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Senate leaders failed to reach a bipartisan deal to speed through more of President Trump's nominees — so senators are ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A stalemate over the pace of confirmations has delayed the Senate’s yearly August recess, for now, as ...
Pressure from Trump, coupled with delays by Democrats, has complicated the upper chamber’s ability to embark on its extended summer break.
President Trump, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) are making slow progress toward a deal to clear some of the Senate’s backlog of ...
Senate Republicans push through Trump nominees as Democrats use delaying tactics, with GOP leaders threatening to cancel ...
Nominations and appropriations remain at the forefront of the Senate's agenda for the final scheduled workweek before August ...
The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced legislation Thursday amounting to more than $1 trillion in government funding ...
The last time the August recess was scrapped was in 2018, when then-Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) canceled it to ...
Senate Democrats are using an arcane procedural tool to try to force the Department of Justice to release additional files ...
Voters in northern Fulton and Cherokee counties head to the polls next month to choose between seven hopefuls seeking to replace their former state senator.