Senate

Longtime Congressman Peter Welch is running to fill a rare vacancy in Vermont’s U.S. Senate delegation, and he’s already received a key endorsement.

Vermont’s lone member of the U.S. House of Representatives has announced he is seeking election to the Senate in 2022.

Vermont’s lone member of the U.S. House of Representatives has announced he is seeking election to the U.S. Senate in 2022. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, made it official Monday morning, writing, “We are at a pivotal moment” in U.S. democracy. “The result of this election will determine control of the Senate and with it, what we can accomplish for...

Chris Sununu announced Tuesday that he will not run for U.S. Senate in 2022 and will instead seek a fourth term as New Hampshire governor.

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., on Monday said that the House should vote on the $1 trillion infrastructure package instead of focusing solely on President Joe Biden’s broader $1.75 trillion domestic policy proposal.

The bill now goes to the House of Representatives, which is expected to green-light the bill.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced Thursday morning that lawmakers have reached an agreement on a short-term debt ceiling increase, temporarily averting a government default.

Ahead of Wednesday’s formal session, the House Ways and Means Committee is pushing out an amended version of the Senate-approved bill adjusting a 2016 ballot law concerning animal welfare. The voter law sets standards for how much space is required to keep pigs, calves and egg-laying hens. For hens, it requires enough room for the birds to be capable of…

Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen testified on Tuesday about the social media company.

Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower with Massachusetts ties, will testify before Congress Tuesday.

The 30-day funding legislation will keep federal surface transportation workers on government payrolls and avoid shutdowns and furloughs at the Department of Transportation.

Congress passed the bill earlier Thursday, hours before a looming midnight deadline.

Top U.S. military leaders testified before a Senate committee, defending the nation’s withdrawal from Afghanistan while acknowledging failures.

Gen. Mark Milley defended calls he made to assure his Chinese counterpart that the U.S. wasn’t going to attack in the final months of Donald Trump’s presidency, telling a Senate panel Tuesday that senior Trump officials were aware.

Sen. Mitchell McConnell, R-Ky., said during a speech on the Senate floor he has received a COVID vaccine booster shot.

The Senate’s nonpartisan parliamentarian says Democrats can’t use their $3.5 trillion package bolstering social and climate programs to give millions of immigrants a chance to become citizens

Sarah Klein was first abused by Larry Nassar in 1988 when she was just 8 years old. Today she is a pillar of support for the younger victims of the USA Gymnastics doctor’s abuse. They include Olympians Simone Biles and McKayla Maroney, who testified before the U.S. Senate on Wednesday about failures by the Department of Justice and FBI to...

FBI Director Christopher Wray issued an apology while testifying on Wednesday about the FBI’s role in investigating Larry Nassar.

Former NFL star Herschel Walker has filed paperwork to run for Senate as a Republican in Georgia.

Democrats are renewing their push to enact their marquee elections bill