N.Y., left, walks with Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., as Senate Democrats gather behind closed doors to mount a last-ditch ...

Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned next week after a federal appeals court ...

The Senate is giving final approval to a bill that would result in more prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers.

Relatives and colleagues remember former GOP Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming as a figure who was "gifted in crossing party lines." ...

Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order that directs state agencies to change all references to the Gulf of Mexico in ...

A six-month spending bill advanced in the Senate after Democrats split on the bill. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Shumer, D-NY ...

A spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown narrowly cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate, paving the way ...

The Senate voted to advance a spending bill to fund the government through Sept. 30, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown.