A stalemate over the pace of confirmations has delayed the Senate’s yearly August recess for now as President Donald Trump ...

The Senate on Friday broke a multiday impasse by passing the first three fiscal 2026 spending bills, the first time the upper ...

Senate Republicans push through Trump nominees as Democrats use delaying tactics, with GOP leaders threatening to cancel ...

The Senate on Friday passed its first tranche of government funding bills for fiscal year 2026 ahead of its upcoming August recess, but Congress is bracing for a potentially messy fight to prevent ...

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 ...

The Senate passed its first fiscal 2026 spending bills, making up for lost time in the long-delayed process before preparing ...

With the U.S. Senate set to break for August recess, Sen. Mike Leeis pushing for action on approximately 140 Trump nominees.

Senators are forgoing the first days of a monthlong August recess to grind out confirmations for President Donald Trump’s civilian nominees who have faced what the GOP calls “unprecedented” obstructio ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed on Friday to temporarily block the Trump administration’s efforts to expand ...

At least 150 nominees still need to be confirmed, including many judicial nominees, such as acting United States Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba.

Senate Republicans have a major backlog of nominations as Democrats drag their feet, frustrating the president.

The Legislature treated the last day of July as it so often does: with a blitz of action to advance or wrap up multiple bills ...