Senate Democrats engaged in a fierce shouting match on the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon with Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker accusing his fellow party members of betraying their party and ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., railed against President Donald Trump in a marathon overnight speech starting on Tuesday evening and continuing into Wednesday morning. "I’m holding the Senate floor to ...

The Senate adjourned around 11:15 p.m. and is set to reconvene at 11 a.m. on Monday. House members have been notified that votes related to government funding are expected in the lower chamber this ...

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley now holds the record for third longest Senate floor speech in modern history, after delivering remarks for more than 22 hours. Merkley began speaking on the Senate floor ...

When a pair of Democrats sought to win quick approval of a bipartisan package of policing legislation, a third rose to object, saying the party must take every opportunity to challenge President Trump ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) delivered a fiery floor speech Wednesday, chastising his Democratic colleagues for introducing legislation to fund SNAP benefits after consistently voting ...

A Senate plan to take up a major fiscal 2026 appropriations package on the floor next week is looking increasingly like a long shot. After finally bringing a 43-day partial government shutdown to an ...

'Constitution is not optional': Sen. Merkley speaks at Senate floor for over 22 hours Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, held the Senate floor for roughly 22 hours to protest the Trump administration amid ...

Democratic senators clashed with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on the Senate floor Thursday when the GOP leader proposed a resolution to clarify that any damages won by Republican ...

In November 2025, people on social media began sharing a rumor that Barron Trump, U.S. President Donald Trump's 19-year-old son, had humiliated U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on the ...

The Senate adjourned for the weekend at 4:43 p.m. The chamber will not meet Friday and will instead reconvene at 3 p.m. on Monday, on what will be Day 27 of the shutdown, barring unforeseen ...