Texas Senator Ted Cruz, thrashed by the backlash over his refusal to certify Electoral College votes, is facing growing calls to resign from detractors across the political spectrum who have labeled him a terrorism fomenter and akin to a Nazi propogandist.
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A group of U.S. lawmakers formally introduced articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Thursday following his incitement of followers who ultimately laid siege to the U.S. Capitol.
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Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff declared victory Wednesday over Republican Senator David Perdue in Georgia’s runoff race, a win that if confirmed would give President-elect Joe Biden’s party control over the chamber.
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(CN) — Democrat Raphael Warnock is the projected winner of one of Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff elections, but the race
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Georgia voters finally head to the polls Tuesday to choose whether Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Leoffler or Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock will represent them in the U.S. Senate in a runoff contest, an encore to the rancorous 2020 elections.
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President-elect Joe Biden headlined an Atlanta drive-in rally Monday to stump for Democratic Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and the Reverend Raphael Warnock ahead of Tuesday’s pivotal runoff elections that will decide control of the chamber.
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As 2020 and President Donald Trump’s single term in office draw to a close, the Senate spent the last day of a tumultuous year debating whether to override his veto of the $740 billion defense spending bill or approve $2,000 stimulus checks, with no real movement on either.
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Republicans on Wednesday retained a vice grip over relief for millions of Americans still enduring the 11th month of a pandemic that has killed more than 330,000.
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Against the warning from top Republicans that such a challenge would go down “like a shot dog,” Senator Josh Hawley on Wednesday mounted the body’s first effort to unwind the Electoral College certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s November win.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused Tuesday to schedule a vote on the House-passed bill that would increase the Covid-19 stimulus checks for Americans from $600 to $2,000.
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lthough nearly 40% of California’s 40 million residents are Latino or Hispanic, the state has never had a Latino or Hispanic U.S. senator. Until Tuesday, when Governor Gavin Newsom tapped Secretary of State Alex Padilla to fill Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ seat.
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Senators teed up the confirmation of Fernando Lazaro Allene-Rocha for a seat on the Central District of California bench Friday, by formally considering his nomination on the floor.
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The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm two federal judges nominated by President Donald Trump, continuing to fill judicial vacancies in the lame-duck session despite the urgency facing lawmakers as they hammer out virus relief and government funding packages.
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Appearing for the first time before Congress since President Donald Trump fired him, the nation’s former cybersecurity chief told senators during a contentious hearing Wednesday that claims of fraud in the 2020 election are baseless and undermine democracy.
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The Senate confirmed another Trump appointee to the federal bench Wednesday in a final push to cement the lame-duck president’s reshaping of the judiciary.
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The Senate on Tuesday approved Thomas Kirsch, 51-44, to serve on the Seventh Circuit, filling a vacancy left behind by Justice Amy Coney Barrett when she was elevated to the Supreme Court in October.
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Three weeks before a pair of Georgia runoff elections decides control of the Senate, President-elect Joe Biden made a trip to Atlanta on Tuesday to campaign for Democratic hopefuls Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff at a drive-in rally.
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Campaign season is finally drawing to a close in Georgia, as polling precincts opened Monday morning for early voters casting ballots to determine the state’s senators in Washington and the balance of power during the Biden administration.
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The Senate voted to avoid a government shutdown Friday, sending a bill to President Donald Trump’s desk that will fund the government until the end of next week.
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The Senate is poised to put another Trump nominee on the federal bench as the president’s time in office draws to an end, agreeing to limit debate on his pick for the U.S. Federal Claims court in a 48-46 vote.
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