The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday night to give final approval to a $95.3 billion package of aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending it to President Biden and ending months of uncertainty about whether the United States would continue to back Kyiv in its fight against Russian aggression. The vote reflected resounding bipartisan support…
The Senate on Wednesday dismissed the first of two articles of impeachment against Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, voting along party lines before his trial got underway to sweep aside the charge accusing him of failing to enforce immigration laws. By a vote of 51 to 48, with one senator voting “present,” the…
When Senator Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican and longest-serving Senate leader, decided to step aside from his leadership role at the end of the year, it signaled the turning of a new page in the chamber. But the intensifying battle to replace him, between Senators John Cornyn of Texas and John Thune of South Dakota…
Senators struck a deal late Friday night to pave the way for the passage of a $1.2 trillion spending bill to fund more than half the government, with a final vote set for the early hours of Saturday morning. The agreement, which allowed Republicans in the Senate to hold a series of politically charged votes…
Representative Adam B. Schiff, who became the Democratic nominee for an open Senate seat in California last week, denied on Sunday the suggestion that his primary had been rigged. Mr. Schiff said that Democrats had swiftly rebuked an assertion from one of his primary opponents, Representative Katie Porter, that wealthy donors had spent millions of…
Representative Adam Schiff, the lead prosecutor in Donald J. Trump’s first impeachment trial, and Steve Garvey, a former Major League Baseball star, advanced on Tuesday night to the California general election for a Senate seat, according to The Associated Press. Election night returns showed that Mr. Schiff, a longtime Democratic congressman from the Los Angeles…
As senators gathered on the floor for a typical Monday night vote at the end of October, Senator Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican and minority leader, approached Senator Chuck Schumer, his Democratic counterpart, with some unsettling news: Border security was going to have to be part of any package to free up endangered assistance for…
Mr. Rosendale and Mr. Gaetz were part of the small band of Republicans who dethroned Representative Kevin McCarthy as House speaker, temporarily shutting down business in the chamber. Mr. Rosendale had objected to installing Mr. McCarthy in the role in the first place, appearing to brush off a phone call on the House floor from…
Mr. Tester’s top Republican challenger, Tim Sheehy, a wealthy businessman, raised $2.5 million in the fourth quarter, including $450,000 of his own money, according to his filings. Republicans also expect Representative Matt Rosendale, a far-right agitator, to enter the race soon. In Ohio, Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat also seeking his fourth term, raised $6.6…
The top Republican Senate campaign group filed a brief on Wednesday with the United States Supreme Court in support of Donald J. Trump’s appeal of a Colorado ruling blocking him from the state’s presidential ballot. It is the latest sign of the rallying effect that the former president’s legal woes are having on his party.…