Barring a last-minute surprise, it looks like Pete Hegseth will be the next defense secretary after all. The Senate is on ...

Several Senate Democrats from swing states joined with Republicans Friday to clear the final hurdle to passing the Laken ...

The vote broke the Senate filibuster and sets up a final confirmation vote, which will likely take place Friday. Democrat ...

The Laken Riley Act defeated the legislative filibuster again during a second procedural vote on Friday, amassing more than 60 votes to advance it to a final vote. By a margin of 61-35, the bill ...

Arguments for whether Nebraska lawmakers should change the threshold needed to end debate and shut off a filibuster, possibly ...

There’s talk in the nation’s capital of blowing up the Senate filibuster to pass GOP immigration policies. Don’t do it, Republicans.

Sinema, the first out bisexual in the U.S. House and then the Senate, came into office as a liberal but moved to the right.

A final vote in the Senate is likely to be on Jan. 20, when Donald Trump is sworn in as president. The Laken Riley Act would then go back to the House.

The Colorado House on Friday passed a Senate resolution on "Reproductive Rights and Justice Day," designated by the ...

President Donald Trump will make his first trip outside Washington since his inauguration, traveling to hurricane-ravaged Asheville, North Carolina, and then to Los Angeles to view wildfire damage.

Senators on Thursday cleared the final filibuster test for the Laken Riley Act, setting up a final vote on legislation that ...

New Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, opened the two-year Senate session Friday with a vow to keep the filibuster. The filibuster is a controversial legislative tactic ...