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

By Ramsey Touchberry April 25, 2026 5:00 am

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH)

Moreno seeking to ban senators from trading on prediction markets

David Zimmermann Apr 24, 2026

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

Markwayne Mullin wades into House-Senate fight over DHS funding

David Sivak Apr 24, 2026

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

David Sivak Apr 24, 2026

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

Ramsey Touchberry Apr 23, 2026

Ron Johnson open to Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ after Vance meeting

By David Sivak June 10, 2025 1:42 pm

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., speaks during a campaign event in York, Pa., Oct. 2, 2024.

Fetterman gets praise from GOP over stance on LA riots: ‘Anarchy’

By Emily Hallas June 10, 2025 10:53 am

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, with Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, responds to reporters' questions before the start of a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington.

WATCH LIVE: Hegseth and other Cabinet members testify on Capitol Hill

By Ross O'Keefe June 10, 2025 9:31 am

GOP embraces Trump’s National Guard deployment but skirts talk of arresting Newsom

By David Sivak, Lauren Green and Ramsey Touchberry June 10, 2025 5:00 am

GOP rallies around escalating Biden investigations as party feuds elsewhere on policy

By Lauren Green, Rachel Schilke and Ramsey Touchberry June 9, 2025 6:00 am

Sanders claims Trump is moving US ‘rapidly into authoritarianism’

By Asher Notheis June 8, 2025 5:52 pm

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) pauses to speak to reporters outside the chamber as the Senate prepares a procedural vote on an emergency spending package that would provide military aid to Ukraine and Israel, replenish U.S. weapons systems, and provide food, water and other humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza, at the Capitol in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024.

Paul says reconciliation bill should be split up to rein in Congress debt expansion

By Jenny Goldsberry June 8, 2025 5:38 pm

Keith Beavers examines his tobacco crop in aftermath of Hurricane Irene in Mount Olive, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011. Far from the beach towns that took Hurricane Irene's first hit, the storm inflicted some of its worst damage on inland farms from North Carolina to New York as crops were pummeled by wind, scalded by salt spray and submerged by floodwaters. Some farmers are reporting total losses. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)

North Carolina Republicans push to remove ‘hidden tax’ from ‘big, beautiful bill’ after pressure campaign

By Ramsey Touchberry June 6, 2025 4:05 pm

Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., speaks during the confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee

Katie Britt pushes to increase child care tax credit in One Big Beautiful Bill Act

By Zach Halaschak June 6, 2025 6:30 am

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., listens as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security oversight hearing, Thursday, May 8, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Sen. Chris Murphy says the Democratic Party isn’t ‘terribly credible’ on corruption

By Morgan Kromer June 6, 2025 12:01 am

Cornyn sought testimony on Biden’s mental health from bombshell book authors

By Ramsey Touchberry June 5, 2025 4:54 pm

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

Congressional DOGE Republicans move to codify protections against fraudulent payments

By Brady Knox June 5, 2025 4:26 pm