With few senators from conservative states in their ranks, Democrats feel less pressure to capitulate, while more conservative Republicans are not inclined to cut a deal.

Follow live news and President Donald Trump and Democratic leaders are blaming one another for the impasse on a funding deal to prevent a government shutdown after midnight tonight.

Christy Davis believes she knows rural Kansas better than U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall. The former USDA official is challenging him in 2026.

M EMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - State Senator Brent Taylor (R-Memphis) appeared before members of the United States Senate for a Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday to speak on behalf of Memphis as Republicans on Capitol Hill plan to rid Democrat-led cities of violent crime.

James Talarico, a Texas House Representative, is holding a rally in San Angelo to campaign for a run at a United States Senate seat, promising to fight against corruption and take power back for working people.

John E. Sununu leads the field of Republicans vying for the nomination for NH’s open U.S. Senate seat despite not yet announcing his candidacy.

The U.S. lurched toward a government shutdown on Tuesday as a vote to extend funding past a midnight deadline failed in the U.S. Senate and President Donald Trump threatened to extend his purge of the federal workforce.

Unless the U.S. Senate takes action before midnight, the federal government will be shut down beginning Oct. 1.