WASHINGTON — The Senate Thursday failed to advance a Republican measure and rejected unanimous agreements on two related bills from Democrats that would have paid federal employees and contractors who have continued to work amid the government shutdown ...

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The United States Senate has taken its first step towards ending the longest government shutdown in the country’s history as lawmakers agreed to move forward with a stopgap funding package. The Republican-led proposal, which would keep the government ...

Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper filed Dec. 3 to run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, who announced in June that he would not seek a third term in office. Cooper, the state's former democratic governor and attorney general, officially launched his campaign in July.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - Former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has filed paperwork to run for the United States Senate in 2026. Cooper announced his candidacy in a post to X on Wednesday, Dec. 3.

Paul Finebaum announced Tuesday that he will not be running for Tommy Tuberville’s seat in the United States Senate.

A new poll released Friday from Emerson College Polling shows how Ohio’s 2026 United States Senate race could end if voters headed to the polls today.Incumbent Republican Sen. Jon Husted has a six-point lead over former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in ...

In using the nuclear option, John Thune has turned a Senate precedent on its head, defying his reputation as an institutionalist. Congressional experts said that Senator John Thune’s piecemeal changes have dealt a significant blow to the minority party ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 8 - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee voted late on Monday to advance the nomination of billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Last week, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the space agency touted his plans to put U.