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"Negotiations on a path forward to getting the national security supplemental done have made good progress," said Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

Two intend to retire from public office, although one will likely be expelled, and the other will make a Senate run

Disproportional representation in Congress can be illustrative of the effects of the challenges this demographic faces in this area

The 37-year-old Bradley Garcia will be President Joe Biden's fourth appointment to the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C.

While Cortez Masto holds on to her Senate seat in Nevada and effectively ensures Democrat control, Republicans are on track to hold (barely) the House.

Donald Trump was hoping to surf a Republican "red wave" to a fresh White House bid, but with only limited gains in Tuesday's midterm elections -- and an outstanding result from his GOP rival Ron DeSantis -- the former US president seems to be left out to sea.

Early election projections are seeing massive Republican support which has experts eyeing declarations of victory even hours before polls come to a close.

Some results are not expected to be declared for days or weeks, a delay that could trigger what observers fear will be a flood of bitter challenges and unfounded claims of election malpractice.

Hispanic voters are hoping for a turnaround in the balance of power in the U.S. Senate.

As 2022 midterm election predictions leave some states in a “toss-up”, the GOP’s chances of regaining Senate control broadens. Here’s where candidates stand on the most important issues to registered Latino voters.

Kyrsten Sinema has found herself opposed by her own constituents as she holds up passage for the Build Back Better social reform bill.

Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, and two other gymnasts have testified in the Senate about the FBI's misconduct in investigating former Olympic doctor Larry Nassar.

Despite never declaring her intention to run, Lara Trump is leading the North Carolina Senate campaign.

“We need to understand this universe and recognize that freedom of expression cannot be confused with aggression, violence, or threat,” tweeted Brazil’s Senate head David Alcolumbre.

The senate’s views come as a stark contrast from U.S. President Donald Trump’s stance that fixated on holding China responsible for an attempted cover-up while also accusing WHO of being a “puppet” of the Asian superpower.

He played 20 long memorable seasons in Major League Baseball, and now Curt Schilling plans on taking his talents to the political world. Or so he says.

Rubio and conservative allies failed to sabotage the U.S.-Iran peace deal after the Senate watered down a review bill

Bipartisan support for the TPP has steamrolled bipartisan opposition for a bill that won’t be debated, and is likely to win an up-or-down vote.

Support for the sanctions is strong in Congress, but the Obama administration says it would act on its own if it saw them as necessary.

14 Democrats wrote to Obama expressing support for the administration's opposition to sanctions, but Congressional support is full-throated.

South American ambassadors called a bill which has garnered bipartisan support in the US Senate an intervention in Venezuela's internal affairs.

The secretary of state warned that protesters could soon return to the streets and made reference to sanctions legislation moving through the Senate.

A one-time inspector general responsible for oversight of the Department of Homeland Security has been found to have had an improperly close -- and insufficiently independent -- relationship with top DHS officials.

Senators in the PRD, PT and the PAN have today rejected the opinion document drafted by Javier Lozano Alarcón for the new telecom bill.

The fifteen Hondurans say they came to Mexico City after getting sick of waiting near the Mexico-Guatemala border to receive a response on a humanitarian visa which could allow them to pass legally through Mexico on their way to the US.

The Speaker of the House said that his Republican majority will not conference any of their immigration reform legislation with the larger bill passed by the Senate in June. Chances of legislation which extends a path to citizenship for most of the nation’s 11.7 million undocumented immigrants look a lot slimmer.

The Florida senator helped write the Senate overhaul which House Republicans have rejected. Now, Rubio is saying his fellow Republicans in the House should be accommodated in their insistence that the issue be undertaken one small bill at a time.

Senate leaders announced on Wednesday that they have reached a deal to end the government shutdown and avoid a possible U.S. default. The Senate deal will reopen the government, funding it until January 15.

John McCain plays poker during crucial Syria Senate meeting; offensive or not?

This past August, Canada welcomed the first skilled-trades immigrants to be allowed entry under refitted criteria. The architects of the Senate’s comprehensive immigration bill say they crafted their legislation with an eye on their northern neighbor’s own series of 2010 immigration bills overhauling the system.