The Senate has confirmed Matt Whitaker as President Donald Trump’s U.S. ambassador to NATO. The vote late Tuesday sends a crucial emissary to the Western alliance at a time of growing concern about the American commitment abroad.

Cory Booker has been staging a marathon Senate speech for more than 20 hours in protest of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

Employees across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began receiving notices of dismissal Tuesday, as part of a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people. The notices come just days after President Donald Trump moved to strip workers of their collective bargaining rights at HHS and other government agencies.

The evidence of such widespread criminal destruction is indisputable,” said DFL Sen. Ron Latz. Republicans called the resolution a “waste of time.”

Wyden took 3 minutes and 34 seconds to pose his question, first framing it by talking up the ire he has heard from Oregonians fearful about cuts to Medicaid and Social Security

With President Donald Trump's so-called ''Liberation Day'' of tariff implementation fast approaching, Senate Democrats are putting Republican support for some of those plans to the test by forcing a vote to nullify the emergency declaration that underpins the tariffs on Canada.

Eying a vote on a multitrillion-dollar budget blueprint this week, Senate Republicans are considering a far-reaching move to that would set a $0 cost for making President Donald Trump’s tax cuts permanent.

WASHINGTON—Senate Republicans, torn over how much to reduce spending while cutting taxes, have an emerging strategy: Advance the ball now and figure out the hard parts later.The Senate could vote as soon as this week on a fiscal framework for President Trump’s “one big,