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Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) stood in front of his new Republican colleagues Tuesday and tried to convince them to support a bill backed by Senate Democrats that would impose a host of new regulations on a powerful rail industry.

Rob Portman, who retired from the Senate last month, is joining the American Enterprise Institute as a scholar to focus on a range of issues, including U.S.-China relations.

When Rob Portman announced he was retiring from the Senate two years ago, it was taken as another sign that Congress was going to the dogs.

A section of the new $1.7 trillion spending bill from Congress has been billed as a dramatic step toward shoring up retirement accounts of millions of workers.

Senators introduced a bill targeting the lack of transparency among social media companies even as lawmakers consider banning some platforms in the U.S.

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is becoming an Independent and leaving the Democratic Party.

Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona says she has switched her registration to independent.

Passing legislation to protect same-sex marriages in the Senate was a monthslong effort, building on a decadeslong push.

Legislation that ensures same-sex and interracial marriages are recognized as legal unions appears headed for final approval and President Joe Biden’s signature.

How five senators convinced a bitterly divided Senate to protect same-sex marriages.

The Senate has passed landmark bipartisan legislation to protect same-sex marriages.

The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, putting Congress one step closer to ensuring that such unions are enshrined in federal law.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday that there is a "migration crisis" in the entire hemisphere, days after agreeing the border is secure.

Legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages has crossed a major Senate hurdle, putting Congress on track to take the historic step of ensuring that such unions are enshrined in federal law.

The results of the midterm election are raising questions about the future of American support for Ukraine.

They were competing for the seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Rob Portman, who is retiring. Vance rose to prominence after writing the memoir Hillbilly Elegy.

Democrats hoped to upset Republicans in the Buckeye state, but Ohio’s conservative lean was too much for even a moderate like Ryan to overcome.

Republican J.D. Vance defeated Democratic Congressman Tim Ryan, keeping the Senate seat red.

Tim Ryan and JD Vance made their closing arguments to Ohioans on Monday as they both vie to succeed the GOP's Rob Portman in the U.S. Senate.

You hear a lot of xenophobic rhetoric in the race to succeed Sen. Rob Portman. What you don’t hear is how much Ohio has benefited from globalization.

As Republicans debate whether the U.S. should continue to send aid to Ukraine, two key senators touted "broad support" for the country in Congress.

A surprising dynamic is taking shape in Ohio, where Republicans are hoping to ride a wave of national discontent with Democrats to take control of the Senate.

President Joe Biden is focusing on economic issues as he fine-tunes his closing argument in upstate New York for voters trying to cope with raging inflation and fears of a recession heading into the Nov. 8 election.

In Ohio, more likely voters said they would rather have Republicans in charge of Congress than Democrats, according to a Spectrum News/Siena College poll.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan and Republican JD Vance are deflecting accusations that they're political lapdogs to their parties.

Democrats across Ohio are pleading for help in the state’s high-stakes Senate contest.

Rep. Tim Ryan – a 10-term congressman – and Republican JD Vance are fighting for Ohio's open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by GOP Sen. Rob Portman.

J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan participated in a U.S. Senate debate in Cleveland on Monday, devolving into personal attacks and bitter exchanges about issues like inflation and abortion.

The first debate between Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan and Republican JD Vance descended quickly into attacks.

More than 88,000 Afghans have arrived in the U.S. since the Taliban takeover last year. But most of them only have temporary permission to stay.

A Democratic congressman who has made his opponent’s questionable record fighting the opioid epidemic a central theme of his campaign for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat has accepted campaign donations over the years from drug distributors blamed for key roles in the crisis.

As TikTok's popularity has exploded, it's become more than just a place for viral dance challenges.

President Joe Biden’s pick to head the National Archives is pledging to be a nonpartisan leader as she tries to allay concerns by Republicans considering her nomination.

The nominee to head the National Archives is set to face an unusually contentious Senate confirmation hearing this week.

Democrats are punting a vote to protect same-sex and interracial marriages until after the November midterm elections, pulling back just days after Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed to put the Senate on the record on the issue “in the coming weeks.”.

President Joe Biden tried to set politics aside at the Ohio groundbreaking of a new Intel computer chip facility.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the Senate will vote on legislation to protect same-sex marriage “in the coming weeks” as a bipartisan group backing the bill is tweaking it to gain Republican support.

Sen. Rob Portman wrote to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to press him about delays in providing records to Congress.

Over five decades in Washington, Joe Biden knew that the way to influence was to be in the room where it happens.

Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's views remained a mystery as party leaders eye votes later this week on their emerging economic legislation.

As the Senate contemplates legislation to protect same-sex marriages, there has been a sharp shift in Republican support for the issue.

When General Motors went through the biggest industrial bankruptcy proceedings in history, 20,000 retirees from GM's Delphi Corp. subsidiary saw their retirement savings slashed.

Lawmakers accused the Chinese government of "malign efforts to target, influence and undermine the U.S. Federal Reserve" in a report released Tuesday.

The move to protect same-sex marriage offers an early window into how Democrats plan to solidify individual rights in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

In an unexpected fallout of the Supreme Court's reversal of abortion rights, codifying same-sex marriage nationwide has a shot in the divided Senate.

The Senate has unexpectedly launched a new push to protect same-sex marriage in federal law.

The Respect for Marriage Act would provide federal protections for same-sex and interracial couples. Senate Democrats are gauging GOP support for the measure, and the White House supports the bill.

The Respect for Marriage Act would provide federal protections for same-sex and interracial couples. Senate Democrats are gauging GOP support for the measure, and the White House supports the bill.

President Joe Biden hosted hundreds of lawmakers, their families and aides for the first congressional picnic at the White House in three years.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Steve Dettelbach to run the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

President Joe Biden has used an Ohio visit to showcase federal action aimed at shoring up pensions for millions of workers.

In a story published July 5, 2022, about President Joe Biden's visit to Ohio on Wednesday, The Associated Press erroneously reported that it would be Biden's fourth visit to the state as president.

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger minced no words on his decision to potentially delay a plan to build semiconductor fabs in Ohio as Congress "dithers" on the CHIPS Act.

Senators aim to prevent another Jan. 6 insurrection from happening again.

Senators aim to prevent another Jan. 6 insurrection from happening again.

Even the staunchest defense hawks in the Republican Party stood virtually united by Donald Trump’s side when the then-president was impeached in late 2019 after pressuring Ukraine’s leader for “a favor” and withholding $400 million in military aid.

FBI Director Christopher Wray says his agents thwarted a planned cyberattack on a Boston children’s hospital that was to have been carried out by hackers sponsored by the Iranian government.

Nineteen current or recent Republican senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and Sens. Mitt Romney (Utah), Rob Portman (Ohio) and Joni Ernst (Iowa), have taken at least $1 million in campaign contributions from the NRA over their careers, according to data compiled by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence in 2019.

In early primaries, Republican voters continue to side with nominees who, should they win, will probably have more loyalty to the former president than Mitch McConnell, creating potential headaches down the road for the long-serving Senate GOP leader.

The Biden administration’s nominee for U_S_ ambassador to Ukraine is promising senators she'll work to make Russia’s war there a “strategic failure."

Former President Donald Trump enters the next stretch of the midterm campaign emboldened by primary victories but facing new risks.

A second book by “Hillbilly Elegy” author and U.S. Senate candidate JD Vance will not be released as planned by an imprint of HarperCollins, the publisher tells The Associated Press.

The primary election in Ohio stood as the first real test this midterm election season of former President Donald Trump's status as the Republican Party kingmaker — and he passed.

Top GOP lawmakers emphasized the unprecedented nature of the unauthorized disclosure of the high court's draft ruling on an abortion case instead of the possible impact on women or on the midterms.

Donald Trump-endorsed Republican Madison Gesiotto Gilbert has won a crowded primary for an open U.S. House seat in northeast Ohio.

Tuesday's top race is in Ohio, where voters are set to pick nominees for an open U.S. Senate seat. Redistricting has also affected some of the state's closely watched House races.

Voters head to the polls Tuesday for statewide primaries in Ohio and Indiana. In Ohio, an open Senate contest has top billing.

Primary elections in Ohio have set the stage for a more competitive phase of the midterm primary season, with closely watched races in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia scheduled for later this month.

Supplemental Security Income benefits for the disabled, blind and elderly have strict asset limits. Now, two senators want to raise those caps.

High-profile surrogates for Republicans running in Ohio’s hotly contested Senate primary are fanning out across the state ahead of Tuesday’s election.

The first multistate contest of the 2022 midterm election season takes place Tuesday.

The announcement of the Homeland Security Department's effort has sparked backlash on the right — though we don't know much about what it would do.

The immediate focus will be on misinformation from human smugglers, who spread falsehoods about border policy to migrants to help drum up business.

Millionaire candidates and billionaire investors are harnessing their considerable personal wealth to try to win competitive Republican primaries for open U.S. Senate seats in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

A group opposing Donald Trump’s endorsement of JD Vance in Ohio’s contentious Republican Senate primary is making the former president the target of a new ad campaign.

A lack of investigators and data are snarling the fight to claw back billions of dollars in stolen COVID-19 unemployment relief, Newsy has learned.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and visiting U.S. lawmakers have reaffirmed their commitment to working together under a longstanding alliance at a time of heightened global tensions and threats from China and North Korea.

There is no clear favorite in the race, and the endorsement of Vance, backed by billionaire Peter Thiel and supported by Donald Trump Jr., among others, gives the candidate momentum.

"Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance has received Donald Trump’s coveted endorsement in the race for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat.

China says its military has staged exercises to reinforce its threat to use force to bring Taiwan under its control, as U.S. lawmakers visiting Taiwan made a pointed and public declaration of support for the self-governing island democracy while issuing a warning to China.

Dozens of Republican leaders in Ohio are mounting a last-minute effort to urge former President Donald Trump not to endorse JD Vance in the crowded upcoming primary for an open Senate seat.

A delegation of six U.S. lawmakers has arrived in Taiwan on a visit that has already been denounced by China.

Republican candidates in Ohio have spent a lot of energy and money tying themselves to the former president and unproven claims of election fraud.

President Joe Biden has signed into law plans for a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is endorsing former Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel in the heated Republican primary for the open U.S. Senate seat in the Midwestern battleground.

Despite the uncertainty raised over the date of Ohio’s primary election, the state is ready to move forward with early voting on Tuesday for a likely May 3 contest for statewide and congressional races – but not legislative ones.

A near-physical altercation in the nasty Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Ohio led to a demand Monday from some military veterans that one candidate apologize for saying a rival who did two tours in Iraq never served in the private sector and didn't know anything about business. The heated argument came during a debate Friday with five candidates running for the GOP nomination to replace the retiring Republican Sen. Rob Portman. The debate became intense almost as soon as it began as former state Treasurer Josh Mandel attacked investment banker Mike Gibbons' business dealings in his opening remarks.

"He is literally killing innocent civilians, girls and boys, men and women, and grandparents in order to try to bludgeon them into submission," Sen. Rob Portman said of Putin's attacks on Ukraine. "If that's not escalatory, I don't know what is."

Several Republicans competing for the party’s nomination to run for U.S. Senate in Ohio are facing scrutiny for their ties to Russia as the country intensifies its war against Ukraine. Much of the attention has focused on former Ohio Republican Party Chair Jane Timken, whose husband's family founded a company that does business in Russia.

The pressure underscores the growing hawkishness among members of Congress, who have been calling on the administration to do more to help Ukraine defend itself against Russian attacks.

Biden's call to revoke Russia's "most favored nation" status could open the door to slapping damaging new tariffs on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.

Senate Democrats and Republicans are close to striking a deal on a sanctions package for Russia to deter further aggression towards Ukraine. But there's two sticking points.

Senate candidate J.D. Vance had to scramble to find another venue after Ohioans erupted over Greene, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer.

"Hillbilly Elegy" author and venture capitalist J.D. Vance made almost $1 million in the buildup to his campaign for Ohio's Senate seat.

Trump's infrastructure week often faltered and he once tanked a $2 trillion bill. Portman also raised eyebrows by saying Biden could lower inflation.

President Biden praised the bipartisanship work to craft and pass the bill. But Republicans who supported the measure continue to face blowback.

Neil Armstrong did not want NASA's Plum Brook Station to be named after him. The first person to walk on the moon declined the honor when asked, but a group of NASA officials and members of Congress presided over a ceremony in Ohio to do just that.

Senators have spent the past week processing nearly two dozen amendments, but none substantially changed its framework.

The Senate passed a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, a key victory for President Biden's domestic economic agenda.

"I have quietly said for years that Mitch McConnell is the most overrated man in politics - now I don't have to be quiet anymore," Trump said.