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The Senate voted 50-48 early Thursday morning to adopt a budget resolution that would allow Republicans to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol through a partisan reconciliation bill, bypassing the 60-vote threshold required to defeat a Democratic filibuster.

A string of deaths and disappearances involving researchers with ties to U.S. military, nuclear, and aerospace programs has reached 11 cases, with President Donald Trump saying Thursday the federal government is investigating and expects answers within days.

The Senate voted early Friday morning to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, partially resolving a budget impasse that has stretched since February.

President Trump reiterated his demands that Republicans move to eliminate the filibuster in an effort to pass the SAVE America Act.

The Senate confirmed Colin McDonald on Tuesday as the Justice Department's top fraud prosecutor, putting a veteran federal attorney in charge of a sweeping effort to recover billions of taxpayer dollars lost to state-level fraud schemes.

Senate Republicans launched a marathon floor takeover Tuesday night to force a public reckoning on the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a bill that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.

U.S. senators are preparing to vote this week on a major bipartisan housing package designed to increase the nation’s housing supply.

A Facebook advertisement from Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is drawing scrutiny after appearing to mix messaging from two high-profile out-of-state Democrats.

Senate Antitrust Committee Chairman Sen. Mike Lee (R‑UT) has fired a major warning shot over Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R‑SC) used his Tuesday appearance on Hannity to sharply criticize sanctuary city policies and call for decisive action from Congress.