AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The U.S. Senate race in Texas is quickly shaping up to be one of the most contentious elections across the United States in the 2026 cycle. Since 2003, the seat has belonged to Sen.

Sen. Cassie Chambers Armstrong speaks during the legislative session on the senate floor at the Capitol in Frankfort, Ky, Tuesday, January 23, 2024. Silas Walker [email protected] Kentucky ...

Faith Winter, a 45-year-old Democratic state senator and environmental activist, died on Wednesday night. By Jenny Gross Faith Winter, a Democratic state senator in Colorado known for her ...

The Pentagon is suggesting it could recall U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly to active military duty to punish him for appearing in a video that called for troops to defy “illegal orders.” Before he was a ...

Senator John Fetterman, the hoodie-wearing Pennsylvanian who nearly died during his campaign and was later hospitalized for clinical depression, had minor injuries, according to his office. By ...

For more politics coverage and analysis, sign up for Here’s the Deal, our weekly politics newsletter, here. The nation is on the verge of shaking off its longest government shutdown in history. The ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed legislation Monday night to reopen the government and end the record-long shutdown after eight Democrats broke with their party and joined Republicans to break the ...

A small band of Senate Democrats voted with Republicans on Monday night to approve a funding measure to reopen the federal government — without securing their party’s demand to guarantee an extension ...

Senate Democrats emerged from a two-and-a-half-hour caucus meeting Sunday night announcing there will be enough votes in the Senate to reopen the federal government after a grueling 40-day shutdown. A ...

A bipartisan group of Senate Democrats and Republicans reached a deal to reopen the government after the longest shutdown in U.S. history, voting on the first procedural step on the measure. The ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- In a surprising turn in one of Houston's most closely watched murder cases, the 14th Court of Appeals has ordered a hearing in the case of AJ Armstrong, the man convicted in ...

As the government shutdown nears its 40 th day, Republican senators are balking at President Donald Trump’s demand to end the filibuster, a rule change that would allow a simple Senate majority vote ...