"The law is clear: all impacted government employees, regardless of excepted or furloughed status, are entitled to back pay after a government shutdown ends," reads the letter signed by more than 150 congressional Democrats including Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove),

Meanwhile, one of Sherrod Brown's Democratic primary challengers has put $5 million of his own money into his campaign.

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.

Moulton invoked the Markey's age in his announcement video, arguing that he does not think the senator "should be running for another six year term at 80 years old."

The Senate has voted to repeal the resolution that authorized the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, following a House vote last month that would return the basic war power to Congress more than two decades later.

Des Moines Public Schools board chairperson Jackie Norris tells Axios she's committed to her U.S. Senate campaign despite ongoing fallout from the district's superintendent scandal and increasing attacks from Republicans.

The congressman reported $513,992 in donations from July through September -- almost $100,000 more than the $417,890 in contributions reported by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, his main rival in the GOP primary. Incumbent U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville is running for governor instead of seeking a second term in the Senate.

Democratic former Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has announced that he will not run for the U.S. Senate in 2026. The seat is currently held by Republican Sen.