Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) has become the longest-serving Black senator in U.S. history, as the 119th Congress begins Friday. Scott was appointed to the Senate in 2012 by then-Gov. Nikki Haley (R ...

North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer’s adult son was sentenced Monday to 28 years behind bars over a high-speed car chase last year that led to a fatal accident and death of a sheriff’s deputy.

The husband of a Republican senator refused to shake Vice President Kamala Harris’ hand during his wife’s swearing-in ceremony on Friday, as seen in a now-viral video that captured the awkward ...

Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt (Mo.) on Tuesday blocked a request by Democratic senators to pass legislation to protect federal workers from civil service reforms that President-elect Trump has ...

"We want to do it right," Rounds said, making major changes unlikely on Day 1. South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds, who introduced legislation last month to eliminate the Department of Education ...

A resurfaced clip of Nebraska Republican Senator Deb Fischer’s husband refusing to shake Vice President Kamala Harris‘s hand has gone viral on social media. On Friday, Jan. 3, Harris performed ...

The various quick ceremonies grabbed multiple headlines as Harris took a friendly jab at Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and one of Sen. Dave McCormick’s (R-PA) daughters appeared to tell Harris she ...

Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana took the president of the NCAA to task on Tuesday for not taking a firm stand against biological men participating in women’s sports. At a Senate hearing on sports ...

Continuing a decades-long effort to change the nation's bankruptcy system, Sen. Elizabeth Warren plans to propose legislation on Wednesday aimed at making the process less costly and complicated ...

Democrat Sen. John Fetterman declared his support for GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik’s nomination to serve as US Ambassador to the United Nations — and pledged to help the New York lawmaker hold ...

Republican lawmakers are taking aim at where federal employees work, how well they work and what it takes to fire them. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) introduced or plan to ...

EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, is going to be introducing legislation to relocate federal workers from Washington, D.C., to other areas across the U.S. as part of her efforts to fix what she ...