If they are confirmed, the new members nominated by President Trump can be sworn in. They were named to replace Biden nominees he fired.

Senate Republicans have long resisted the temptation of going nuclear on the filibuster, a move more often made by Senate Democrats when they controlled the upper chamber.

This show of opposition came just as Trump was celebrating what he called a breakthrough in trade talks with China. After meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea, Trump announced that he would lower tariffs on China.

A favorable report from the 19-member Republican-majority committee sends four TVA nominees one step closer to a final vote from all 100 senators.

The Senate failed for a 13th time to advance a GOP funding bill that would end the government shutdown, now on Day 28. Follow live updates here.

Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted for the 13th time to block a House-passed bill to reopen the federal government, despite a plea this week by the nation’s largest federal workers union to

The Senate has voted to halt President Donald Trump's steep tariffs on Brazil, with some members of the GOP breaking with the administration to terminate the 50 percent duties.