The University Senate passed a resolution opposing Trump’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” saying the provisions are “antithetical” to the U’s mission, would “endanger” the school’s “independence and integrity,” and infringe on constitutional rights and academic freedom.

Andrew Benson was a Maine District Court Judge when he was nominated to serve as Maine's top federal prosecutor.

U .S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a Dallas Democrat, isn't ruling out a U.S. Senate run, as the primary ticket takes shape ahead of the 2026 election.

On paper, Minnesota’s rare open seat in the U.S. Senate on the ballot next fall should be an ideal pickup opportunity for Republicans. The GOP gained ground nationally in 2024, and Democrats are struggling to coalesce around a message that will appeal to swing voters.

Nebraska has a Senate-confirmed U.S. attorney for the first time in four years, a role last permanently held by now-Nebraska Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly during the first Trump administration. The Republican-led U.

(The Center Square) — Former Sen. John E. Sununu announced Wednesday that he plans a comeback run for the U.S. Senate in New Hampshire, in a bid to reclaim the seat he lost to Democrat Jeanne Shaheen 17 years ago.

U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) took the Senate floor to protest President Donald Trump on Tuesday afternoon.

A longshot Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate has suspended her campaign and endorsed Maine Gov. Janet Mills. In a written statement on her campaign website Thursday, Daira Smith-Rodriguez, of Biddeford, also criticized past online comments by another Democratic candidate, Graham Platner, as “profoundly troubling and disqualifying.”

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly (Ariz.) said he and his fellow senators were presented with evidence “that does back up” the Trump administration’s claims that targeted boats in the Caribbean Sea are

The ability of companies owned by former governor Jim Justice to pay taxes was a constant issue during his two terms leading West Virginia, but those issues have now followed Justice to the U.S. Senate.

President Trump met with the emir and prime minister of Qatar Saturday aboard Air Force One during a refueling stop.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Stephen Chad Meredith as a federal judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, succeeding Judge Danny C. Reeves who is retiring. U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, who recommended Meredith for the federal bench,