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Arizona Democrats Hold Election Night Event In Phoenix

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New to the Senate, Gallego challenges Democrats' views on 'working-class Latinos'

6:09pm February 11, 2025

by Ben Giles

Ruben Gallego was one of the few Democrats to win a U.S. Senate seat in a state also won by Trump. He's now challenging the belief that Democrats can't give up an inch when it comes to immigration.

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Secret Service Thwart Apparent Assassination Attempt On Former President Donald Trump At West Palm Beach Golf Club

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Ashley Moody, Florida's attorney general, tapped to fill Rubio's Senate seat

1:29pm January 16, 2025

Gov. Ron DeSantis praised Moody, who has served as Florida's attorney general since 2019, for fighting against policies he described as part of the Democratic Party's "woke agenda."

Marsha Blackburn, Richard Blumenthal, Frances Haugen

Senators call on TikTok to produce documents in response to NPR report

8:29pm October 11, 2024

Two senators, who have pushed online child safety legislation in Congress, demanded that TikTok executives share all materials the company has about the dangers kids may encounter on the wildly popular service.

Then-Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan addresses supporters at the Maryland statehouse on Jan. 10, 2023, in Annapolis, Md. Hogan announced Friday he will run for U.S. Senate.

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is running for the U.S. Senate

3:15am February 10, 2024

by The Associated Press

The move gives Republicans a prominent candidate who is well-positioned to run a competitive campaign for the GOP in a state that hasn't had a Republican U.S. senator in 37 years.

Arizona Republican U.S. senate candidate Kari Lake, arrives for an evening rally with Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, during the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary on Tuesday.

After seeming to bribe Senate hopeful Kari Lake not to run, Arizona GOP Chair resigns

5:03pm January 24, 2024

by Ben Giles

The now-former head of the state's Republican Party accused Lake of leaking a recording in which he offers compensation if she will take "a pause for a couple of years" from running for public office.

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks at the U.S. Capitol in June.

Politics & Government

Sen. Joe Manchin announces he won't seek reelection in 2024

3:33pm November 09, 2023

by Deirdre Walsh

West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin will not seek reelection to the Senate in 2024, Democrats have a narrow majority and face and uphill battle to retain his seat.

Senator Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat from California who was first elected in 1992, died Thursday at the age of 90.

Politics & Government

From California to Capitol Hill, tributes to Dianne Feinstein flood in after her death

12:26pm September 29, 2023

by Becky Sullivan

Leaders in the House and the Senate paused from the race to avert a government shutdown to remember Feinstein, the California Democrat who was longest-serving woman to ever sit in the U.S. Senate.

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and his wife Nadine Menendez arrive for the State Dinner with President Joe Biden and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House on June 22 in Washington.

Politics & Government

Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez has been indicted on federal corruption charges

3:46pm September 22, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

The indictment accuses Menendez of accepting "hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes in exchange for using" his power and influence to enrich him, his co-defendants and the government of Egypt.

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., arrives at the Russell Senate Office Building last Wednesday. The Senate's unwritten dress code will no longer be enforced as of this week.

The Senate's dress code just got more relaxed. Some insist on staying buttoned-up

12:20pm September 21, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's decision not to enforce an unofficial dress code has elicited strong reactions and dominated talk on Capitol Hill, even as a potential government shutdown looms.

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Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and other senators arrive at the chamber for votes at the U.S. Capitol on September 6.

Politics & Government

Sen. Mitt Romney says he won't run for a second term

2:34pm September 13, 2023

by Kelsey Snell

Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney announced Wednesday that he will not seek reelection in 2024. "While I'm not running for reelection, I'm not retiring from the fight," he said.