Explore how trade route taxation shaped politics and power in the Star Wars galaxy, leading to conflict, economic disparity, ...

Democratic Sen. Gary Peters announced on Jan. 28 that he would not seek reelection, leaving Democrats without an incumbent to defend a pivotal Senate seat in a state that has consistently ranked ...

Former Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., fell on a small set of stairs on Wednesday as he was exiting the Senate chamber after a confirmation vote for Housing and Urban Development ...

Senate Democrats are bracing to stay in the chamber overnight to make the case against the nomination of Russell Vought to serve as the White House’s next budget chief, who is expected to be ...

The Senate didn't tackle the transmittal of the articles of impeachment by the House of Representatives on the last session day before Congress went on recess to make way for the campaign period for ...

Senate Democrats are struggling to deal with a rising tide of anger inside their party as President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk run roughshod over federal agencies, with House ...

But one by one on Wednesday night and into Thursday, Senate Democrats flocked to the floor for an all-night talkathon to protest the confirmation of Russell T. Vought, President Trump’s nominee ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The U.S. Capitol is seen, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Sen. Bernie ...

The Senate voted Tuesday night to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general, making the tenacious litigator the latest official to help fill out President Donald Trump’s administration. The vote was ...

Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as health secretary to the full Senate. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg Reporting from Washington Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the high-profile critic of vaccines who turned away from ...

A month into the new Congress, House and Senate Republicans are still not on the same page on how to tackle President Donald Trump’s agenda raising the possibility the two chambers could be on a ...

The Senate on Tuesday adopted resolutions honoring former President Joseph Estrada and wife, former First Lady and former Senator Loi Ejercito Estrada for their "contributions" to the Philippines.