In a state so often divided along partisan lines, Democrats and Republicans alike were moved to tears as they gathered in the ...

The Senate plans to take up a House-passed bill to fund the government through September beginning on Friday, which needs the ...

Many Democrats are agitating for their party’s senators to block the measure in defiance of President Trump, but the leader said doing so would prompt a shutdown that would only empower Mr. Trump.

Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have added several medical exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban.

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is planning to announce that he won't seek Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat in ...

New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s decision to not seek reelection marks the latest bit of tough luck for Senate Democrats, who face an increasingly challenging midterm election map as ...

Gun rights advocates have been fighting to overturn a Florida law setting the minimum age to buy a gun at 21 since the day ...

Military service leaders are telling senators that passing a temporary budget that keeps defense spending largely flat will ...

The top Senate Democrat said his members were not ready to provide the votes to allow the Republican-written stopgap spending ...

Gail Slater, Trump's pick for DOJ head position, has been confirmed by the US Senate, taking over the antitrust cases against ...

A bill to increase restrictions on firearms in public places has passed in the Washington State Senate. Senate Bill 5098, primarily sponsored by Rep. Javier Valdez, D-Seattle, passed the Senate on ...