Senate

Republicans Are Hyping Unprecedented IRS Data Sharing, Despite Privacy Concerns

By Casey Murray
A DOJ Nominee Who Would Oversee National Security Operations Shrugged Off Questions About the Signal Leak

By Jose Pagliery
Clay Higgins Wants a ‘MAGA’ Challenger to Oust Bill Cassidy — But He’s Not Endorsing One Yet

By Helen Huiskes
Democrats Say They’re Furious Over FTC Firings — But Maybe Not Furious Enough to Block Trump’s Nominee

By Samuel Larreal and Claire Heddles
Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe Skirt Democrats’ Questions on the Signal Group Chat

By Shifra Dayak
Republicans Funded the Government. What’s Next Is Trickier.

By Ursula Perano
Some Republicans Doubt Congress Will Vote to End the Department of Education

By Reese Gorman
A Democratic Senator Inched Closer to Calling for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside

By Tinashe Chingarande and Daniella Diaz
Chuck Schumer Digs In His Heels and Says He’s the ‘Best Leader’ for the Senate

By Daniella Diaz and Ursula Perano
Senate Passes the GOP’s Government Funding Bill — With Crucial Help From Democrats

By Ben T.N. Mause, Ursula Perano and Katherine Swartz
House Republicans Gloat Over Driving Democrats ‘Insane’ With Infighting

By Reese Gorman
Angry Donors and Protests: Democrats Think Chuck Schumer Has Set Them Up to ‘Lose Fast’

By Evan McMorris-Santoro, Calen Razor and Tinashe Chingarande
House Democrats Focus Their Anger at Chuck Schumer

By Daniella Diaz, Ursula Perano, Katherine Swartz and Ben T.N. Mause
Senate Democrats Get Ready to Cave on Government Funding Standoff

By Ursula Perano and Ben T.N. Mause
Trump’s Pick to Be Ambassador to Canada Acknowledges Canada Is a Country

By Nuha Dolby
Michigan’s Senate Race Is Heating Up — Even Without Pete Buttigieg

By Tinashe Chingarande
‘We Don’t Know Anything’: Senators Blindsided by Cancelled CDC Nomination

By Margaret Manto
DOGE’s Social Security Office Closures Are Impacting Red States the Most

By Helen Huiskes
Fired Federal Workers Cling to Hope That They’ll Get Their Old Jobs Back

By Claire Heddles
Senate Rules Could Stand in the Way of Republicans’ Permanent Tax Cuts

By Violet Jira
Congress Doesn’t Want Trump to Scrap NASA’s Moon Rocket for Musk’s Starship

By Mark Alfred
Senators Press Trump’s FDA Pick on Trump’s Health Moves

By Margaret Manto
Georgia’s Republicans Are Praying Brian Kemp Runs for Senate

By Ben T.N. Mause
Trump’s Nominee for NIH Director Faces Senate Pressure on Vaccinations and Funding Cuts

By Margaret Manto
Trump’s Move to Pause Ukraine Aid Surprises Senators

By John T. Seward
Bill Cassidy Is Already Pressing RFK Jr. on Vaccine Policy

By Margaret Manto and Helen Huiskes
Republicans Don’t Want DOGE to Overrule Cabinet Secretaries on Funding

By Haley Byrd Wilt
Votes, Town Halls and Cleaning Out Toiletries: Lawmakers Tell Us the Five Things They Did Last Week

By Casey Murray
Senators Want to Know if DOGE’s FAA Layoffs Will Make the Skies Less Safe

By Em Luetkemeyer and Torrence Banks
In the War Against DEI in Science, Researchers See Collateral Damage

By Teresa Carr and Margaret Manto