Dems thwart Senate Republicans on 2 abortion-related bills
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a pair of Republican bills that would ban most late-term abortions...
McConnell-linked group funds ads helping N Carolina Democrat
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A political committee linked to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is funding ads and other cam...
After impeachment: Congress adrift, oversight uncertain
WASHINGTON — Inside the Capitol, it’s as if the impeachment of President Donald Trump never happened.
McConnell remaking Senate in age of Trump, impeachment
WASHINGTON — Long before Donald Trump’s impeachment landed in the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had one piece of advice for the president: F...
Not guilty: Senate acquits Trump of impeachment charges
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump won impeachment acquittal Wednesday in the U.S. Senate, bringing to a close only the third presidential trial in A...
Senate so far split neatly along party lines on impeachment
WASHINGTON — The Senate is so far cleaving neatly along party lines in advance of Wednesday's virtually certain votes to acquit President Donald Trump...
AP source: McConnell says he can’t yet block new witnesses
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told senators privately Tuesday he does not yet have the votes to block new witnesses in President...
Dispute over rules erupts on impeachment’s first full day
WASHINGTON — A rancorous dispute over rules marked the first full day of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.
Senate impeachment timetable at a glance
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to seek a speedy impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. In a Senate resolution released Monday even...
McConnell proposes swift impeachment trial with long days
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday proposed a condensed, two-day calendar for each side to give opening statements in Presi...
Senate passes US-Canada-Mexico trade deal, a Trump priority
WASHINGTON — The Senate overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade agreement Thursday that rewrites the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico ...
Reporters claim new rules will hinder impeachment coverage
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate promises to be one of the most heavily scrutinized events in American political ...
McConnell’s challenge: Shaping a trial amid Trump’s demands
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump needs Mitch McConnell more than ever.
Dole endorses western Kansas congressman in US Senate race
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Senate candidate Roger Marshall won the endorsement Monday of political icon and 1996 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole, ...
McConnell on US-Iran strategy: ‘Let’s not screw it up’
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he opposes a Senate resolution asserting that President Donald Trump must seek approval from ...
‘Fail Not:’ What to watch ahead of Trump’s Senate trial
WASHINGTON — Hear ye, hear ye: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is hitting the send button on President Donald Trump's impeachment.
McConnell: GOP will start impeachment trial, delay witnesses
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he has secured the Republican votes needed to start President Donald Trump’s impeachm...
Graham urges Senate rules change to speed impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — Seeking to break a deadlock over President Donald Trump’s impeachment, a top Republican said Sunday he will push a change in rules that w...
Small cracks have appeared in GOP unity on impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — The Senate seems certain to keep President Donald Trump in office thanks to the overwhelming GOP support expected in his impeachment tria...
McConnell and Pelosi give no signs of budging on impeachment
WASHINGTON — Congress opened the new year with the Senate deadlocked over President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, leaving the proceedings deeply i...
GOP Sen. Collins says she’s open to impeachment witnesses
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says she's open to calling witnesses as part of the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald T...
GOP senator ‘disturbed’ by McConnell impeachment remark
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, said she was disturbed to hear Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell say ther...
McConnell not ruling out witnesses in impeachment trial
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that he was not ruling out calling witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeach...
Trump heads to Florida while impeachment trial still cloudy
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was heading south to sunny Florida on Friday after his historic impeachment, while plans for his speedy trial back...
Impeachment trial plans in disarray as Congress heads home
WASHINGTON — Congress has headed home for the holidays leaving plans and a possible timeline for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in disarra...
Impeachment collides with funding deadline, testing Congress
WASHINGTON — The impeachment drama is dominating Washington, but leading figures such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi still have their day jobs to do.
Trump contributes foreword to paperback of McConnell book
NEW YORK — The paperback edition of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s “The Long Game” includes a foreword from a well-placed fellow Republican:...
Tactical edge will shift to GOP in Senate impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — It’s been easy for majority Democrats to keep Republicans from shifting the focus of the House impeachment hearings. Yet GOP leverage to ...
Senate more partisan today than when Clinton faced trial
WASHINGTON — The Senate has long been a place of false gentility, where "my good friend" can be a euphemism for the opposite.