Former Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-Fla.) decision to withdraw from consideration to become attorney general has shifted the attention of Senate Republicans to the nominations of Pete Hegseth, former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who find now find themselves newly exposed to an even harsher spotlight. The trio of nominees come with...

Republican senators are pouring cold water on the idea that President-elect Trump could force the Senate into an extended recess next year so that he would be able to fill key positions in his Cabinet without going through the Senate confirmation process. Republican senators and aides say that Trump allies who claim that the incoming...

The congressman faced headwinds in the Senate over his alleged sexual misconduct.

The Senate would be fundamentally weakened and profoundly diminished if it were to recess the Senate and allow the incoming president to make interim appointments unilaterally and unchallenged, as Trump has requested.

A recount had been triggered in the Pennsylvania Senate race as the initial result was within 0.5 percentage points.

As Israel defeats its enemies on the battlefields in Gaza and Lebanon, the intifada has gone global. The new fronts of the war against the Jewish state include America's cities, the United Nations, the U.S. Senate, and the International Criminal Court. Marches, resolutions, embargoes, arrest warrantsthese are the tools by which Hamas sympathizers worldwide intend to isolate Israel diplomatic...

Michigan and other battleground states might have swung for Trump, but they elected environmentalists to U.S. Senate seats, too.

Democrats and Republicans can't seem to agree over what belongs in the nation's leading agricultural policy.

Matt Gaetzs withdrawal as Donald Trumps AG pick is far from unprecedented.

JD Vance’s election as vice president has opened up one of Ohio’s U.S. Senate seats for the third time in as many years

Plus highlights of other close races in the state Senate and in cities in Los Angeles County.

Gaetz was reportedly concerned about four Senate Republicans blocking his confirmation as U.S. attorney general.

The slim margins of the race triggered an automatic recount, with results expected to be released next Wednesday.

Democratic Sen. Bob Casey on Thursday conceded his the Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race to Republican challenger Dave McCormick.

Democratic Sen. Bob Casey on Thursday conceded his the Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race to Republican challenger Dave McCormick.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) weighed in on fellow Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Caseys (D) concession in the contentious lower chamber race on Thursday, hailing him as "Pennsylvanias best senator. Fettermans reaction came just minutes after Casey, a three-term senator, conceded to Republican challenger Dave McCormick in Pennsylvanias Senate race that went to a recount. This hit...

The Senate announced a deal Thursday to complete work on seven of President Bidens nine stalled judicial nominees, who sparked an intense fight on the Senate floor this week. A Senate Democratic leadership aide familiar with the agreement said the Senate will finish confirming all of the judges that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)...