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Sen. Chuck Grassley may go to the floor and force a colleague to register opposition if he can't reach consensus.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune hasn't made a call yet about cutting the session short to get lawmakers back on the campaign trail or keeping them in Washington to try and address growing voter unease.

GOP senators are set to decide whether to stay in Washington and try to legislate or head home and hope for the best.

Senate Republicans have so far defended the practice giving them a veto over some presidential appointments. But a key MAGA ally could go his own way.

DHS faces continued bipartisan scrutiny in the wake of several incidents where ICE or Border Patrol agents used deadly force against individuals they were trying to apprehend.

Sen. Roger Wicker urged President Donald Trump to press Xi Jinping on China's military buildup and human rights issues.

The D.C. Circuit reaffirmed Tuesday that government restrictions on First Amendment activity must be "viewpoint neutral."

A lawyer for the Republican incumbent called the ad from Brian Poindexter "defamatory."

Sen. John Curtis is calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to compel testimony from the president's son.

The chamber, initially scheduled to be in session until the beginning of October, is instead eyeing departure by the end of the week.