Democratic Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota announced Thursday that she will not be seeking re-election. Smith made her ...

Smith is the second Democratic senator to announce their retirements ahead of the midterms in 2026, when the party wants to contend for the majority but faces obstacles.

As the longest-serving Senate leader in history, McConnell developed a reputation for keeping his rank-and-file members in line and frustrating Democrats by relentlessly using procedural tactics to ...

The U.S. Senate passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support — including both of Arizona’s Democratic senators — keeping a crackdown on illegal immigrants involved in criminal cases on ...

Rep. Mike Sparks, R-Smyrna, filed the declaration in Kelsey's drawn-out federal corruption case. In a new twist, Kelsey last ...

The Department of Transport has been directed to distribute funding to states dependent on their birth and marriage rates.

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has a new plan to send students to Tennessee trade schools for free. It's a concept most lawmakers ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines on Thursday to advance the nomination of Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s ...

The bill passed after Gov. Ron DeSantis and fellow Republicans ended a public dispute. It includes a mandatory death penalty ...

After weeks of closure rumors and President Donald Trump pushing to shutter the U.S. Department of Education “immediately,” ...

Both Republicans and Democrats have filed bills to end Tennessee’s 4% grocery tax this legislative session, but their plans look very different.