The Senate GOP's campaign arm filed a complaint Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission, accusing a Democratic political consultant of helping launch a same-name Republican Senate candidate in Alaska in what Republicans say is a coordinated effort to confuse voters before the state's August primary.
President Donald Trump escalated his push for election integrity legislation Monday, calling on Senate Majority Leader John Thune to remove the Senate parliamentarian after the SAVE America Act was blocked for the second consecutive time last week.
President Trump on Monday formally submitted the nomination of Todd Blanche to serve as the permanent Attorney General of the United States, sending the name to the Senate for confirmation and setting up what is expected to be a contentious hearing process.
The Senate voted 53-46 Wednesday afternoon to begin formal consideration of a roughly $70 billion immigration enforcement package that would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, kicking off a marathon amendment process before a final passage vote expected later this week.
Three Senate Democrats filed a war powers resolution Thursday seeking to strip President Trump of the ability to use military force against Cuba without congressional authorization, drawing sharp pushback from Republicans who say the move would shield a regime that murdered American citizens.
President Trump announced his support for Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as the campaign against Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico continues.
The Senate adopted a resolution Thursday to withhold senators' paychecks during government shutdowns, passing unanimously 99-0 in a rare display of bipartisan accountability.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (L-LA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is demanding answers from two Rhode Island health centers and a federal agency over whether taxpayer dollars are funding gender transition services for minors and then paying the legal bills when those patients sue.
Senate Republicans released their long-anticipated immigration enforcement reconciliation package Monday night, unveiling $72 billion in proposed spending split across two Senate committees that would mark one of the largest federal investments in border security on record.
