The almost 3,100-page bill calls for spending $8 billion more than the $892.6 billion that President Donald Trump requested.

Dallas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett's entrance into the U.S. Senate race shook up the Democratic primary this week in Texas. While her run may not have been a surprise, her candidacy produced some surprises.

Senate Republicans teed up another massive batch of President Donald Trump's nominees for confirmation as they sprint to finish out a busy year in the upper chamber.

Brendan Carr, whose office regulates the broadcast TV industry, previously defended the agency’s status as an independent body.

The Senate moved quickly Wednesday afternoon to close a loophole that could allow military aircraft to fly without broadcasting their locations just like an Army helicopter was doing last January before it collided with an airliner over Washington,

Democratic California Sen. Adam Schiff's legislation would have required that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth release the footage first to Congress, then to the public.

The Michigan Senate has moved to restore $634 million in project funding that House Republicans cut last week. With the help of five Republicans, the Democratic-majority Senate on Tuesday passed a supplemental funding bill that would reinstate continued dollars for programs to feed seniors, help child sexual abuse victims and more.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr faced Senate questioning Wednesday for the first time since he pressured broadcasters to take ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air, a stance that drew bipartisan criticism and raised concerns about government interference in the media.