Senate

Vice President JD Vance lit up Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after the senator voted against the nomination of Elbridge Colby to serve as Under Secretary of Policy at the Defense Department, describing the move as a grand display of “political pettiness.”

Failed Democrat Presidential candidate and former Vice President Kamala Harris praised Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) after he delivered a marathon speech on the Senate floor.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) has been speaking on the Senate floor for more than 13 hours, and has stated he will speak for as long as he is “physically able” to do so to protest what President Donald Trump was doing.

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Attorney General Pam Bondi urged Congress to stay in session to confirm all of President Donald Trump’s nominees. Host Laura Ingraham asked, [relevant exchange begins around 4:20] “[W]hat is your

The U.S. Senate voted along party lines 51-45 on Monday to confirm Linda McMahon as Secretary of the Department of Education.

There is a “proxy war” Senate race building between Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) camp and the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, Kentucky businessman and potential Senate Republican candidate Nate Morris told Breitbart News on Saturday.

Florida state Sen. Jason Pizzo has filed a bill that would require employers to use E-Verify to prevent the hiring of illegal migrants.

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) arrived at the U.S. Capitol for a Monday vote in a wheelchair and with a boot on his leg, shocking video revealed.

The Senate confirmed Russell Vought to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Thursday despite massive pushback from Democrats.

The Senate Finance Committee debates the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be Secretary of Health and Human Services on Tuesday, February 4.

The Senate voted to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee, Scott Bessent, the CEO of Key Square Capital Management, to serve as the head of the United States Treasury Department.

Sen. John Barrasso said that Republicans will hold the Senate in session nights and weekends to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominees.

President Donald Trump said he did not know that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) voted against Pete Hegseth’s confirmation as the Secretary of Defense, stating that he had “just heard that we won.”

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s (R-HI) confirmation hearing to serve as the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) has been scheduled for Thursday, January 30, after being slow-walked by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Senate Democrats.

The United States Senate passed the Laken Riley Act on Monday, a bill that requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to take illegal aliens who have been arrested, charged, or convicted of crimes such as theft, burglary, shoplifting, or larceny into custody.

“This is the single most important issue of the day,” Bessent said.

“Trump was the first president in modern times to recognize the need to change our trade policy and stand up for American workers,” Besset will say.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) answered concerns about his longstanding, vocal stance against the atrocities committed by communist China in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday where he appeared following his nomination to be secretary of state.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, told Breitbart News exclusively that Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate need to stop playing games and confirm South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as the next Secretary of Homeland Security as quickly as humanly possible, because American lives may quite literally be on the line.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is going to force Democrats to vote on whether or not babies born alive in abortions should be legally protected.

Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth’s FBI background check came back as “unremarkable,” according to a report on Monday, a day before he appears before the Senate for his confirmation hearing.

Five hundred Navy SEALs, veterans, and other supporters are planning to march in support of Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth as he appears before senators for his confirmation hearing on Tuesday.

Republicans are officially reclaiming a majority in the United States Senate as the 119th Congress commences on Friday.

Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, revealed that she was withdrawing her name from consideration to serve in the United States Senate.

China’s state-run Global Times on Thursday mocked the United States as a “breeding ground for delusion” because of the furor over drone sightings in New Jersey.

The Senate passed an annual defense bill Wednesday that includes a provision prohibiting military children in the Pentagon’s K-12 schools from receiving sex-mutilating drugs or procedures.

A plurality of likely voters have no opinion on Sen. John Thune (R-SD), who is slated to take Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) place as Senate leader, a recent survey from Rasmussen Reports found.

The Senate shot down three proposals brought forward by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and other Democrat senators to block the sale of artillery and other weapons to Israel.

A rift is emerging among the incoming Senate Republican majority due to President-elect Donald Trump’s push for recess cabinet appointments.

Americans are hearing a lot about recess appointments as incoming President Donald Trump announces nominations to top government positions for his new administration, so understanding when and how the Constitution empowers presidents to make those appointments is key to grasping how the president-elect plans to implement a bold agenda to move the United States in a new direction and overhaul a deeply dysfunctional government.

Pennsylvania’s Senate race moved to a recount as Senator-elect Dave McCormick (R) continues to hold a lead over incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D).

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) responded to a question about whether he thinks Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) would be confirmed by the Senate by pointing to “recess appointments.”

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) will be the third-ranking Senate Republican, winning election to Conference Chair Wednesday.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is reportedly doing “terrible” after former President and President-elect Donald Trump’s victory and Republicans taking the Senate and retaining the House majority.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) is backing Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) as his top choice for Senate Majority Leader after hosting a candidate forum.

Republican Senators huddled for over two hours Tuesday night for a family meeting over who will take the reins from Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).