Senate
Two years ago, the University of Georgia football icon and then-Senate candidate Herschel Walker was seen by many Republicans as a future star in the party.Walker, running against Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in the Georgia Senate race, won over many establishment politicians. GOP voters overwhelmingly coalesced around his campaign. And…
Montana’s US Senate race is shaping up to be one of the marquee races of 2024 as three-term Democrat Jon Tester hopes to fend off an aggressive challenge from his likely GOP opponent, Tim Sheehy.With former President Donald Trump highly likely to win Montana in November, many Republicans believe he’ll…
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is betting big that he can mollify the tidal wave Republicans have faced in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s reversal in his bid to help the GOP retake the Senate.In his first general election ad published on Tuesday, Hogan publicized his previous promise to…
By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate voted late Tuesday by a wide margin to send legislation to President Joe Biden that would require Chinese owner ByteDance to divest TikTok’s U.S. operations within about nine months or face a ban.The measure, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday,…
The story of GOP Senate candidate Tim Sheehy’s gunshot wound has seemingly taken on a new turn.Sheehy told WaPo that he lied about a shooting that he initially said occurred at a national park.But in newly-released documents, a park visitor “called park dispatch” to report a gunshot. Montana GOP Senate…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee said on Thursday it would hold a hearing next week with members of an expert panel that released a report in February criticizing Boeing (NYSE:)’s safety culture and calling for significant improvements. The hearing next Wednesday comes as the…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution that would overturn a federal agency’s rule requiring states to measure and set declining targets for greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles using the national highway system. The Federal Highway Administration rules were declared unlawful last month…
In the 2022 midterm elections, Democrats defied political expectations by holding on to their Senate majority, with every incumbent securing reelection and then-Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman flipping the open seat being vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey.The upper chamber in January 2023 then shifted from its previous 50-50…
