Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn is running for governor
With her announcement Wednesday, Blackburn becomes the third senator seeking to leave the chamber for their state’s governor’s mansion in 2026.
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Former football coach Derek Dooley steps onto Georgia Senate field
Jon Ossoff in one of the most-watched contests of 2026.
Senators begin recess after giving up on nominations deal
Intense bipartisan discussions began while senators were dual-tracking the $188 billion fiscal 2026 appropriations package that passed late Friday, the other outstanding piece of business that had been
First three fiscal 2026 appropriations bills pass Senate
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
Republicans, appropriators dominate House earmarks
ANALYSIS — House Republicans have sprinkled their fiscal 2026 appropriations bills with more home-district projects than they did last year though with slightly fewer funds allocated to earmarks overall
Former Gov. Roy Cooper enters Senate race in North Carolina in boost to Democrats
"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
Republicans brush aside Trump plan to slash NIH funding
House Republican appropriators plan to disregard the White House’s proposed 40 percent cut to the National Institutes of Health budget for fiscal 2026, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the
Shuttle Discovery’s Texas transfer launches cost concerns
Morelle, D-N.Y., during the markup of its fiscal 2026 Interior-Environment funding bill that would bar any funds provided for the Smithsonian Institution to be used for the planned transfer.
Bill Huizenga will not run for Senate in 2026
Michigan Rep. Bill Huizenga is not running for Senate.
Senate GOP pushes spending bills as Democratic anger builds
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
Pay caps are a ‘slap in the face’ for some in Capitol Police
Only $84.8 million of that total should go toward overtime, according to a recommendation in the Senate Legislative Branch fiscal 2026 bill report, which also directs the department to keep appropriators
Breaking news: Speakers raise a lot of money
His team announced raising more than $50 million for the 2026 cycle thus far, along with an additional $60 million for aligned outside groups, Congressional Leadership Fund and American Action Network.
Trump’s Epstein tirade, Fed chair threats drown out Vance’s ‘big’ bill sales pitch
Vance said administration officials intend to spend the run-up to the 2026 midterm elections "talking about these big wins," while asserting that Democrats and the "corporate media" would like to focus
GOP narrowly advances rescissions package to Senate floor
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
Crypto, Defense bills back on track after Oval Office talk
Three pieces of cryptocurrency legislation and the fiscal 2026 Defense appropriations bill appeared ready for House floor action on Wednesday after stalling out for much of the day on Tuesday.
Former Rep. Stephanie Murphy announces bid for local office in Florida
Murphy had previously ruled out a run for statewide office in 2026, noting that she left Congress in favor of more time with her family.
Serious legislating hits a low point
ground on the Medicaid cuts and voted no, only to undercut his own message by caving to President Donald Trump’s threats of a primary challenge and declaring he wouldn’t be running for reelection in 2026
They wanted to ‘fix Congress.’ They still do, modernizers say
But in the fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch bill that advanced out of the House Appropriations Committee last month, the account would receive just $4 million, down from a height of $10 million.
Trump worked phones on ‘big beautiful bill’ — but left some arm-twisting to others
"With the bill easily portrayed as benefiting the rich, they have also created a likely problem for themselves in 2026 and, more likely, 2028 elections," according to Giles Alston, an analyst for the private
Seven and counting? Tally of open Senate seats continues to climb
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.