The Galactic Senate has a fair amount of screen time in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, which recently completed a successful weeklong theatrical rerelease celebrating its upcoming 20th anniversary.

By Shane Goldmacher Shane Goldmacher is a national political correspondent who has covered Senate races since 2012. Senator Chuck Schumer and his allies are working aggressively to stretch a ...

Sen. Valarie J. Lawson was elected as Senate president Tuesday, succeeding the late Dominick J. Ruggerio. The longtime Rhode Island lawmaker died last week after a battle with cancer and other ...

In a time when conservative voters are calling for reductions in government spending, the Republican-controlled state Senate found a way reduce the state spending plan in the upcoming budget year.

Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) will not run for a sixth term in the Senate, clearing the way for a younger crop of Democrats to compete for his seat. Durbin, 80, announced Wednesday that ...

(WJAR) — A powerful figure in Rhode Island politics has died. Senate President Dominick Ruggerio passed away early Monday morning at the age of 76, after he went back into the hospital last week ...

The North Carolina Senate has passed its budget bill, and four Democrats voted with Republicans on it. One Republican voted against it. This isn’t the first time Democrats have voted for a ...

Texas Democrats are eyeing what they believe is a more favorable 2026 Senate race matchup if state Attorney General Ken Paxton beats out incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in the GOP primary.

The Senate passed a framework for a sweeping bill promoting President Donald Trump's agenda after an hourslong series of amendment votes during which Democrats sought to put Republicans on record ...

The Senate kicked off a marathon vote series on Friday night, which Republicans need to get through in order to approve their changes to the House's plan for President Donald Trump's budget.

Senate Republicans are poised to kick off the voting process for advancing the blueprint on President Trump’s “big, beautiful” agenda package on tax cuts, border security, energy production ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans unveiled their long-awaited budget blueprint for President Trump’s “big, beautiful” agenda Wednesday, moving ahead of the House to propose a $5 trillion ...