Senates

Ya can’t make it up. In this year’s midterms, the Republican leader of the United States Senate went out of his way to defeat Republican candidates for the United States Senate. Yes, you read that right. Here, for…

New Delhi: The position of US ambassador to India has been lying vacant for nearly two years due to the Senate stalling the appointment of President Joe Biden’s pick for the post — Eric Garcetti. Of 20 ambassadorial nominees who are…

WASHINGTON -- Democrats have secured their majority in the Senate for the next two years. But holding on to Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock's seat in Georgia's runoff next month could be crucial to their success.If Warnock wins the…

correctionAn earlier version of the story incorrectly said that a California court ruled a ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional after the state passed Proposition 8, a referendum that would restrict marriage to heterosexual…

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Before the end of the year, the Senate could vote on the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 which proposes the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited.In late July, the House sent the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 to…

Once Senate leaders opened the door to moving on a China competitiveness bill over the weekend, a bipartisan group of senators knew exactly what it had to do: use the slimmed-down package as a shell to stuff in as many priorities as…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Senate Majority Leader Mike McCaffrey’s shock announcement that he will retire rather than seek re-election is causing upheaval in the General Assembly’s upper chamber, as other lawmakers jockey to be…

It appears abortion is now illegal in Arizona, never mind that most people believe that women should have some measure of control over their bodies.In fact, only 13% of Arizona voters believe that abortion should be banned outright,…

Placeholder while article actions loadSen. John Cornyn had just left a convention-center stage in Houston, where he had been mercilessly booed by conservative activists furious at his leading role in the most serious gun-law talks…

The small-group talks are fluid, and no final decision has been made. But if successful, such an idea would amount to the most substantive background checks expansion in decades. In the evenly divided Senate, any such proposal would…