Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is privately urging his members to use upcoming hearings on President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees to hold their “feet to the fire,” according to a...
Get ready for a do-or-die Senate weekend. Senate Majority Leader John Thune will try to break the shutdown impasse Friday. Democrats we’ve spoken to say he won’t succeed, as...
Democratic Rep. Don Davis is exploring a run for the North Carolina Senate seat being vacated by retiring GOP Sen. Thom Tillis, according to a spokesperson. Davis is "looking...
President Donald Trump wants the debt ceiling dealt with in the party-line package to enact his sweeping domestic agenda, Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso told reporters Tuesday. The issue,...
House Republican leaders are facing a white-knuckle vote Tuesday morning as they move to end the partial shutdown after four days. Here’s what we’re watching on both sides of...