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In a 79-18 vote, the Senate approved the $95.3 billion House-passed foreign aid package that includes money for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The measure also includes new sanctions against R…

Aviation safety specialists testified on Boeing’s safety culture amid ongoing issues with its planes midair during a hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee…

The Senate confirmed Ann Marie McIff Allen’s nomination to be a U.S. District Court judge for Utah. Members also approved a joint resolution of disapproval to block a Federal Highway Adminis…

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown, and Defense Comptroller Mike McCord testified on President Biden’s 2025 Pentagon budget request before th…

The Senate voted to limit debate Susan Bazis' nomination to be a U.S. District Court judge for Nebraska.

The Senate approved the House-passed $1.2 trillion six-bill spending package to fund about 70 percent of the federal government through the end of the fiscal year on September 30, and avoid …

The Senate confirmed Dennis Hankins’s nomination for U.S. ambassador to Haiti. Mr. Hankins was nominated by President Biden in May 2023, and the Port-au-Prince-based post had been without a …

U.S. Northern Command Commander Gen. Gregory Guillot and U.S. Southern Command Commander Gen. Laura Richardson testified on security challenges affecting the Western Hemisphere. Such challen…

The Senate approved a House-passed six-bill government spending package to avert a partial shutdown at midnight and fund a portion of the government through the end of the fiscal year on Sep…

The Senate worked on a House-passed government funding measure. This bill would extend funding for part of the government beyond the March 8 deadline until the end of the fiscal year on Sept…

The commanders of U.S. Strategic Command and U.S. Space Command testified on nuclear deterrence and space security before the Senate Armed Services Committee. The hearing focused on the need…

Defense Department officials and policy advocates testified on traumatic brain injury and blast exposure care before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel. The witnesses spoke …

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing on improving retirement plans for Americans. According to Chair Bernie Sanders (I-VT), almost 45% of Americans betwe…

During the early morning hours, the Senate passed (70-29) legislation providing $95.3 billion in foreign aid to Israel, Taiwan, and Ukraine. In the final hours of debate, a group of Republic…

The Senate confirmed two nominations: Karoline Mehalchick to be a U.S. District Court judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and Joseph Goffman to be an Environmental Protection Agen…

The Senate confirmed Gretchen Lund to be a U.S. District Court judge for the Northern District of Indiana. Lawmakers also voted to invoke cloture on two other judicial nominations: Joshua Pa…

Republican Senators Bill Hagerty, Mike Rounds, Pete Ricketts, Ted Budd, Marsha Blackburn, and Cynthia Lummis spoke to reporters about legislation that would count citizens for the purposes o…

The Senate resumed consideration of a temporary spending bill to avert a government shutdown on January 19. The House-passed bill being used to house the continuing resolution is H.R. 2872, …

The Senate confirmed the nomination of Erika McEntarfer to be commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) filed cloture on the motion to procee…