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

John Barrasso blocks Chuck Schumer’s attempt to establish climate change committee

John Siciliano March 26, 2019 10:12 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., listens to a response to her question of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, as he testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Washington.

On the Green New Deal, the Democrats are all yellow

Washington Examiner March 26, 2019 10:12 pm

Sen. Edward Markey, D- Mass., speaks at a rally for Green New Deal, Tuesday, March 26, 2019, outside the Capitol in Washington. The Green New Deal calls for the U.S. to shift away from fossil fuels such as oil and coal and replace them with renewable sources such as wind and solar power.

Most Democrats vote ‘present’ on Green New Deal

Susan Ferrechio March 26, 2019 8:52 pm

In this Nov. 10, 2015 photo, Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. speaks at a signing ceremony for a memorandum of agreement to establish the Manhattan Project National Historic Park at the Interior Department in Washington.

With Udall’s retirement, Republicans get a rare and difficult shot at a New Mexico Senate seat

Katie Anderson March 25, 2019 8:57 pm

In this Nov. 10, 2015 photo, Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. speaks at a signing ceremony for a memorandum of agreement to establish the Manhattan Project National Historic Park at the Interior Department in Washington.

Dem Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico won’t seek re-election in 2020

David Mark March 25, 2019 4:33 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, turns to answer a reporter's question as he departs after a closed-door briefing for the members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tuesday, March 5, 2019, in Washington.

Ted Cruz fires back at Reuters for holding O’Rourke story

Zach Halaschak March 19, 2019 8:54 pm

In this March 9, 2019, photo, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks during an event in St. George, S.C.

Democrats are outpacing Trump with their embrace of the destruction of norms

Tiana Lowe Doescher March 18, 2019 6:06 pm

In this March 15, 2019 photo, President Donald Trump speaks about border security in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, March 15, 2019, in Washington.

Trump issued his first veto. Watch out for his second

Erin Dunne March 18, 2019 2:05 pm

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, front right, highlights accomplishments by lawmakers at the close of a 60-day legislative session on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at her offices in Santa Fe, N.M.

New Mexico lawmakers vote to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day

Zach Halaschak March 17, 2019 4:46 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., center, and Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, right, and other freshman Congressmen deliver a letter calling to an end to the government shutdown to the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019.

AOC was right about unpaid internships, and the swamp finally agrees

Madeline Fry Schultz March 15, 2019 4:56 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, March 14, 2019, in Washington.

Trump declares he will veto Senate resolution nixing his emergency declaration

Melissa Quinn March 14, 2019 8:38 pm

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., waits for the elevator after speaking on the Senate floor, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 in Washington.

Please, Sen. Sasse, less grandstanding and more actually standing up to Trump

Tiana Lowe Doescher March 14, 2019 8:35 pm