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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during the Senate Republicans’ news conference in the Ohio Clock Corridor in the Capitol on Tuesday. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., stands to the left.

Despite impasse on CR, Thune pushes forward on DHS spending bill

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted February 10, 2026 at 7:48pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., talks with reporters in the Capitol on Jan. 29.

White House, Democrats negotiate as shutdown deadline nears

By Savannah Behrmann and Chris Johnson
Posted February 9, 2026 at 8:51pm, Updated at 10:39pm
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks to reporters in the Senate subway on Thursday.

Tillis ‘unleashed’

By Savannah Behrmann and Valerie Yurk
Posted January 29, 2026 at 5:16pm, Updated January 30, 2026 at 12:05pm
Senators returned to Washington after a massive winter storm, with just a few days to avert a partial government shutdown. Time is not on their side, nor is a solution for addressing concerns about Homeland Security operations.

Forecast shows chance of snow, shutdown

By Jason Dick, Savannah Behrmann and Valerie Yurk
Posted January 29, 2026 at 12:22pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., left, and Adam Schiff, D-Calif., conduct a news conference in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026.

Senate talks move in direction of splitting off DHS funding bill

By Aidan Quigley and Savannah Behrmann
Posted January 29, 2026 at 12:02pm
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Dec. 11, 2025.

A GOP clash over right to carry

By Valerie Yurk and Savannah Behrmann
Posted January 27, 2026 at 6:31pm
Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., arrives in the Capitol for a vote on Nov. 4, 2025.

Minneapolis shooting galvanizes some Trump faithful in Senate GOP

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted January 26, 2026 at 5:44pm
Capitol workers clear snow last January. This year, the threat of snow has senators nervously checking the forecast, while House members got out of town after a busy week.

Wrap-up: One chamber down, one to go (plus snow)

By Valerie Yurk and Savannah Behrmann
Posted January 23, 2026 at 12:33pm, Updated at 4:45pm
The U.S. Capitol building reflected in a pool of water from the melting snow in Upper Senate Park following a 2016 winter storm that dumped nearly two feet of snow in Washington.

Snow way: Senators warily eye weekend snowstorm

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted January 22, 2026 at 5:38pm
Sen. Thom Tillis, pictured speaking to reporters on Dec. 18, has emerged as one of the most vocal senators expressing concern over policy advice being given to President Donald Trump.

‘This is not good policy’: Some GOP senators question advice Trump is receiving

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted January 20, 2026 at 5:49pm
House Speaker Mike Johnson, right, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, seen here walking in the U.S. Capitol in October 2025, have a heavy agenda after lawmakers return from the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Wrap-up: Congress leaves for MLK Day with long January to-do list

By Valerie Yurk and Savannah Behrmann
Posted January 15, 2026 at 6:34pm
Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks about the future of the Democratic Party during a speech at the National Press Club in Washington on Monday.

Warren pitches a bigger economic tent for Democrats

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted January 12, 2026 at 4:17pm