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Senate Democrats seek to force release of Jeffrey Epstein files with rarely used "Rule of Five" law
Senate Democrats are trying to force the Justice Department to release the Epstein files using a little-known law.
Democrats got a top Senate recruit in North Carolina. Now they’re trying to find more
Democrats landed the biggest recruiting win of the 2026 midterm elections to date when former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper ...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune readying Russia sanctions as deadline for Ukraine cease-fire shortens to 10 days
He’s somebody who is animated largely by trying to get to a peaceful solution,” the Republican leader said of Trump. “We want ...
Booker accuses Democrats of being "complicit" in Trump's agenda in heated exchange with Senate colleagues
Sen. Cory Booker's tense exchange with two fellow Democrats marked a rare moment of intraparty disagreement that played out ...
Ohio man charged with threatening to kill a member of Congress over Medicaid cuts
The FBI arrested Jeffrey Dorsey of Dayton after he allegedly left an expletive-laden voicemail with the unnamed lawmaker's ...
Student senate scholars get lessons in democracy at Kennedy institute
Twenty-seven 10th-graders are the first group of the Kennedy-Breyer Civic Scholars at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the ...
US Senate confirms Trump nominee Susan Monarez as CDC director
The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday night 51-47 along party lines to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee, Susan Monarez, as ...
12 members of Congress sue Trump administration to ensure access to ICE detention centers
A dozen members of Congress who have been blocked from making oversight visits at immigration detention centers are suing the ...