On Day 40 of the shutdown, eight Democrats joined Republicans in advancing a government funding measure, after 14 previous votes fell short.

The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee has vowed to hold the Nigerian government accountable for failing to protect its citizens from

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee said on Tuesday it will hold a hearing on the nomination of Jared Isaacman to be administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on December 3. (Reporting by Chris Sanders;

Morning Report is The Hill’s a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today’s issue: ▪ Senate reaches deal to end shutdown ▪ Trump pardons Giuliani, others over 2020 election ▪

Kentucky Congressman Andy Barr has officially filed to run for U.S. Senate. The Republican submitted his candidacy paperwork Friday morning at the Kentucky Secretary of State’s Office, making his Senate campaign for 2026 formally underway.

Former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake was one of seven Republicans who joined Democrats to pass a resolution to end U.S. military assistance for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen. President Trump vetoed that measure. On CBSN, Flake weighs in on the president's decision.

The word “filibuster,” which derives from a Dutch term for pirates and plunderers, somehow came to describe those who disrupt legislative business. The practice is much older — Cato the Younger