Senate

President Joe Biden claimed during his first State of the Union address that the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was “the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War.” Moments after the transcript of the speech’s opening went public before the…

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley was the only senator to vote against legislation introduced by Democrat Sen. Mazie Hirono which seeks to condemn and punish anti-Asian American hate crimes in the U.S., specifically those stemming from what…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer addresses a news conference about the coronavirus response on Capitol Hill, May 5, 2020. (Leah Millis/Reuters) The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that Democrats can pass two more pieces of…

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Howard Segermark, longtime legislative counsel for multiple senators, joins Senior Editor Christopher Bedford and Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to explain the filibuster and why the Democrats’…

Rachel Levine speaks during her confirmation hearing to be Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee in Washington, D.C., February 25, 2021.…

Today, five attorneys general from Indiana, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma sent a joint letter to President Joe Biden urging him to withdraw his nomination of Vanita Gupta to be associate attorney general. “As the chief legal…

Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee sent a letter to Senate colleagues Thursday seeking to censure New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for dubiously claiming Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz tried to have her killed. The New York…

Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman announced Monday the two-term incumbent will not see re-election in 2022, creating a vacancy in a competitive state next cycle. Portman, 65, cited partisan gridlock for his Washington exit after serving more…