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There’s a rush this week to secure a border security accord in the Senate. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has shuttled back and forth to the Capitol multiple times for talks with Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and James Lankford, R-Okla. Things are so serious that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., even …

Democrats have a strategy for holding the U.S. Senate this year: Limit their losses to five seats or fewer, and then pick off Sen. Mitch McConnell, perhaps even swipe the GOP’s open seat in Georgia. It won’t be easy. Three Republican nominees—Montana Rep. Steve Daines, former South Dakota Gov. Mike …

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, joked Monday that she would “wear a bikini” on the floor of the Senate following Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s, D-N.Y., directive that the body would no longer enforce a dress code for its members. Her comments were first reported by an NBC News reporter, but were …

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., called on the NCAA to apologize to female athletes, such as swimmer Riley Gaines, for favoring transgender athletes at their expense this week. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) President Charlie Baker testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday on the controversy surrounding female athletes being forced …

Drowning aboard the sinking ship of President Obama’s unpopularity, Democrats are throwing out a lifeline to Michelle Obama in their effort to tread water in the U.S. Senate. The first lady is hitting the campaign trail for endangered Democrats while the president, viewed as more of an electoral liability than …

What about Bob? As in Sen. Bob. Menendez, D-N.J.? That is, indicted Sen. Bob. Menendez, D-N.J. The senator faces charges of being a foreign agent for Egypt. “How can you eject (former Rep. George) Santos, R-N.Y., and not really have any kind of actions for a real sleazeball like Menendez?” …

President Donald Trump on Monday threatened a lawsuit over the Senate’s century-old “blue slip” tradition that he says makes it “impossible” for him to appoint a judge or U.S. attorney. Trump made the comments to reporters in the Oval Office while signing executive orders regarding the elimination of cashless bail …

It’s often hard to separate the noise from the signal in politics. The noise is that congressional Democrats are fighting President Donald Trump and Republicans over a prospective government shutdown and healthcare spending. The signal is scratchy. But if you turn the squelch knob, you may detect the signal. We …

Senate Republicans’ bid to pass a short-term government funding extension was foiled by Senate Democrats as the deadline to fund the government fast approaches. While the proposal easily glided through the House with little drama, it hit a brick wall in the Senate and failed 44-48. Only one lawmaker, Sen. …

The Senate remains deadlocked on a path to end the shutdown as it nears its second week, and Republicans’ meager support across the aisle to reopen the government may be crumbling. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., needs at least eight Senate Democratic caucus members to join Republicans to reopen …