The Senate on Thursday cleared a final procedural hurdle toward passing a trio of spending bills, a move that would ensure that half of the fiscal 2026 funding measures are complete two weeks before the deadline to avert a partial government shutdown.

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The US Senate is scheduled to hold a key procedural vote Thursday on a resolution blocking further military action against Venezuela, setting up the first test of congressional backing for President Donald Trump’s intervention in the South American nation.

Republican Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is escalating the fight to advance a sweeping election integrity bill, known as the

WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 85, is heading for the exits after nearly four decades in Congress.

Early voting begins Wednesday in the state Senate runoff between a MAGA Republican and a Democratic union leader in Tarrant County. Why it matters: Democrat Taylor Rehmet was viewed as an underdog before the November special election when he faced two well-known Republicans who had raised millions of dollars.