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Senate Republicans are standing their ground against President Donald Trump’s order to get rid of so-called blue slips.

The Senate Minority Leader's comments came after Trump claimed without evidence that the voting methods were "highly ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday criticized President Trump’s broadside against mail-in voting, saying ...

Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown officially launched his campaign Monday to return to the U.S. Senate next year, brushing aside his bitter loss to Republican Bernie Moreno last fall and expressing ...

Wyoming’s congressional delegation is behind President Trump’s takeover of the Washington, D.C., police, which Congress must ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump expressed hope that Monday’s critical talks with Ukrainian and ...

Senator Jon Husted, whose seat is up for grabs next November, and Democratic Senate leaders have responded to Sherrod Brown's ...

Sherrod Brown has launched his campaign for the U.S. Senate, and will challenge Republican Jon Husted in 2026.In a statement ...

Disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner is making a bold prediction about the New York City mayoral race: he says top Democrats will inevitably endorse leftist nominee Zohran Mamdani. Speaking ...

Schumer said that Trump's failure to reach an agreement to end the war in Ukraine won't earn him the Nobel Peace Prize he's ...

Top New York Democrats will swallow hard and eventually endorse lefty socialist Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani for mayor, ...