Former US Sen. Jim Inhofe has died, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced on Tuesday.

The top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee strongly opposes making changes to the Selective Service System that would allow men to be automatically registered for the draft when they turn 18, casting doubt the proposal could become law even though the Democratic chairman of the panel said the idea has merit and it was approved overwhelmingly by the GOP-led House Armed Services Committee.

Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked an attempt by Democrats to pass a bill to ban bump stocks in the wake of a recent Supreme Court ruling.

Senate Republicans?voted Thursday?to block?a bill put forward by Democrats that would guarantee access to in vitro fertilization nationwide.

Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Republicans are looking for ways to advance their agenda next year if Trump were to win the Presidency. Top of the list: a tax overhaul.

The top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is threating to block all action on nominees and legislation in the committee unless progress is made to pass sanctions against the Intenational Criminal Court, which has drawn bipartisan fire for its recent indictments of top leaders of both Israel and Hamas.

Senate Republicans voted Wednesday to block a bill put forward by Democrats that would guarantee access to contraception nationwide, as Democrats seek to highlight the issue in the run up to November’s elections.

A sweeping bipartisan border security bill failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday, blocked by GOP opposition and Democratic divisions.

Key Republican senators sharply criticized Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito after?news reports showed an upside-down American flag?– a symbol?used by some supporters of former President?Donald Trump?who challenged the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s 2020 victory – flying outside his home in 2021.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, attempting to put political pressure on Republicans, announced Sunday that the chamber will vote this week on a long-negotiated bipartisan border bill that Republicans blocked earlier this year.

The Senate voted on Thursday?to pass a major federal aviation bill ahead of a key Friday deadline.

A group of Washington area Senate Democrats who oppose adding more longer-distance flights in and out of DC’s Reagan National Airport – which was included in a bipartisan FAA bill released this week – are pressing for an amendment vote to strip it out of the legislation, which is being debated on the floor now.

South Dakota GOP Sen. Mike Rounds said Gov. Kristi Noem’s revelation in her book that she shot a dog on her family farm could hurt her with voters if former President Donald Trump chooses her as his running mate.

The Senate on Tuesday?passed a long-delayed $95 billion package?with wide bipartisan support after both sides of Capitol Hill have?struggled for months?to send aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

The Senate voted late Friday?to reauthorize a key surveillance authority, avoiding a lapse in the controversial program.

A bill that reauthorizes Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act cleared a procedural hurdle on Thursday, paving the way for its passage ahead of a looming Friday night deadline when the intelligence community surveillance tool expires.