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A group of Democratic senators said Wednesday they had secured funding that would prevent more than 80 Senate cafeteria workers from losing their jobs in the next 10 days.

Chris Sununu announced Tuesday that he will not run for U.S. Senate in 2022 and will instead seek a fourth term as governor of New Hampshire. “My responsibility is not to the gridlock and politics of Washington,” Sununu said. “It’s to the citizens of New Hampshire.” He said ultimately he felt he could accomplish more as governor than as...

The U.S. needs authority to continue borrowing money to fund the government – otherwise it could shut down on Friday. And according to a recent poll, it seems like Democrats would take more of the heat if a shutdown occurred. NBCLX Political Editor Noah Pransky explains what’s going in Washington as Senate talks to address the debt ceiling are at...

Gov. Chris Sununu and other top New Hampshire officials are visiting Kentucky on Monday to learn more about the COVID-19 surge there and see what lessons they have learned about battling the pandemic. “Like New Hampshire, Kentucky is a rural state with small cities,” the Republican governor said in a statement. “Today, I joined NH state officials in visiting Kentucky…

The Senate wrapped up a rare Saturday session without producing the text of a $1 trillion infrastructure bill

Hours after a bipartisan working group of lawmakers announced a deal on a major infrastructure package, it passed a key test vote Wednesday in the Senate. The Senate voted 67 to 32 to begin debate on the measure, getting 17 Republicans to sign on, more than the 10 needed to break a filibuster.

An exclusive Rhode Island beach club tied to Democratic U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has broken its silence to defend itself from claims that it only allows white people after the controversy garnered national attention

Rep. Val Demings officially launched her campaign Wednesday to unseat Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and represent the Sunshine State in the U.S. Senate next year.

Legislation that would create new protections for LGBTQ Americans is stalling out in the U.S. Senate

The Senate filibuster is coming under fresh scrutiny

The U.S. Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Saturday. The bill will be sent to the House next week.

An exhausted Senate has narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill

A Republican senator severely delayed passage of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package Thursday by insisting that the entire 628-page bill be read out loud.

The Senate has voted by the slimmest of margins to begin debating a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.

The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump laid bare the deep imperfections in the Constitution’s only process for holding a president accountable for “high crimes and misdemeanors.”

Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial centered on a phone call that Americans never heard with the leader of a country far away, Ukraine

The Senate is moving toward a final vote after reaching a deal to skip witness testimony in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. The agreement averts a prolonged trial and sets up closing arguments from both sides.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell delivered a scalding denunciation of Donald Trump in a speech Saturday from the Senate floor, calling the former president “morally responsible” for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol

Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor who comes in Paul Bunyan proportions made his mark as mayor of a Rust Belt city outside Pittsburgh. More recently, he’s become one of the most progressive politicians in the state.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, called out Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., for not wearing a mask on the Senate floor Thursday. Paul is the only senator who does not wear a mask in the Senate chamber. The Kentucky senator complied with Brown’s request without objection.