississippi’s Congressional Delegation Is Far Wealthier Than the Average Mississippian

By Violet Jira and Torrence Banks

General Motors Posts Record Lobbying Spending in Early 2026

By Taylor Giorno

Oklahoma’s Governor Appointed Alan Armstrong to the Senate as a Permitting Reform Hail Mary

By Anna Kramer and Al Weaver

Some Republicans Fear They’re Making a Big Mistake on Reconciliation

By Igor Bobic and Al Weaver

All Powerful or Cursed: The Ambitious House Class of 2012

By Paul Kane

Democrats Are Dominating the Fundraising Race in Critical Congressional Contests

By Alex Roarty

Sherrod Brown Grows His Fundraising Advantage

By Tyler Spence

Trump Threatens to Fire Powell If He Doesn’t Step Down Soon

By Manuela Silva

Utah’s Congressional Delegation is Financially Split in Two

By Manuela Silva and Helen Huiskes

Republicans Are Working Overtime to Keep Their Conference Together as Iran War Drags On

By Joe Gould and Kadia Goba

Chuck Schumer: ‘We’re Going to Take Back the Senate’

By Igor Bobic

Senate Democrats Pour Cold Water on ‘Unrealistic’ Trump 25th Amendment Push

By Igor Bobic

Republicans Were Relieved Trump Deleted an Image of Himself as Jesus

By Helen Huiskes

Hotels are Big Business for Two Maine Lawmakers — and Many Other Top Government Leaders

By Taylor Giorno and Torrie Herrington

Bureau of Prisons Wastes Millions Holding Inmates It Could Transfer to Halfway Houses

By Tyler Spence

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s Leadership PAC Had Thousands Stolen by ‘Unaffiliated Third Party’

By Torrie Herrington

The Senate Finally Passed a Bill to Fund Most of DHS — Except for ICE

By Al Weaver

Susan Collins Violated a Federal Transparency Law She Helped Write

By Dave Levinthal

House Republicans Want to Stay Away From Josh Hawley’s Abortion Pill Ban

By Oriana González

Iowa Republicans Might Have a Favorite in the State’s Democratic Senate Primary

By Alex Roarty

Senate Republicans Back Troops Surge, Not Boots on the Ground

By Hamed Ahmadi

Sen. James Lankford Says He Won’t Vote to Change the Filibuster, No Matter What

By Nora Toscano

Elizabeth Warren Has Questions About MrBeast’s New Youth Cryptocurrency App

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Senate Confirms Markwayne Mullin as DHS Secretary

By Manuela Silva

DHS Ad Investigation Reveals Thousands Spent on Horse, Hair, Makeup

By Torrie Herrington

Senate Advances Markwayne Mullin’s Nomination for DHS Secretary

By Torrie Herrington and Samuel Larreal

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and His Likely Senate Appointee to Meet With Trump on Sunday

By Reese Gorman

House Republicans Turn on John Thune

By Reese Gorman

Elizabeth Warren Backs Graham Platner in Maine Senate Race, Bucking Democratic Leadership

By Torrie Herrington

Markwayne Mullin Pledges to Sell His Massive Stock Holdings if Confirmed

By Taylor Giorno

Senators Are Puzzled by DHS Pick Markwayne Mullin’s Travel History

By Manuela Silva and Torrence Banks

Markwayne Mullin Pledges to End Noem’s Disaster Relief Sign-Off Policy

By Torrence Banks

Rand Paul Rips DHS Nominee Markwayne Mullin for His ‘Anger Issues’

By Manuela Silva

Senate Democrats Demand Answers for DHS ‘Slow-Walking’ DACA Renewals

By Jackie Llanos

Senate Republicans Tee Up Losing Fight Over SAVE America Act

By Helen Huiskes

Republican Senator Knocks Trump’s FCC Boss for Threatening to Revoke Broadcast Licenses

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Sen. Bill Hagerty Creates Legal Defense Fund Over Biden-Era ‘Arctic Frost’ Investigation

By Torrie Herrington

Lawmakers Are Concerned About Retaliation in the U.S. by Iran

By Hamed Ahmadi

‘A First Step’: Senate Passes Major Bipartisan Housing Bill

By Raymond Fernández

‘More Confusing by the Minute’: DHS Negotiations Are at a Standstill

By Avani Kalra

Cornyn Says He Supports Scrapping the Filibuster as He Continues to Push for Trump’s Endorsement

By Avani Kalra

Republicans Want Answers on Iran School Strike — But Not Hearings

By Hamed Ahmadi

Trump’s State Department Nominee Drops Out After Blowback Over ‘White Identity’ Comments

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Senate Democrats Are Split Over Supplemental Funding for the War in Iran

By Avani Kalra

The FEC’s Investigation Backlog is Growing — With No End in Sight

By Mark Alfred

Senate Democrats Threaten to Gum Up the Works With Repeat Iran War Powers Votes

By Hamed Ahmadi

Sen. Chris Murphy Says Democrats Need to Block Legislation Until There’s an Iran War Authorization Vote

By Nora Toscano

Republican Senator Says Stephen Miller Should Be Next to Go

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Oil Tycoon and GOP Donor Harold Hamm Asked Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt for Senate Appointment

By Reese Gorman and Em Luetkemeyer

Ken Paxton Offers Terms for His Potential Exit from Texas Senate Race

By Torrie Herrington

Republicans Say the NRSC Isn’t Taking the Midterms Seriously

By Reese Gorman and Alex Roarty

Senate Republicans Block Effort to Curb Trump’s War Powers on Iran

By Hamed Ahmadi

Republicans Signal They Have a Red Line on Iran: Boots on the Ground

By Oriana González, Hamed Ahmadi and Riley Rogerson

Congress Is Poised to Pass Its First Major Housing Bill in More Than a Decade

By Raymond Fernández

Senate Poised to Vote on Housing Legislation

By Raymond Fernández

Trump’s Iran Strikes Haven’t Changed the State of Play on Congress’ War Powers Push

By Samuel Larreal

Lindsey Graham Says Trump Has No Plans to ‘Occupy’ Iran

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Senate Intelligence Leader Lays Out Worst-Case Scenario After Trump’s Strikes on Iran

By Samuel Larreal

Elissa Slotkin’s Legal Defense Fund Quickly Raised $102,000 After Trump Accused Her of Sedition

By Em Luetkemeyer

Surgeon General Nominee Casey Means Sidesteps Vaccine Questions

By Margaret Manto

Can Trump’s Surgeon General Nominee Satisfy Both Bill Cassidy and MAHA?

By Margaret Manto

Hegseth Revives Effort to Demote Mark Kelly for ‘Illegal Orders’ Video

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Kash Patel’s Use of FBI Jet Delayed Charlie Kirk Assassination Response: Whistleblower Report

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Trump Finally Nominated New FEC Commissioners. But Their Confirmations Could Languish.

By Taylor Giorno

Adam Schiff’s Legal Fund Raises $1.2 Million in Defense Against Trump

By Dave Levinthal

Bill Cassidy Releases His Own Plan to Overhaul the FDA

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Rand Paul and Democrats Demand Answers on Pretti and Good Killings

By Tyler Spence

John Hickenlooper Just Bought a Ton of Uber Stock. He Also Sits on the Senate’s Transportation Committee.

By Tyler Spence

Moderate Senate Democrat ‘Absolutely’ Expects a Partial Shutdown

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Tim Scott Breaks With Trump Administration Over DOJ’s Jerome Powell Probe

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Lawmakers Are Nowhere Near a Deal on DHS Funding

By Em Luetkemeyer and Daniella Diaz

Sherrod Brown Eclipsed Jon Husted’s Fundraising

By Tyler Spence

Kyrsten Sinema Terminated Her Campaign Committee — But Not Before It Made More Curious Payments

By Dave Levinthal

The Senate Ethics Committee Once Again Finds Nothing to Sanction

By Dave Levinthal and Torrie Herrington

Susan Collins Says ICE Ended Its Enforcement Surge in Maine

By Torrie Herrington

Amy Klobuchar Is Running for Governor in Minnesota

By Christa Dutton

Sen. Jim Justice and Babydog’s Unlikely War Room: An Outback Steakhouse in a Strip Mall

By Emily Kennard

Rubio Says He Doesn’t Anticipate Use of Force in Venezuela — But He Won’t Rule It Out

By Hamed Ahmadi

Senate Republicans’ Confidence in Kristi Noem Is Fading Quickly

By Oriana González

Senator Who Revealed Controversial New ICE Memo Says It ‘Desecrates the Rule of Law’

By Jackie Llanos

War Powers Resolutions Keep Failing. Democrats Are Going to Try Again Anyway.

By Hamed Ahmadi

Booker Wants to Prohibit Shortened Training for Immigration Agents

By Jackie Llanos

Trump Beats Back GOP Rebellion on War Powers as Two Pivotal Senators Flip

By Hamed Ahmadi

Final Venezuela War Power Votes Could Be in Trouble After Trump Pressure

By Hamed Ahmadi and Torrie Herrington

Republicans Keep Their Options Open on Iran While Waiting for Trump to Weigh In

By Hamed Ahmadi and Helen Huiskes

Mark Kelly Sues Pete Hegseth Over His ‘Unconstitutional Crusade’

By Adora Brown

Trump Says Republicans Who Voted for War Powers Resolution Should ‘Never Be Elected’ Again

By Tyler Spence

Senate Votes to Move Ahead With War Powers Resolution in Rebuke of Trump

By Hamed Ahmadi and Tyler Spence

This Democratic Candidate Is Trying to Leverage Data Center Backlash

By Samuel Larreal

White House Says It Has a Plan for Venezuela. Senators Are Skeptical.

By Hamed Ahmadi

Senators Look to Closed-Door Briefing for Answers on Venezuela’s Future

By Hamed Ahmadi

Trump’s Comments That Republicans Be ‘Flexible on Hyde’ Leaves Senators Baffled

By Oriana González

Senate Republicans Appear Unfazed by Trump’s Moves in Venezuela Ahead of War Powers Vote

By Ursula Perano and Hamed Ahmadi

Bill Cassidy Says Childhood Vaccine Schedule Changes Will ‘Make America Sicker’

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Chuck Schumer Says Democrats Want ‘All the Facts Out’ About Venezuela Mission

By Helen Huiskes

Bernie Moreno Has Quickly Become One of Senate Republicans’ Most Prolific Fundraisers

By Reese Gorman

Cynthia Lummis Won’t Seek a Second Term in the Senate

By Helen Huiskes

Sherrod Brown Aims to Shake Off Democrats’ Struggles in Ohio

By Tyler Spence

Senate Armed Services Chair Says ‘No Evidence of War Crimes’ in Double-Tap Strike

Senate Republicans Throw Cold Water on ACA Subsidy Discharge Petition

By Avani Kalra and Ursula Perano

The FCC Chair Says It’s ‘Not an Independent Agency’

By Violet Jira

Senate Democrats Weigh Their Government Funding Demands — If Any

By Avani Kalra and Ursula Perano

Pete Hegseth Says Administration Won’t Release Full Video of Double-Tap Strike

By Hamed Ahmadi

Former Sportscaster Michele Tafoya Considering Run for Senate in Minnesota

By Alex Roarty

Lindsey Graham Abandons the Dream Act

By Manuela Silva

Senate Republicans Push Leadership to Do More to Address Cost-of-Living Concerns

By Avani Kalra

The Senate Goes Back to Square One on Health Care Subsidies After Dueling Proposals Fail

By Avani Kalra

DNC Targets Susan Collins With New ACA Ads

By Torrie Herrington

Nearly a Year After Trump’s ‘Mount McKinley’ Name Change, Alaska Republicans Are Still Fighting for ‘Denali’

By Em Luetkemeyer

Bernie Sanders Backs Brad Lander in His Primary Challenge to Rep. Dan Goldman

By Torrie Herrington

An ‘AstroTurf Recruitment Process’: National Republicans Propped Up Jasmine Crockett to Push Her Into a Senate Run

By Reese Gorman

Senate Republicans Needed a Plan on Health Care. They Ended Up With Too Many.

By Ursula Perano

A Group of Democrats Presses for Answers on Secretive U.S. Gaza Command

By Hamed Ahmadi

Democratic Senators Who Trump Accused of ‘Sedition’ Form Legal Defense Funds

By Dave Levinthal

Fetterman Leaving All 2028 Doors Open as Progressives Plot Primary Challenge

By Ursula Perano and Avani Kalra

Democrats Demand Release of ‘Troubling’ Boat-Strike Video After Admiral Briefing

By Hamed Ahmadi

Lawmakers Are Pushing Back Against Trump’s Attacks on Somalis

By Adora Brown

‘Depriving the States': Lawmakers Press House Leadership to Reinstate Funding for Rural Communities

By Helen Huiskes

Health Care Stalemate Underscores A New Reality in Congress: Bipartisan Deals Are Getting Harder

By Ursula Perano

Sen. Katie Britt Pushed Trump’s Renominated NASA Nominee on Past Comments

By Reese Gorman

The Plan to Address Expiring ACA Subsidies Is That There Is No Plan

By Ursula Perano, Daniella Diaz and Riley Rogerson

A Weary Congress Stares Down a Whirlwind December Sprint

By Riley Rogerson

Affordability Wars: Democrat Sherrod Brown Launches Early Attack in Ohio’s Pivotal Senate Race

By Tyler Spence

Defense Department Says Mark Kelly Is Under Investigation After Video to Troops

By Tyler Spence

Sen. Bill Cassidy Takes Notice of the CDC’s Anti-Vaccine Language Change

By Margaret Manto