New Senate bill seeks to tackle the flow of fentanyl into the US from China and Mexico
The bill does not link tariffs to fentanyl smuggling but seeks expanded authority to sanction state-owned or state-controlled ...
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis slams Trump-aligned operative who called to replace him in North Carolina Senate race
The consultant, Arthur Schwartz, has close ties to Trump’s orbit and helped shepherd Pete Hegseth’s defense secretary bid ...
US Senate panel advances nominee to lead consumer watchdog
The U.S. Senate Banking Committee voted Thursday to advance the nomination of Jonathan McKernan to lead the Consumer ...
Senate Republicans push to codify DOGE cuts after Musk meeting
President Donald Trump on Monday alerted America's farmers to coming U.S. tariffs on "external product," telling them to get ...
North Carolina student delegates inspire at U.S. Senate Youth Program in Washington, D.C.
More than 100 high schoolers are visiting Washington, D.C., while attending the United States Senate Youth program. One ...
Movement to ban Chinese farmland purchases near military bases gains steam in the Senate
The PASS Act, led by Sen. Mike Rounds and backed by Senate leadership, would ban adversaries like China and Iran from scooping up farmland near U.S. military bases ...
Arrington praises Trump's address to joint Congress, urges Senate to pass House budget
Here is what U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington has to say in response to President Donald Trump's address to Congress on Tuesday ...
Trump NIH nominee promotes scientific ‘free speech’ at Senate confirmation hearing
Bhattacharya is a professor of health policy and economics at Stanford University who rose to prominence as a skeptic of ...
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Cantwell bill to reauthorize billions for Coast Guard passes Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C.–The Coast Guard Reauthorization Act of 2025, which would reauthorize over $30 billion for the U.S. Coast ...
Senate bid to prevent boys from playing girls' sports gets stuck on filibuster
The Senate failed to advance a bill to codify a Trump executive order and prevent biological males from playing in girls ...
Trump’s pick for key Pentagon role faces Senate GOP skeptics
Elbridge Colby, President Trump’s pick to serve as the Pentagon’s undersecretary for policy, is facing skepticism from GOP senators concerned about his views on how aggressively to confront Iran ...
Massachusetts high school students in Washington for 'US Senate Youth Program'
Betty Nguyen of Boston Latin and Evan Cote of Tyngsborough High School represented Massachusetts and were among 100 students who were invited to the event.