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

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Senate rejects Russian interviews of US officials after White House waffles

Pete Kasperowicz July 19, 2018 6:53 pm

Sen. Bob Casey, Jr., D-Pa., speaks with reporters following a closed-door policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 26, 2018.

Senate Democrats push to intervene in lawsuit against Obamacare

Robert King July 19, 2018 3:30 pm

Sen. Jeff Flake, center, R-Ariz., speaks with Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., while returning to the Capitol after they worked with a bipartisan group of moderate senators to find a way to reopen the government on Day 2 of the federal shutdown, in Washington on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018.

Senators want vote on resolution backing intelligence findings of Russian meddling

Susan Ferrechio July 18, 2018 8:47 pm

Acting Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Peter O'Rourke, attends a House Veterans Affairs subcommittee hearing about the Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act, Tuesday, July 17, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

VA cleaning house of Trump haters: Report

Diana Stancy Correll July 18, 2018 8:45 pm

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the ranking member, and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, meet before the start of a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Senate panel to take up bill to ban pharmacy ‘gag clauses’

Robert King July 18, 2018 7:19 pm

McConnell: Russia Is Not Our Friend

Jenna Lifhits July 17, 2018 8:38 pm

The Maine Republican was responding to questions over whether the House might not follow through on passing healthcare bills she helped negotiate in response to the tax bill's provision that would repeal the individual mandate penalties.

Susan Collins expresses doubt on Trump proposal to post drug prices on ads

Kimberly Leonard July 16, 2018 5:22 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves a news conference with Republican leaders on Capitol Hill in Washington.

McConnell aiming to confirm Brett Kavanaugh by October

Diana Stancy Correll July 13, 2018 11:20 pm

All Aboard the Trump Train

John McCormack July 13, 2018 6:56 am

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., was forced to come clean on Tuesday after falsely claiming she was being treated for breast cancer when the Senate voted on the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act in 2016 and "did not go along" with it. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

New attack ad rips Claire McCaskill for ‘misleading’ RV tour

Emily Jashinsky July 12, 2018 1:52 am

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., left, joined at center by Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill.

GOP lawmakers condemn calls to eradicate ICE

Diana Stancy Correll July 11, 2018 10:40 pm

"I did not hear that word either ... I didn't hear it and I was sitting no further away from President Trump than Sen. [Dick] Dubin was," Cotton told CBS News. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Sources: No truth to rumor that Tom Cotton would block Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination

David M. Drucker July 11, 2018 3:03 pm