They are also eyeing hundreds of billions of dollars in savings from Medicaid changes. The Senate Budget Committee on Friday released a blueprint that calls for the Senate Finance Committee and ...

Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith won’t seek a second full term next year, opening up a seat in a Democratic-leaning state.

While Democrats don’t have the Senate votes to tank Trump nominees, they can derail the chamber’s day-to-day functions.

As the longest-serving Senate leader in history, McConnell developed a reputation for keeping his rank-and-file members in line and frustrating Democrats by relentlessly using procedural tactics to ...

Smith is the second Democratic senator to announce their retirements ahead of the midterms in 2026, when the party wants to contend for the majority but faces obstacles.

The Senate on Monday resoundingly confirmed colleague Sen. Marco Rubio to be President Donald Trump’s secretary of State, making him the first member of the 47th president’s cabinet to win the ...

House Republicans blocked amendments that would’ve protected Medicaid and federal nutrition benefits from the deep cuts.

The Long Island rally was one of several around the country in recent days protesting the president's new policies and executive orders.

Financial disclosure forms reveal Trump's pick to lead the FBI has multimillion-dollar ties to Shein, a company accused of using forced labor.

When Musk bought Twitter, he purged employees and made it a safe space for the far right. His attempted government takeover ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Callers are getting busy signals and voicemail inboxes are full at many U.S. Senate offices as people ... root out fraud and abuse. Some progressive nonprofit groups, including ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cleared a key hurdle Tuesday after a Senate panel voted to advance his nomination to be health and human services secretary to the full chamber. In a vote along party lines ...