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 ...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is urging his Senate colleagues to cancel August recess and continue confirming President ...

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 confirmed President Donald Trump ’s pick to oversee higher education policy, a man with deep ties to the ...

Republican senators are getting ready to leave Washington without advancing a major sanctions bill against Russia, giving ...

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

The bills allocate funding for the Department of Veteran Affairs, the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug ...

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

NEW YORK (AP) — The Senate confirmed Andrea Lucas to another term as commissioner of the country’s workplace civil rights agency, demonstrating firm Republican support for her efforts to root out ...