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Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan war powers resolution to end President Trump's Caribbean drug boat strikes and possibly future military action without consent from Congress.
Senate President Nick Scutari on Friday announced his chief of staff, Jessica Cohen, will serve as executive director of the Senate Majority Office.
Senate Republicans rejected an offer from Democrats to end the shutdown in exchange for a one-year extension of health care tax credits.
Police arrested a Pennsylvania man who allegedly threatened to kill a member of Congress near the Senate building. Richard Griffin, 43, was stopped before a security screening.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said on Tuesday that five members of the Senate Armed Services Committee urged Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg to negotiate in good faith and reach a fair agreement with the striking members.
Senate President Nicholas Scutari and Majority Leader Teresa Ruiz were re-elected to third terms today without opposition in an upper house where
Senate Commerce Democrats want to learn more about Sen. Bernie Moreno's collection of identification data on their vehicles.
Despite murmurs of a bipartisan deal to end the government shutdown, betting odds on Polymarket as of 8 a.m. on Nov. 7 show that 54% think that the shutdown will end Nov. 16 or later. The predicted end date is Nov. 18.
Alabama’s members of Congress are speaking out about the government shutdown. We are now on day 38 of the government shutdown, and Alabama Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives disagree on how to get the government back up and running.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Friday that he is pushing for Democrats to “reengage” in bipartisan talks to end the shutdown after the “wheels fell off” when Democrats unified around a plan to push for more concessions.