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8h ago

Hakeem Jeffries threatens lawsuit over delayed Texas special election

One month after Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner's death, Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott has yet to call a special election to fill his seat.
 Hakeem Jeffries at a news conference gestures while speaking at a news conference
 Hakeem Jeffries at a news conference gestures while speaking at a news conference
10h ago

Booker's Senate record broke Thurmond's plea to 'go down fighting' against voting rights

The New Jersey senator said he didn't like that the record for the longest Senate speech was held by "someone who was trying to stop people like me from being in the Senate."
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., on April 1, 2025; Sen. Strom Thurmond, D.S.C., during a break in his one-man talkathon against the Civil Rights Bill on Aug. 29, 1957.
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., on April 1, 2025; Sen. Strom Thurmond, D.S.C., during a break in his one-man talkathon against the Civil Rights Bill on Aug. 29, 1957.
10h ago

Senate Republicans release budget blueprint with new tax cuts and a $5 trillion debt limit hike

The revised budget resolution calls for a $1.5 trillion tax cut in addition to making Trump's 2017 tax cuts permanent, using a controversial budgeting approach critics call "magic math."
John Thune.
John Thune.

Senate narrowly passes measure rebuking Trump on trade after new tariffs are announced

The Supreme Court heard arguments this morning in a case that involves whether Planned Parenthood should receive Medicaid funds.
Donald Trump walks through a door frame
Donald Trump walks through a door frame
15h ago

Cars aren't tested properly for women's safety. Congress is trying to fix that.

Republican Sen. Deb Fischer’s "She DRIVES Act" would raise the standards for car safety testing, promoting the use of "crash test dummies that reflect a woman’s lighter frame."
Deb Fischer
Deb Fischer
16h ago

Republicans win special elections for two deep-red House seats in Florida

NBC News projects victory for the GOP in the seats formerly held by Michael Waltz, who resigned to join the Trump administration, and Matt Gaetz.
randy fine politics political politician
randy fine politics political politician
17h ago

Cory Booker's record-breaking speech ignites a Democratic base 'desperate' for a fighter

He surpassed a record segregationist Strom Thurmond set in 1957, getting millions of views and widespread acclaim from Democrats as a model for how to take on Trump.
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.,
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.,
18h ago

Sen. Ruben Gallego blocks VA nominees to protest Trump’s plans to cut the agency's workforce

Gallego, a Democrat and Marine Corps veteran, is on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee.
Ruben Gallego speaks while seated and pointing
Ruben Gallego speaks while seated and pointing

Mallory McMorrow jumps into Michigan’s Senate race with a call for change in the Democratic Party

The Michigan state senator is the first major candidate to launch a bid for retiring Sen. Gary Peters’ seat.
Michigan State Sen. Mallory McMorrow speaks at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19, 2024.
Michigan State Sen. Mallory McMorrow speaks at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19, 2024.
1d ago

Cory Booker sets record for longest Senate speech in anti-Trump remarks that exceeded 25 hours

The Democratic senator from New Jersey broke the record set by segregationist Strom Thurmond in 1957, saying later that Thurmond’s record “always kind of just really irked me.”
Sen. Cory Booker speaks through the night on Senate floor, criticizing Trump and Musk on April 1, 2025.
Sen. Cory Booker speaks through the night on Senate floor, criticizing Trump and Musk on April 1, 2025.
1d ago

Adam Schiff places hold on Trump loyalist's nomination for top federal prosecutor in D.C.

The California Democrat's move could delay but not necessarily prevent the Senate from considering Ed Martin's nomination.
Ed Martin.
Ed Martin.