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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen says Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported, told him he has been moved from the notorious Salvadoran prison known as CECOT to a detention center with better conditions.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen was flying home from El Salvador on Friday after meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported there by the Trump administration. It's unclear what will happen next in the case.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate confirmed retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, filling the position almost two months after President Donald Trump fired his predecessor.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate confirmed retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, filling the position almost two months after President Donald Trump fired his predecessor.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is postponing several planned events this week to promote his new book, " Antisemitism in America: A Warning," after some liberal groups had planned to stage protests.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats were grim Friday as they left Washington after a brutal 10-week stretch that consistently showed the limits of their power in the minority -- and culminated with a deeply personal rupture over how to best counter President Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump took the oath of office on Monday inside a tightly packed Capitol Rotunda, where he was surrounded by a very different Washington than he was eight years ago.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- When President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office on Monday inside a tightly packed Capitol Rotunda, he will be surrounded by a very different Washington than he was eight years ago.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Newly in the minority, Democrats voted with Republicans on Thursday to advance legislation that would require federal authorities to detain unauthorized immigrants who have been accused of certain crimes -- signaling that they will try and find spots to work with President-elect Donald Trump while simultaneously trying to block much of his agenda.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Newly in the minority, Democrats say they will vote with Republicans to advance legislation that would require federal authorities to detain unauthorized immigrants who have been accused of certain crimes -- one of President-elect Donald Trump's priorities as he assumes office later this month.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some lawmakers emotionally recalled the violence. Others said they'd rather move on. And some said it wasn't violent at all.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his first floor speech as leader that his priority will be to "ensure the Senate stays the Senate."
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The fate of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 's views on vaccines, accusations of sexual misconduct against Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard's 2017 meeting with then-President Bashar Assad of Syria.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is challenging President-elect Donald Trump to reject the isolationist voices within their party and build his foreign policy around military strength, arguing that if the U.S. retreats from global engagement, "its enemies will be only too happy to fill the void."
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been hospitalized after she "sustained an injury" during an official engagement in Luxembourg, according to a spokesman.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is still suffering from the effects of a fall in the Senate earlier this week and is missing votes on Thursday due to leg stiffness, according to his office.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell fell and scratched his face after a party lunch on Tuesday but is "fine" after returning to his office, according to a senator who was with him when it happened.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats reelected Chuck Schumer as party leader on Tuesday as the party moves into a deeply uncertain time, with no real consensus on a strategy as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats reelected Chuck Schumer as party leader on Tuesday as the party moves into a deeply uncertain time, with no real consensus on a strategy as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Just hours after Republican Sen. John Thune was elected as the incoming Senate majority leader on Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump presented him with one of his first tests -- an announcement that he intends to nominate controversial Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans vying to replace longtime leader Mitch McConnell have been crossing the country to campaign and fundraise for colleagues, making their final arguments before a consequential ballot the week after the presidential election. But their pitches are mostly behind closed doors, and most GOP senators won't yet say which lawmaker they are backing.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitch McConnell said after the 2020 election that then-President Donald Trump was "stupid as well as being ill-tempered," a "despicable human being" and a "narcissist," according to excerpts from a new biography of the Senate Republican leader that will be released this month.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitch McConnell said after the 2020 election that then-President Donald Trump was "stupid as well as being ill-tempered," a "despicable human being" and a "narcissist," according to excerpts from a new biography of the Senate Republican leader that will be released this month.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitch McConnell said after the 2020 election that then-President Donald Trump was "stupid as well as being ill-tempered," a "despicable human being" and a "narcissist," according to excerpts from a new biography of the Senate Republican leader that will be released this month.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 because of the Electoral College. So did George W. Bush in 2000.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans have blocked for a second time this year legislation to establish a nationwide right to in vitro fertilization, arguing that the vote is an election-year stunt after Democrats forced a vote on the issue.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate will vote for the second time this year on whether to consider legislation that would establish a nationwide right to in vitro fertilization -- Democrats' latest election-year attempt to force Republicans into a defensive stance on women's health issues.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate will vote for the second time this year on legislation that would establish a nationwide right to in vitro fertilization -- Democrats' latest election-year attempt to force Republicans into a defensive stance on women's health issues.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will introduce legislation Thursday reaffirming that presidents do not have immunity for criminal actions, an attempt to reverse the Supreme Court's landmark decision last month.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate is expected to pass legislation Tuesday that is designed to protect children from dangerous online content, pushing forward with what would be the first major effort by Congress in decades to hold tech companies more accountable for the harm that they cause.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate is expected to pass legislation Tuesday that is designed to protect children from dangerous online content, pushing forward with what would be the first major effort by Congress in decades to hold tech companies more accountable for the harm that they cause.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After meeting for around two hours on Tuesday to discuss whether President Joe Biden should remain at the top of their presidential ticket, Senate Democrats seemed to agree on one thing -- it's best not to talk about it publicly.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell is mostly recovered from the brutal assaults he endured from Donald Trump's supporters on Jan. 6, 2021. But not completely. His shoulder still has limited endurance and there are screws and a metal plate holding his right foot together after bone fusion surgery.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former President Donald Trump said during his debate with President Joe Biden last week that the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol involved a "relatively small" group of people who were "in many cases ushered in by the police."
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three years ago, Donald Trump had few friends left in the Senate.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former President Donald Trump will meet with Senate Republicans Thursday, speaking to the group just two weeks after he was convicted on 34 charges in his hush money trial and as GOP senators have increasingly rallied around him.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans have blocked legislation designed to protect women's access to contraception, arguing that the bill was just a political stunt as Democrats mount an election-year effort to put GOP senators on the record on reproductive rights issues,
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an election year effort to put Republicans on record on reproductive rights issues, Senate Democrats are holding a vote Wednesday to move forward with legislation designed to protect women's access to contraception.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an election-year effort to put Republicans on record on reproductive rights issues, Senate Democrats are holding a vote Wednesday to move forward with legislation designed to protect women's access to contraception.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican lawmakers reacted with immediate fury on Thursday as a New York jury convicted former President Donald Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records to influence the 2016 election, speaking out with near unanimity in questioning the legitimacy of the trial and how it was conducted.