Republican congressman Wesley Hunt is running for the U.S. Senate in Texas, defying Senate GOP leadership and adding a new element to an already contentious primary campaign.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says some Democrats want an "off-ramp" from the government shutdown as the GOP-coined 'Schumer shutdown' reaches day five.

Senate Republican Leader John Thune told FNC's "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo that he doesn't understand the Democratic Party's strategy with the government shutdown. "I've never seen ...

Several notable House retirements and a handful of redistricting battles are putting multiple seats in play for both parties as they vie for control of the lower chamber next year. Rep. David ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic lawmakers have provided few public signs of meaningful negotiations to break an impasse on reopening the federal government as the shutdown entered its ...

GOP, Trump pile pressure on Dems in shutdown fight ▪ Newsom, California pledge to sue Trump over troops ▪ Big debates for New Jersey, Virginia governor’s races ...

The Houston-area congressman is taking on incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton in the GOP primay ...

The Senate is scheduled to reconvene at 3 p.m. ET on Monday, as the federal government shutdown continues for a sixth day.

The Senate returns to Capitol Hill, but odds of ending a shutdown remain slim amid a political blame game. The Trump administration is handed another blow in its effort to send National Guard troops ...

Voting opened statewide Monday on whether to dramatically reshape California’s congressional districts to add as many as five Democrat-held seats in Congress — a possible offset to President Donald ...

As the U.S. headed for a government shutdown, Republicans repeatedly accused Democrats of forcing the closure because they want to give health care access to immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

COLUMBUS — Ohio Republicans are pressing forward with overriding Gov. Mike DeWine’s property-tax reform vetoes less than 24 hours after his work group recommended their ideas be moderated rather than ...