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Senate Democrats are making strides toward recruiting who they believe are some of their best possible candidates for 2026, which should make key races more competitive — or at least more expensive
Jon Husted in the 2026 Ohio Senate race, according to Jeremy Pelzer of Cleveland.com.
The National Institutes of Health will be able to fund fewer research grants in fiscal 2026, even if Congress provides increased funding for the agency, due to Trump administration budget maneuvers.
The Senate passed its first package of fiscal 2026 spending bills Friday, making up for lost time in the long-delayed appropriations process before preparing to head out of town for a monthlong August
Though his name has been floated in recent years as a potential contender for statewide office, including as a challenger to Collins, he once again reaffirmed he would be running for his House seat in 2026
"Governor Cooper is a formidable candidate who will flip North Carolina’s Senate seat, and his announcement is the latest indication that the Republicans’ Senate majority is at risk in 2026,’’ Minority
ANALYSIS – The 2026 election cycle began in November with a historically small universe of competitive Senate races.
Senate Republican appropriators want their leadership to bring an initial package of fiscal 2026 spending bills to the floor before August recess, Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, said Thursday
Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought agreed to provide an unspecified amount to mitigate the impact on Native American reservations from the cancellation of $1.1 billion in advance fiscal 2026
Senate appropriators scattered from the meeting with no clear path forward on how to approve the broader fiscal 2026 Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill, a measure that had bipartisan support
Senate appropriators approved their fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch bill Thursday, which would boost spending for Congress by roughly 5 percent and avoid cuts to the Government Accountability Office.
Collins’ decision is more important to her party than her other colleagues’ plans, because she might be the only Republican who can win a Senate election in Maine in 2026.
"Even Tillis admits the GOP plan to slash Medicaid and spike costs for families is toxic — and in 2026, Democrats will flip North Carolina’s Senate seat," Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spokesperson
The House Appropriations Committee advanced a draft fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch spending bill on Thursday that would slash the budget for the Government Accountability Office by nearly half and take
The House and Senate have not released their fiscal 2026 spending bills that includes DOJ funding, although the House is expected to do so in early July.
Senate appropriators from both parties denounced Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Wednesday for relying on Republicans’ partisan budget reconciliation bill to meet his spending objectives in fiscal 2026.
Jared Golden said he would not seek statewide office in 2026 and would instead run for reelection to his competitive 2nd District seat.Â
The headline committee action for the week is Tuesday’s kickoff of the regular appropriations markup process for fiscal 2026.
Senators from both parties challenged Education Secretary Linda McMahon about her agency’s detailed fiscal 2026 budget proposal Tuesday, with a focus on cuts to the bipartisan federal TRIO programs.
the next phase of its plans to downsize the federal government, submitting a formal request to Congress to take back unspent funds in out-of-favor areas and fleshing out the president’s "skinny" fiscal 2026