Senate

With Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Y) set to leave office after his current term, ending more than four decades in the Senate, at least eight buildings, programs, and public spaces in Kentucky have carried or currently carry his name.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer drew sharp rebuke from lawmakers and commentators after opening a press conference on recent mass shootings with a celebratory shoutout to the Buffalo Bills — a moment critics called “unbelievable” and “disgraceful.”

In a New York Times op-ed titled “What’s the Point of Congress?” Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) shares her frustrations with the House of Representatives, recounting her experiences, describing institutional dysfunction, and calling for reform.

Pastor Andrew Brunson, who was imprisoned in Turkey for two years before President Donald Trump secured his release back in Trump’s first term, is ratcheting up pressure on Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) to get Trump’s Religious Freedom ambassador confirmed before Christmas.

Radical leftist Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) got emotional as she formally announced her entry into the Texas Senate race.

A bill introduced by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) would bar the United Nations and its affiliates from imposing any taxes, tariffs, or fees on Americans or their businesses, unless such measures are part of a treaty approved by the Senate, in an effort to block proposed global carbon tax schemes.

A survey of likely Republican primary voters in Texas shows U.S. Sen. John Cornyn trailing both of his major challengers ahead of the 2026 GOP Senate primary, with the longtime incumbent now polling in third place.

The U.S. Senate passed a bill that will require the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release any remaining files relating to deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after more political theater from Democrats.

President Donald Trump has already shown Republicans how to win, Trump advisor and CEO of X Strategies Alex Bruesewitz said during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday.

Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) expressed that she is in favor of ending the government shutdown, which has stretched 43 days, ahead of the House of Representatives voting on a continuing resolution (CR) to reopen the government.

President Donald Trump pushed for the nuclear option to fund the government on Tuesday, day 35 of the Democrat-led government shutdown. 

Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) accused Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) of treating the U.S. Senate like a retirement community, while arguing that after nearly 25 years in Washington, the career politician has become “a dinosaur in the halls of the Senate,” asserting Texas needs fighters, not fossils to carry forward President Donald Trump’s America First movement.

Paul Ingrassia, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Office of Special Counsel, withdrew from consideration Tuesday after losing Republican support amid reports of racist text messages and prior harassment allegations.

A statewide poll shows Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming overtaking incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy six months ahead of the Republican U.S. Senate primary.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) has introduced legislation to designate a section of H Street Northwest in the nation’s capital as “Charlie Kirk Patriot Way,” which, if enacted, would make Washington, D.C., the first city and federal jurisdiction to honor the late Turning Point USA founder with a street naming following earlier tributes in Florida.

The U.S. Senate voted 51-47 to confirm more than 100 of President Donald Trump’s nominees on Tuesday, during the seventh day of the government shutdown.

Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) entered the race for U.S. Senate on Monday, releasing a campaign video featuring his family and supporters alongside a message pledging to keep the race focused on Texas and conservative values.

Retired U.S. Navy captain and former Virginia Republican Senate candidate Hung Cao was confirmed to serve as the Under Secretary of the U.S. Navy in a 52-45 vote by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday.

All three Democrat candidates in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race have continued to use disparaging language against Charlie Kirk in the days following his assassination.

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday on Truth Social that he will not meet with Democrat minority leaders who had requested talks ahead of next week’s government shutdown deadline, writing that “no meeting with their Congressional Leaders could possibly be productive.”

Democrat leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries on Saturday sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to meet with them directly, blaming Republicans for the ongoing government funding fight and accusing the GOP of targeting healthcare programs as the September 30 deadline nears.

The Senate on Friday confirmed former Florida congressman and Army Green Beret Mike Waltz as President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, filling a critical diplomatic post just days before the annual United Nations General Assembly convenes in New York.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune told Breitbart News exclusively he has everything lined up to once and for all break the Democrat logjam of qualified nominees of President Donald Trump in the Senate and will move to confirm 48 of them in the first of many big batches of nominees as soon as Thursday.

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution condemning the assassination of conservative commentator and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, and praising Kirk’s legacy.

The Senate on Monday confirmed Stephen Miran, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, to a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, giving President Donald Trump an influential voice inside the central bank at a critical moment for monetary policy.

Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), the Trump-endorsed Republican Senate candidate for Michigan, called for President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard to Detroit to “give these neighborhoods back” to law-abiding citizens in an exclusive interview on Breitbart News Saturday.

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is facing backlash from Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Georgia Republicans, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) after his office promoted the recently signed VA Home Loan Reform Act as legislation he claimed to have “championed”, despite records showing he did not sponsor, cosponsor, or vote on the bill, which passed the Senate by unanimous consent.

The United States Senate voted 50-45 to confirm former Judge Jeanine Pirro to serve as the U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is reportedly working hard to get President Donald Trump’s outstanding nominees confirmed.

The Senate voted 52-44 to confirm former special operations soldier Joe Kent to serve as the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC).

Democrats in North Carolina wasted no time rallying behind leftist former Governor Roy Cooper, as ex-Congressman Wiley Nickel dropped out of the Senate race Tuesday and endorsed Cooper just one day after his campaign launch, giving the far-left Democrat a clear path to the nomination despite his extreme record.

Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of President Donald Trump and former co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), told Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow that she is considering a run for Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC)’s seat just days after he announced his retirement from the Senate.

Former Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) announced that he would enter the Texas Senate race, after having run — and lost — in 2024.

Former Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA), who just announced his bid to rejoin the U.S. Senate by running for retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s (D-NH) seat, blasted his far-left opponent for making “AOC look like Rush Limbaugh” during an appearance on the latest episode of Breitbart News Saturday.

A Senate provision stripping abortion providers — including Planned Parenthood — of federal taxpayer dollars through Medicaid will remain in the Big, Beautiful Bill after the Senate parliamentarian on Monday ruled that the language does not violate the Byrd Rule. 

In a 56-44 vote on Monday, the United States Senate rejected a measure on President Donald Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill that would have removed millions of illegal aliens from Medicaid.