Independent candidate for US Senate Brian Bengs center, of South Dakota, at a news conference outside the Capitol on September 24, 2026. Independent candidate for US Senate Dan Osborn of Nebraska is to his right.

Despite claims about the historic productivity of this session of Congress, lawmakers passed less legislation than in previous years and ceded political power to the White House.

More than two-thirds of the Senate voted late Monday night to pass legislation co-authored by Sen. Maria Cantwell aimed at restoring order to college sports, but the bill may face stiffer opposition in the House.

The Senate passed it 77-22 with Republicans nearly united. In the House, the GOP has 218 seats, and at least five of its members are critics.

Democrat Troy Jackson led Maine's senior senator by 3 points among all voters, which was within the margin of error.

The Greens are searching for their second leader in just over a year after Larissa Waters shocked Canberra and quit to focus on her battle with kidney disease.

By our tally, at least $1.3 million has been deployed in Senate District 3, the enormous northern Minnesota district where first-term DFL Sen. Grant Hauschild is facing Republican

The race for Senate in Alaska, one of Democrats’ best hopes this year for retaking a seat in the upper chamber, has a lot to do with fish.  Both candidates’ records on trawling — which refers to

Rep. Valerie Foushee wants to put civil rights and liberties at the center of the debate over how to regulate artificial intelligence.