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

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., vice-chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, takes questions from reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018.

Mark Warner to oppose Kavanaugh, cites lack of clarify on presidential investigations

Susan Ferrechio September 11, 2018 2:58 pm

SwingSeat: Improving The Weekly Standard’s Senate Model

David Byler September 11, 2018 9:07 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Key senators mum on Kavanaugh vote after four days of hearings

Susan Ferrechio September 10, 2018 10:00 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., flanked by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks with reporters following their weekly policy meetings.

Senate comes together to fight opioid crisis

Kimberly Leonard September 10, 2018 4:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters following the weekly Democratic policy meetings, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018.

Chuck Schumer: Democrats winning the Senate ‘a very hard task because the geography is against us’

Naomi Lim September 9, 2018 7:12 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., question Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz and FBI Director Christopher Wray on the internal report of the FBI's Clinton email probe and the role of former FBI Director James Comey's actions during the 2016 presidential campaign, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 18, 2018.

Lindsey Graham: NYT published anonymous op-ed because the Russia probe is falling apart

Daniel Chaitin September 9, 2018 2:47 pm

Democrats have called on FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to publicly disavow Trump's statements. (AP)

Ben Sasse: Neither Republicans nor Democrats have long term vision for the country

Naomi Lim September 9, 2018 2:06 pm

Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., laughs as he listens to President Trump speak during a meeting with Republican lawmakers.

Congress ready to call Trump’s bluff on shutdown threat

Susan Ferrechio September 9, 2018 4:00 am

Al Franken criticized the Republican Party and the behavior of the attendees, saying that the rhetoric of speakers at the convention has —œjust been startlingly ugly." (AP Photo)

Al Franken’s return to politics seems more and more likely

Emily Jashinsky September 7, 2018 9:32 pm

Climate envoy John Kerry speaks at an event.

John Kerry says it’s been a long time since his wife found him ‘hot’

Anna Giaritelli September 7, 2018 7:40 pm

A protester disrupts the confirmation hearing of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

More than 200 arrested total for Kavanaugh hearings protests

Anna Giaritelli September 7, 2018 3:19 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 2018.

Senate reaches deal on more than 70 bills to combat opioid epidemic

Robert King September 7, 2018 2:08 am