In a letter to the Senate Judiciary chairman, lawyers for former special counsel Jack Smith seek to correct what they call "inaccurate" claims about Smith's Jan. 6 probe.

Key senators have come out in opposition to Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s pick to lead the special counsel office, after old, racist texts emerged.

Senate Republicans confirmed Trump’s Cabinet nominees at a speedy clip, largely because they remained aligned and Democrats had no tool to block them. When it comes to the U.S. attorney nominees, Democrats have deployed the blue slips.

President Trump on Tuesday afternoon hosted Republican senators for a Rose Garden lunch as the government shutdown hits its three-week mark with no endgame in sight. He discussed the ongoing

In its analysis Morning Consult wrote: “With a 71% approval rating among voters in Vermont, independent Bernie Sanders is America’s most popular senator, retaking his spot from fellow Vermonter Peter Welch (D), who has a 66% approval rating among the state’s voters.

Republicans need at least seven Democrats to advance spending legislation in the Senate, where Republicans must clear the 60-vote threshold to overcome a filibuster. The GOP holds 53 seats in the chamber. OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES AT CENTER OF DEM SHUTDOWN FIGHT 'FUEL' HEALTHCARE COST INFLATION, CONSERVATIVES SAY

Some Democrats skeptical about their leadership’s hard-line stance against reopening the federal government privately acknowledge that they fear getting “hammered” by their liberal base if they

Trump has moved significant U.S. military assets, including eight warships, about 10,000 troops, a nuclear-power submarine and fighter jets, to the southern Caribbean, close to Venezuela. Earlier this week, the president confirmed he authorized the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to carry out covert operations in Venezuela.