Senate

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is eyeing another presidential run in 2028 — but first he’s testing his political strength by going all-in to save Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) from a Trump-backed primary challenger. (AP PHOTOS)

Rand Paul’s 2028 ambitions face early test in Thomas Massie’s fight for political survival

Ramsey Touchberry · April 25, 2026 5:00 am

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH)

Moreno seeking to ban senators from trading on prediction markets

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) speaks with reporters.

Markwayne Mullin wades into House-Senate fight over DHS funding

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) speaks to the Washington Examiner in her office in Washington, D.C.

How Shelley Moore Capito became a West Virginia powerhouse

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, right, walks with Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, walk to the Senate chamber at the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020

Susan Collins and Dan Sullivan buck Senate GOP on affordability votes

Republicans seek tariff waivers as Trump escalates trade war

Ramsey Touchberry March 6, 2025 7:00 am

Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Homeland Security, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

Rand Paul proposes bill for new gain-of-function research funding procedures

Washington Examiner Staff March 6, 2025 2:50 am

Elon Musk departs the Capitol following a meeting with Senate Republicans in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2025.

Musk tries to smooth over tensions with Congress amid push to put DOGE cuts into law

Ramsey Touchberry March 5, 2025 5:47 pm

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., listens as President Donald Trump speaks before signing the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington.

Fetterman bemoans Democratic protest during Trump speech: ‘Sad cavalcade of self owns’

Ross O'Keefe March 5, 2025 4:55 pm

Trump catches Senate GOP off-guard with call to end CHIPS Act

David Sivak March 5, 2025 3:09 pm

A price chart on the Bybit website for the cryptocurrency Ethereum is seen on a computer screen.

Senate uses seldom successful method to repeal Biden-era crypto regulation

Jack Birle March 5, 2025 2:00 pm

Elissa Slotkin says Trump ‘talked a big game’ but lacks economic plan in rebuttal speech

Ramsey Touchberry March 5, 2025 12:29 am

Senate Democrats focus on DOGE cuts in early rebuttal to Trump joint address

Samantha-Jo Roth March 4, 2025 6:33 pm

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) make a TikTok video after a press conference they held to discuss Markey's bill to delay the TikTok ban deadline at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

Videos showing dozens of Democratic senators reading same anti-Trump script go viral

Jenny Goldsberry March 4, 2025 3:41 pm

Vice President JD Vance introduces Elbridge Colby, nominee to be undersecretary of defense for policy, at Colby's nomination hearing in front of the Senate Committee on Armed Services in Washington, D.C., March 4, 2025.

Vance introduces ‘friend’ Elbridge Colby at Senate hearing, backs him for key Pentagon position

Mike Brest March 4, 2025 1:56 pm

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), left, looks on as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), right, walks to speak at a news conference on Social Security benefits, Monday, March 3, 2025, at the Capitol in Washington.

Senate Democrats rekindle their love for the filibuster under Trump

Ramsey Touchberry March 4, 2025 1:09 pm

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), right, points toward Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) next to Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) center, while speaking to reporters, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, after a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington.

GOP counts on obscure Senate referee to pass Trump’s tax agenda

David Sivak March 4, 2025 12:36 pm