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

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., gestures during a speech at a campaign kickoff rally in Richmond, Va., Monday, April 2, 2018.

Political circus reaches peak insanity just before midterm elections

Beth Bailey November 5, 2018 8:00 pm

A recent Gallup poll of registered voters shows that voter enthusiasm is at a 20-year low-point.

How will we determine whether Republicans or Democrats won the midterm elections?

Philip Klein November 5, 2018 3:44 pm

Independent presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during the We the People Membership Summit, featuring the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, at the Warner Theater, in Washington, Monday, April 1, 2019.

The future of healthcare is on the 2018 ballot

Sally Pipes November 5, 2018 5:00 am

Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke addresses a gathering at a campus library during a campaign stop at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, N.H., Friday, May 10, 2019.

Beto O’Rourke surges to within margin of error against Cruz in new Texas poll

Katelyn Caralle November 2, 2018 6:50 pm

Cory Booker

New Jersey approves ‘Cory’s law’ to let Booker run for White House, Senate at same time

Pete Kasperowicz November 2, 2018 11:38 am

Green Party candidate Angela Green for U.S. Senate in Arizona.

Green Party candidate drops out of Arizona Senate race, endorses Democrat Kyrsten Sinema

Anna Giaritelli November 2, 2018 3:02 am

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., speaks to students and supporters at the University of Missouri - St. Louis Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, in St. Louis. McCaskill is running for re-election.

NAACP office scrambles for black votes to help Claire McCaskill

Naomi Lim November 1, 2018 9:24 pm

Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks during a lecture series at the University of Nevada in Reno, Nev.

Harry Reid can’t stop lying

Becket Adams November 1, 2018 12:10 am

President Trump and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Michael Barone: Voters head to the polls to relitigate 2016

Michael Barone October 31, 2018 9:23 pm

Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly speaks during a U.S. Senate debate against Republican former state Rep. Mike Braun and Libertarian Lucy Brenton, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, in Indianapolis.

Joe Donnelly just had a Michael Scott moment on race

Philip Wegmann October 31, 2018 3:45 pm

Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema talks to campaign volunteers.

How long does an untrustworthy politician deserve to be trusted?

Philip Wegmann October 30, 2018 8:30 pm

Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, left, and Democratic U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke, right, shake hands before their debate in Dallas.

7 days left: GOP projected to hold the Senate despite tighter Texas race

Pete Kasperowicz October 30, 2018 4:12 pm