Democratic senators clashed with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on the Senate floor Thursday when the GOP leader proposed a resolution to clarify that any damages won by Republican ...

Add a marathon Senate floor protest to the paralysis gripping Washington as a partial government shutdown enters its fourth week. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., pulled an all-nighter on the Senate floor ...

Democratic Rep. Adam Smith urges the release of video footage showing the follow-up strike on an alleged drug vessel ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley’s overnight remarks ending early Wednesday evening put him in the top tier of lengthy floor speeches in the chamber’s history, a marathon floor protest emblematic of the paralysis ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) concluded his marathon speech Wednesday afternoon, having held the floor for 22 hours and 39 minutes to rail against “grave threats” presented by President Trump. Merkley, a ...

A Senate plan to take up a major fiscal 2026 appropriations package on the floor next week is looking increasingly like a long shot. After finally bringing a 43-day partial government shutdown to an ...

Cortez, a member of the House of Representatives, would be unlikely to speak on the Senate floor in the first place.

Watch live from the Senate floor. The Federal Aviation Administration’s unprecedented order to scale back flights nationwide because of the record-long government shutdown took effect Friday morning, ...