If they are confirmed, the new members nominated by President Trump can be sworn in. They were named to replace Biden nominees he fired.

The Senate has voted to halt President Donald Trump's steep tariffs on Brazil, with some members of the GOP breaking with the administration to terminate the 50 percent duties.

The Senate failed for a 13th time to advance a GOP funding bill that would end the government shutdown, now on Day 28. Follow live updates here.

Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted for the 13th time to block a House-passed bill to reopen the federal government, despite a plea this week by the nation’s largest federal workers union to

Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley, the top Democrat on the Senate  Budget Committee, is leading a group of Senate Democrats in calling for an investigation into the financial impact of the Trump administration’s decision to deploy National Guard members to several major U.

Trump administration briefed Republicans on Wednesday about US military strikes on suspected drug boats without telling Democratic members about the briefing, according to a top Senate Democrat and a source with direct knowledge of the incident.

The Senate on Thursday afternoon is set to vote on the Shutdown Fairness Act — a bill introduced by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) that would provide pay for service members and excepted workers as the