Laphonza Butler, a Democrat appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom after Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., died in September 2023. Butler did not seek election to a full term. Schiff won a bruising ...

Iowa Democrats have flipped a state Senate seat vacated earlier this year by Chris Cournoyer, who resigned to become the state's new lieutenant governor. Democrat Mike Zimmer has defeated ...

Washington — Former Rep. Sean Duffy sailed through his Senate confirmation vote to be transportation secretary, just before some of President Trump's more controversial nominees will be facing ...

The Senate votes 77-22 to confirm Sean Duffy as Transportation secretary. The nomination had been unanimously reported out of the Commerce Committee. The Senate votes 77-22 to confirm Sean Duffy ...

WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed former Rep. Sean Duffy as the next secretary of transportation on Tuesday, marking a return to public office for the northwestern Wisconsin Republican after a ...

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Scott Bessent as the new Treasury Secretary, succeeding Janet Yellen. The confirmation came through a Senate vote on Monday, where Bessent received 68 votes in favor ...

Just over 800 days ago, Nancy Pelosi was speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy was about to ascend to his short-lived speakership and Sen. Dianne Feinstein was the longest-serving woman in the Senate.

Senator Gary Peters of Michigan announced on Tuesday that he would not run for re-election in 2026, forcing Democrats to defend an open seat in a battleground state that President Trump won in ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted 77 to 22 on Tuesday to confirm former U.S. Representative Sean Duffy to head the U.S. Transportation Department. Duffy, who cleared a ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a Republican-led effort to sanction the International Criminal Court in protest of its arrest warrants for Israeli Prime ...

The U.S. Senate confirmed Scott Bessent Monday to serve as President Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary, making the longtime hedge fund manager the point person for the new administration on a ...

Today, State Senator Christopher Cabaldon joins Insight. The Democrat was West Sacramento’s mayor for two decades. We’ll learn about his priorities in office - with a district that spans Yolo ...