WASHINGTON – Vermont U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, 81, will undergo emergency hip surgery after falling Wednesday night, depriving his fellow Democrats of any majority in the chamber until he returns. …
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Markwayne Mullin Advances To Runoff For Oklahoma U.S. Senate Seat Carl DeMarco on June 28, 2022 Republican Oklahoma Rep. Markwayne Mullin will advance to a primary runoff election for U.S. …
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Republican Senate Bill Could Throw Future SCOTUS Leakers Behind Bars Gabe Kaminsky on June 23, 2022 On the heels of an anonymous person leaking a U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion …
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WASHINGTON – A rare bipartisan package of gun safety legislation garnered enough votes to pass the U.S. Senate on Thursday, but voting continued on the bill that Democrats and Republicans …
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OTTAWA – Canada’s Senate on Thursday passed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s budget, adopting a long list of measures including a two-year ban on foreign home buyers and the power to …
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Pennsylvania Dem Senate Candidate Sought To Empty State Prisons While In Power, Records Show Gabe Kaminsky on June 22, 2022 The Democratic candidate running for Senate in Pennsylvania, John Fetterman, …
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate took an initial step towards passing the country’s first major gun legislation in decades on Tuesday night, voting in favor of a procedural measure that …
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Trump-backed Katie Britt wins Republican nomination in Alabama’s U.S. Senate primary, NBC News projects
by ReutersWASHINGTON – Katie Britt, an attorney and past senior U.S. Senate aide backed by former President Donald Trump, won the Republican nomination in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race, NBC News projected …
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and his Republican counterpart, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, expressed support for the gun control legislation released on Tuesday by a bipartisan group …
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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Republican Eric Greitens, who is seeking a U.S. Senate seat in Missouri, released a campaign ad on Monday depicting him and a group of armed …
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EXCLUSIVE: Watchdog Demands Senate Ethics Probe Democrat’s ‘Clear Violation’ Of Stock Filing Law After DCNF Investigation Gabe Kaminsky on June 15, 2022 A federal watchdog is urging the Senate Ethics …
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he was comfortable with the framework of a U.S. Senate gun safety bill and would support the final proposed …
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TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy wants your guns. All of them. It’s no secret. Today, he applauded the latest federal gun ban legislation but said it’s not …
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LOS ANGELES – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday that Senate negotiators trying to hammer out a deal on modest measures to address gun violence were still “mildly optimistic.” …
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HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a former attorney, Kenelm L. Shirk, age 72, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to time …
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By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and lawmakers from both parties said on Wednesday they had the Senate votes needed to pass legislation aimed at reining in …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON – Senator John Cornyn, the leading Republican in talks aimed at ironing out bipartisan legislation to address a plague of U.S. mass shootings, urged the top …
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By James Oliphant WASHINGTON – John Fetterman, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania and the state’s current lieutenant governor, said on Friday that he “almost died” from the …
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(Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will give his twice-yearly report on monetary policy to the U.S. Senate on June 22, just a week after the central bank is …
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POLL: JD Vance Takes The Lead In Ohio Senate Race Sebastian Hughes on June 1, 2022 Republican Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance secured a slim lead over Democratic Rep. Tim …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed by voice vote President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as the top auto safety regulator, the first to win approval …
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Herschel Walker Wins Georgia Senate GOP Primary Sebastian Hughes on May 24, 2022 Retired NFL star Herschel Walker won the Republican primary for Georgia’s 2022 Senate race Tuesday, according to …
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(Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick has filed a lawsuit in a Pennsylvania court to compel counties to count undated mail-in ballots in his primary race against TV …
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John Fetterman Wins Pennsylvania Dem Senate Primary Sebastian Hughes on May 17, 2022 Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman won the Democratic primary for the state’s open Senate seat Tuesday night, …
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WASHINGTON – Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman, a progressive who disclosed he had a stroke last week, defeated centrist congressman Conor Lamb in the party’s U.S. Senate primary, Edison Research …