U.S. SENATE

Thirteen coal companies owned by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice are being sued over unpaid penalties for previous mining law violations.

The governor has said he would support legislation prohibiting transgender men from competing on men’s college sports teams and transgender women from joining women’s college athletic teams.

A hard-right Pennsylvania state lawmaker says he will not challenge Democratic Sen. Bob Casey.

The Republican mayor of a Utah suburb announced plans to run for U.S. Senate next year and challenge first-term Republican Mitt Romney.

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s ongoing medical struggles have raised a sensitive political question with no easy answer: Who would California Gov. Gavin Newsom pick to replace her if the seat becomes vacant.

As Sen. Tim Scott enters the 2024 GOP presidential field, he will be eager to introduce himself to voters who might not know much about him.

Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware says he will not seek reelection to a fifth term in the U.S. Senate.

The Secure the Border Act would resume construction of the border wall, limit asylum eligibility and require asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico. It faces tough going in the Senate.

The Dallas native, former NFL linebacker and civil rights lawyer has not traveled a typical path to Congress.

In this week’s episode, we discuss the final three weeks of the Legislature and Colin Allred’s bid for U.S. Senate.

Democratic Rep. Colin Allred of Texas says he'll run for the U.S. Senate in 2024, becoming an early challenger to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.

Allred was first elected to Congress in 2018 and quickly became a rising Democratic star. Cruz is Texas’ junior senator and unsuccessfully sought the GOP presidential nomination in 2016.

West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice says he’s running for Democrat Joe Manchin’s U.S. Senate seat in 2024.

Gutierrez has served in the Texas Senate since 2021 after previously serving over a decade in the House.

A proposed change to next year’s Montana U.S. Senate primary that was aimed at undermining Democratic Sen. Jon Tester’s reelection chances is likely dead.

Libertarians lined up with Democrats on Friday against a proposal that would effectively block third party candidates from next year’s Montana U.S. Senate election.

The head of Wisconsin's Democratic Party is celebrating U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin's announcement she's seeking a third term.

Sheriff Mark Lamb says he's running for the U.S. Senate in Arizona.

Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada says she is running for reelection.

In 1977, Associated Press reporter James W.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz will be up for reelection next year, now a seasoned senator and established conservative leader. But Democrats are still holding out hope they can repeat the sensation of Beto-mania.

Congress is taking another look at creating a new no-fly list for unruly passengers.

A U.S. Senate staffer remained hospitalized Tuesday after police say he was attacked leaving a restaurant in Washington this weekend by a man who had been released from federal prison a day earlier.

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Last March, the U.S. Senate passed what is known as the Sunshine Protection Act, which would end the twice-a-year ritual of changing clocks by making one set time permanent.

At the conservative political convention, the Texas senator also criticized President Joe Biden for his response to the Ohio train derailment and Dr. Anthony Fauci for his role during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Look up information about every statewide elected official, every member of the Texas Legislature and every Texan in Congress and see who represents you.

California’s U.S. Senate race is kicking off at a hectic pace, with candidates holding competing events more than a year before the primary election.

Democratic unity in Arizona helped the party pick up two U.S. Senate seats and the top three state offices over the last few years.

Cruz announced in November that he is seeking a third term in the Senate in 2024.

Former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts was sworn into the U.S. Senate on Monday, replacing Republican Sen. Ben Sasse as the Senate returns from several weeks of recess and begins a new session of closely-divided government.

Congressman Jim Banks of Indiana has launched a campaign for the U.S. Senate seat being given up by fellow Republican Mike Braun.

Maura Healey was sworn in as the first woman and first open member of the LGBTQ community to be elected Massachusetts governor.

Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow has announced she won't run for a fifth term in 2024.

Outgoing Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is expected to be appointed to the state's U.S. Senate seat being vacated by fellow Republican Ben Sasse.

Georgia’s top elections official is urging lawmakers to end general election runoffs, but isn't offering any specific proposals.

Vice President Kamala Harris has outpaced all her predecessors for the number of tiebreaking votes cast in the Senate.

Raphael Warnock is the first Black U.S. senator from Georgia, having broken the color barrier with a special election victory in January 2021.

When John Fetterman goes to Washington in January as one of the Senate’s new members, he’ll bring along an irreverent style from Pennsylvania.

Democrats celebrating a successful effort to keep control of the U.S. Senate this year will soon confront a 2024 campaign that could prove more challenging.

Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has again withstood challenges from a conservative faction within her party to win reelection.

Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has won reelection, defeating a fellow Republican who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump.

Under Texas law, homeowners can claim a homestead exemption only on their primary residence. The GOP Senate candidate registered to vote in Georgia last year.

Georgia counties will be allowed to hold early voting this Saturday in the U.S. Senate runoff election between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker.

Voters deciding to split their tickets or buck their party altogether may have helped Democrats mount a stronger-than-expected performance in the recent midterm elections.

President Joe Biden tried to shape the midterm elections not as a verdict on his time in office, but rather on the contrast between Democrats and Republicans on American democracy.

Heading into this year’s midterms, voting rights groups were concerned that restrictions in Republican-leaning states triggered by false claims surrounding the 2020 election might jeopardize access to the ballot box for many voters.

Since Utah Republican Mike Lee won his race comfortably against independent Evan McMullin, a debate has emerged over the Democrats’ strategy to back an independent rather than run their own candidate.

With control of the U.S. Senate on the line, Nevada’s protracted ballot count is grinding through a fourth day.

Democrats are holding on to narrow leads in key Arizona contests, but the races for U.S. Senate and governor are still too early to call.

Neither party has reached the necessary threshold to win control in the House or Senate as of early Friday.

Results are still being finalized in key congressional and state legislature races across the country, but one thing that became clear overnight is that the 2022 midterm elections were not the red wave of Republican wins many pundits forecasted.

Despite the conclusion of the final day of voting in the 2022 midterm elections, much remains uncertain.

Wednesday was a day for sorting, sifting and framing of an expensive, exhaustive and highly negative midterm election campaign.

Right now, Democrats technically hold the majority by the slimmest of margins.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is predicting that Democrats will keep their hold on the U.S. Senate.

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and Democrat Mandela Barnes are honing closing arguments in a Wisconsin race that could be critical in which party controls the U.S. Senate.

Republicans are increasingly confident in Senate candidates who party leaders had once believed were essentially unelectable or at least seriously flawed.

Democrats running for office this year in Republican-leaning areas or swing states are grappling with how much they should talk about the Jan. 6 insurrection, if at all.

Former President Barack Obama has returned to the campaign trail in Georgia, framing the 2022 midterm elections as a referendum on democracy and urging voters not to see Republicans as an answer to their economic woes.

A new sense of uncertainty has risen over Pennsylvania’s pivotal Senate contest.

With two terms in office, Rand Paul still relishes the role as a political outsider.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has filed 25 lawsuits against President Joe Biden's administration in the past 20 months.

On the show, the Texas Republican repeatedly redirected attention to Democrats who had previously bemoaned their own electoral losses.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto faces Republican challenger Adam Laxalt in a Nevada race the national GOP considers one of its best opportunities to turn a blue Senate seat red.

“I do support Herschel because he may well be the 51st Republican elected this cycle,” Cornyn said in an interview Thursday.

It’s been eight years since Harry Reid led the U.S. Senate, but if his Democratic Party can manage to keep its tenuous control of the chamber this year, he may be the man responsible.

Control of the U.S. Senate could again come down to Georgia — and that means it could further come down to the state's runoff election rules.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan and Republican JD Vance are deflecting accusations that they're political lapdogs to their parties.

Democrats across Ohio are pleading for help in the state’s high-stakes Senate contest.

An NBC News correspondent who interviewed Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman says her reporting should not be seen as a commentary on his fitness for office after a stroke.

Pennsylvania Senate candidates Dr. Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman are fighting hard for Black voters who might make the difference in their close race.

The woman who says Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker paid for a 2009 abortion claims he encouraged her to have another abortion two years later.

In his campaign for a crucial U.S. Senate seat, Democrat John Fetterman takes credit for transforming Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor’s office into a "bully pulpit" to advance progressive causes.

A Democratic congressman who has made his opponent’s questionable record fighting the opioid epidemic a central theme of his campaign for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat has accepted campaign donations over the years from drug distributors blamed for key roles in the crisis.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock is maintaining his cash lead in Georgia over Republican challenger Herschel Walker.

A new report says Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker paid for an abortion for his girlfriend in 2009.

Progressive Democrats are facing a test of their power in November's midterm elections.

The Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, Dr. Mehmet Oz, has released his health records as he maneuvers to keep questions about Democratic rival John Fetterman’s recovery from a stroke front and center.

North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Ted Budd is leaning into his support for abortion restrictions and his allegiance to former President Donald Trump as Democrats fight for an elusive victory in the Southern swing state.

The nominee to head the National Archives is set to face an unusually contentious Senate confirmation hearing this week.

Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman of Pennsylvania says he has agreed to an Oct. 25 televised debate against his Republican rival, Dr. Mehmet Oz. The debate, coming two weeks before the general election, follows weeks of cajoling by Oz. He has raised questions about the severity of Fetterman’s lingering effects from a May stroke and pushed for as many as seven debates.

Tuesday’s primary elections feature two top Florida Democrats squaring off for the right to face Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Republican Roy Moore of Alabama has won a defamation lawsuit against a Democratic-aligned super PAC over campaign ads dating to his failed 2017 Senate bid.

The sprawling economic package passed by the U.S. Senate this week has a certain West Virginia flavor.

Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman is acknowledging he is lucky to be alive as he officially returns to the campaign trail.

The leader of the Vermont state Senate Becca Balint could become the first woman and the first openly gay person to represent the state in Congress.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer effectively became the leader of the U.S. Senate on the morning of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.

Democratic hopefuls in Wisconsin see abortion as the issue that will carry them to election wins in November, but efforts to reach Black voters on the topic are sparse.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell played a pivotal role in the Senate ratifying NATO membership for Sweden and Finland.

The Republican attorney general of Arizona says his investigators found just one dead voter after thoroughly reviewing findings from a partisan review of Arizona's 2020 election.

As the U.S. Senate primary campaign nears its end in Missouri, all three of the leading Republican candidates are making it clear that if elected, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell won't have their support.

The U.S. Senate voted to authorize the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin planning for a massive coastal barrier project in Galveston Bay meant to protect against hurricanes’ storm surge. Funding is not yet secured.

Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes has emerged as the clear favorite in what had been a crowded Democratic field seeking to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, as his nearest rival dropped out and threw his support behind Barnes.

Sen. Joe Manchin has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms.

Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state is seeking her sixth term at a new inflection point for women.

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is accusing Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of cutting a “secret deal” with the White House that fell apart.

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The man who served as the U.S. Senate’s sergeant at arms and resigned after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol has died.

Wisconsin Democrats looking to unseat Republican Sen. Ron Johnson are focusing their attacks on him, and not each other, as each of the eight candidates make their case to party activists at the state convention held six weeks before the primary.