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Sen. Eric Schmitt was one of the first senators to support President Donald Trump during his reelection campaign and now acts ...

With Democrats still playing hardball over confirming the rest of President Donald Trump’s civilian nominees, Republicans are ...

The battle over nominations is spelling trouble for the Senate in other areas, as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle feel ...

Senate Republicans may change filibuster rules after Chuck Schumer and the Democrats hold up President Donald Trump's nominees with an unprecedented effort.

Lawmakers have left Washington for the annual August recess, but a few weeks of relative quiet at the U.S. Capitol can’t mask ...

Democratic congressional leaders, locked out of power, see the upcoming government funding deadline as their best chance to ...

Dozens of Democratic lawmakers have left Texas in an attempt to block the adoption of redrawn U.S. House maps sought by ...

Slotkin told NBC News that she, like many Democrats, wants nonpartisan congressional maps. But if Republicans redraw the ...

Over 140 of President Donald Trump's nominees remained pending as negotiations with Democrats fell apart, and Senate ...

The Senate, now on its August recess, failed to confirm dozens of Trump's nominees, leading to a backlog of over 140 pending nominations.

The Senate is moving fiscal 2026 funding measures with ease but there is still no overall strategy in Congress.