Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has announced he's running for the U.S. Senate.

House Republicans surprised tech industry watchers and outraged many state governments when they added a clause to Republicans’ signature “big, beautiful” tax bill that bans states and localities from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade.

U.S. Rep. Angie Craig is the latest Minnesota Democrat to enter an increasingly competitive race for the U.S. Senate seat held by the retiring Sen. Tina Smith.

Republican Mike Rogers is running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan.

A supercharged U.S. Senate GOP primary in Texas between Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton is off to a fast start of personal attacks and expectations of a high-spending race.

Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel of North Carolina has announced himself as a candidate to try to unseat Republican Sen. Thom Tillis in 2026.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced his entry into the U.S. Senate race against Republican Sen. John Cornyn in what will be one of the country’s most contentious 2026 primary contests.

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will not seek Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat in 2026.

The Supreme Court has made it harder for environmental regulators to limit water pollution, ruling for San Francisco in a case about the discharge of raw sewage that sometimes occurs during heavy rains.

The Supreme Court seems likely to side with an Ohio woman who claims she suffered sex discrimination in her employment because she is straight.

The Supreme Court has found that people who score early court wins in civil rights cases won’t necessarily be able to recover their legal fees.

Republican Senate candidate Daniel Cameron has lavished praise on President Donald Trump and criticized his mentor, Sen. Mitch McConnell.

The scramble to fill Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat in Kentucky began as soon as the Republican revealed he won’t seek reelection in 2026.

Dr. Mehmet Oz holds millions of dollars worth of shares in health insurance, fertility, pharmaceutical and vitamin companies.

Pete Buttigieg is quietly contemplating his future from a small city in northern Michigan while talking to Democratic Party officials, labor leaders and top strategists.

Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s pick to be director of national intelligence, is another step closer to Senate confirmation.

Former Ohio State University coach Jim Tressel is being nominated to be the state’s next lieutenant governor.

Callers are getting busy signals and voicemail inboxes are full at many U.S. Senate offices.

A letter submitted to the U.S. Senate that states it was sent by physicians in support of Robert F.

Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted is Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s pick to succeed Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate.

Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed interest in the Ohio U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed legislation that boosts the rights of parents to know when schools are changing their child’s health care or preparing to present lessons involving sexuality or gender.

A U.S. Senate committee says at least two internal Amazon studies have found a relationship between worker speed and injuries in the online retailer's warehouses.

Sen. Mitt Romney has given his final remarks after seeing the Republican Party for which he was once the standard bearer drastically transform under Donald Trump.

A U.S. Senate subcommittee has held a hearing to question the growing use of airline fees to charge passengers for things like early boarding and better seats.

Wisconsin Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde has conceded defeat in the race narrowly won by Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, saying he will not pursue a recount.

Republicans are going to court in Pennsylvania amid vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick, with the contest headed toward a state-mandated recount.

The U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania between Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick is headed for a statewide recount, as counties continued Wednesday to sort through outstanding ballots and the campaigns jousted over which ones should count.

The Associated Press declared Democrat Ruben Gallego the winner of Arizona’s U.S. Senate seat after vote updates on Monday and over the weekend increased his statewide lead and closed off any remaining paths to victory for Republican Kari Lake.

Republicans landed historic victories in Pennsylvania, winning the battleground state’s valuable presidential electoral votes, posting a two-seat gain in its U.S. House delegation and sweeping all four statewide offices on the ballot, including a U.S. Senate seat.

The majority in the U.S. House hangs in balance.

Beyond President-elect Donald Trump’s win, Republicans have taken control of the Senate with a little cushion above 50 seats. Meanwhile, the U.S. House was still in play Wednesday evening but leaning Republican.

Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin won Michigan’s shotgun-tight race for U.S. Senate, defeating former Republican congressman Mike Rogers in a battle of attrition.

Republicans were one seat away from seizing the Senate majority late Tuesday after firebrand Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas defeated Democrat Colin Allred, pushing the GOP closer to wresting control of the chamber.

One of the most closely monitored races in Florida this election is the race for the U.S. Senate, in which former U.S. Rep Debbie Murcasel-Powell is challenging first-term Republican Senator Rick Scott.

Republican Donald Trump won North Carolina, capturing one of the seven heavily contested battlegrounds while votes in six other swing states are still being counted.

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Republicans have taken the Senate majority and are fighting to keep control of the House.

Results for Florida's statewide races, including president, U.S. Senate, and six proposed constitutional amendments

Billions of dollars in ads are raining down on voters across the Rust Belt, Rocky Mountains and American southwest as the two major political parties struggle for control of the U.S. Senate.

Republican and Democratic voters in Maryland largely agree on one thing: the state's U.S. Senate race between Republican Larry Hogan and Democrat Angela Alsobrooks has unusually high stakes this year.

Democrats backing Rep. Colin Allred’s bid to defeat Texas Sen. Ted Cruz are investing $5 million in an ad campaign focused on abortion.

Pennsylvania voters are expected to play a pivotal role in the Nov. 5 general election, with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress and the state Legislature hanging in the balance.

Voters in Arizona have no shortage of competitive races to decide in the Nov. 5 general election, with control of the White House, the U.S. Senate and House and both chambers of the state Legislature in the balance.

Michigan may play a decisive role in a presidential election for the third consecutive time.

Wisconsin is no stranger to close presidential elections.

Nevada is once again home to competitive races that could determine control of the White House and the U.S. Senate.

North Carolina voters will cast ballots for president and governor in the Nov. 5 general election while many in the state are still dealing with the aftermath and massive destruction caused by Hurricane Helene.

A new poll from the University of North Florida’s Public Opinion Research Lab (PORL) shows former President Donald Trump 10 percentage points ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris.

Divorce records for Arizona's Democratic Senate candidate Ruben Gallego and his ex-wife, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, are now public.

Republicans are sensing an opportunity in Wisconsin’s closely watched Senate race.

Democrat Angela Alsobrooks is highlighting former Gov. Larry Hogan’s actions in office as evidence he isn’t as supportive of abortion rights as he now claims to be.

Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake repeatedly reminded debate viewers of her three-decade career on Arizona television, looking to harness the connection she built with voters and overcome Democrat Ruben Gallego’s portrayal of her as a liar.

Former Representative Mike Rogers is attempting to become the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate race in Michigan in 30 years.

The U.S. Senate has approved a resolution intended to hold Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre in criminal contempt for failing to testify before a Senate panel.

Members of a Senate committee looking into the Steward Health Care bankruptcy said they plan to vote next week to adopt two resolutions to hold Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre in contempt after he refused to attend a hearing Thursday despite being issued a subpoena.

Florida Democrats have been boldly proclaiming that Florida is in play for this year's November elections, but their campaign spending hasn't matched those claims.

The Senate has the potential for history-making this fall.

More than five months after weighing in on the presidential matchup, Rhode Island voters will choose which candidates will face off in this fall’s U.S. Senate election.

Massachusetts Republicans will choose candidates to challenge U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch in state primaries on Tuesday.

Republican Rick Scott’s bid for renomination for a second Senate term tops the list of races that Florida voters will decide in the upcoming primary.

Matt Corey, a Connecticut entrepreneur who unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. House and Senate in the past, has won the Republican nomination to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy again.

U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono and Hawaii's incumbent congressional representatives have won their state Democratic Party primary races.

Voters in Wisconsin will select candidates Tuesday who will compete in some of the fall’s most closely watched races.

Democrat Elissa Slotkin and Republican Mike Rogers have prevailed in their parties' primaries for an open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan.

National attention has turned to Michigan for the presidential race, but voters will also have a major say in determining which major party controls Congress next year.

Tennessee state Rep. Gloria Johnson has won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate and will face off against Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn in November, pitting a survivor of a Republican-led expulsion effort over a gun control protest against a close ally of former President Donald Trump.

Kari Lake has won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Arizona, setting up a fierce battle against Democratic U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego for a seat that could be crucial to deciding Senate control.

Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno of Ohio likes to portray himself as a political outsider in his race against Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown.

The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against Donald Trump has refused to throw out charges against a co-defendant of the former president.

Utah voters will decide whether Sen. Mitt Romney’s brand of politics can still succeed in Republican primaries.

Indiana Republicans have rejected Sen. Mike Braun’s choice for lieutenant governor, instead nominating a podcasting pastor with far-right views to be his running mate.

Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan, one of former President Donald Trump’s fiercest critics in the GOP, has received Trump’s endorsement in his Maryland Senate bid.

Former president Donald Trump has endorsed retired Army Capt. Sam Brown for U.S. Senate in Nevada over a crowded GOP primary field.

It's five months before the general election, and Joe Manchin of West Virginia isn't running for office.

Curtis Bashaw’s Senate nomination over Donald Trump’s preferred candidate in the New Jersey Republican Senate primary and the chance that Sen. Bob Menendez’s independent campaign could split Democrats is fueling GOP hopes they can put a reliably Democratic Senate seat in play this fall.

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican running to flip a Senate seat that could determine control of the chamber, will once again skip the Republican National Convention.

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey has filed to run for reelection as an independent even as he is on trial on federal bribery charges.

The general election for a race that could determine the Senate majority begins right after Montana voters lock in their nominees in Tuesday’s primaries.

The Libertarian Party has nominated party activist Chase Oliver for president.

Voters in several states have chosen nominees in critical races that could decide the balance of power on Capitol Hill next year.

Republican voters have advanced strong Senate contenders in Maryland and West Virginia, giving the GOP a big boost in its push to claim control of Congress’ upper chamber.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump look to pad their delegate totals in Maryland as the presidential primary campaign enters its final weeks.

The student protest movement over the war in Gaza is roiling Senate contests in an election year when control of the chamber is at stake in November.

Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger David McCormick will face each other in Pennsylvania’s high-stakes U.S. Senate contest this fall.

President Joe Biden has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy the U.S. will send badly needed air defense weaponry once the Senate approves a massive national security aid package that includes $60 billion for Ukraine.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider a request by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake to ban the use of electronic vote-counting machines in Arizona.

The Republican candidate in Wisconsin’s closely watched U_S_ Senate race emphasized this week that he doesn’t oppose elderly people voting after initially saying that “almost nobody in a nursing home is in a point to vote.”.

Larry Hogan has transformed Maryland’s sleepy Senate race into a top-tier contest in the fight for the Senate majority.

Georgia has seen furious battles over election laws ever since Democrat Stacey Abrams’ narrow loss to Republican Brian Kemp in the 2018 governor’s race.

Maryland lawmakers have reached an agreement to resolve differences over proposed tax and fee increases.

Former Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut has died, according to his family.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick will be the only names on ballots for the office in Pennsylvania’s April primary after a ruling by the state’s highest court.

Donald Trump got what he wanted when former car dealer Bernie Moreno won the Republican Senate primary in Ohio.

When the wife of Nevada Senate candidate Sam Brown spoke about an abortion she had in Texas right before they met, some Republicans welcomed the disclosure.

North Dakota voters will decide in June whether to prevent people from running for Congress if they're old enough to turn 81 during their House or Senate term.

The most high-profile election in Ohio’s primary on Tuesday will be the Republican contest to take on the state’s Democratic U.S. senator.

Democratic congressman Ruben Gallego has started airing the first television ads of his Arizona U.S. Senate campaign.

Politicians are closing in on the required number of votes needed to pass federal legislation that requires AM radios in every new car.

Indiana lawmakers have passed a bill that defines antisemitism in education code.