The oldest living senator in Congress is also the Senate President Pro Tempore amid the government shutdown 2025. How old is he? Meet Chuck Grassley.

More than two decades later, Congress is on the verge of writing a closing chapter to the war in Iraq. The Senate voted Thursday to repeal the resolution that authorized the 2003 U.S. invasion, following a House vote last month that would return the basic war power to Congress.

On the Senate floor today, Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) scolds Congress, particularly House Republicans, for continuing to receive pay amid government shutdown. Kim remarks that he has decided to refuse his paycheck until the government reopens.

It’s not the first time U.S. Sen. Ed Markey finds himself facing off against a younger Democrat in a primary race, and he wasted no time in appealing to his donors over the Senate

The Senate Wednesday rejected 51 to 48 a bid by Sen. Adam Schiff to require President Donald Trump to get congressional approval before continuing the administration’s deadly military strikes against ships allegedly carrying illegal drugs. The vote was largely along party lines.

Several U.S. Senate candidates met in Springfield to talk about issues important to them. Here's what they said.

Congressman Seth Moulton today officially launched his campaign to challenge Senator Ed Markey in the Democratic Senate primary, saying we can’t wait six years for a new generation of leadership in the party.

Seth Moulton said he's running against Sen. Ed Markey because "our party leaders are clinging to that old playbook."

A judge temporarily blocked further federal layoffs during the shutdown. More: Hegseth’s remarks are the latest example of the Trump administration’s about-face on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with Trump signaling increased support for Ukraine as of late.