The GOP battle for the U.S. Senate seat in Texas is shaping up to be a very tight contest about three and a half months before the March primary. Various polls show Senator John Cornyn, who's seeking a fifth term,

Senate Republicans are deeply divided over how to handle rising health insurance premiums now that the longest government shutdown in American history is over. Negotiations between a group of

Bernadette Smith, the former co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party, filed paperwork to run for U.S. Senate seat in a challenge to Mike Rogers.

Senate Democrats appeared emboldened in their shutdown posture Wednesday after a sweep in key races in Tuesday's elections. But the caucus appears split on how to proceed, with some progressives urging Democrats not to cave now on their health care demands, while some moderates engage in talks on a way out.

The biggest lesson of this month’s sweeping Democratic election victories is that President Donald Trump is continuing to cast an outsize shadow over every other election during his presidential term.