Author: Emily Jacobs, Washington Examiner

A bipartisan trio of senators made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Wednesday to reaffirm U.S. support for the country amid its invasion by Russia. Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other top officials in Kyiv, where they received an update on Ukraine’s…

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is focusing more on his accomplishments for Californians in the House and less on his work investigating former President Donald Trump in the competitive contest for outgoing Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) seat. Despite rising to prominence as a leading anti-Trump voice, Schiff has largely shifted his focus to bread-and-butter issues as…

Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) suggested on Tuesday that the Senate will need to pass a defense supplemental spending package when Congress returns from August recess next month. Cardin made the comments while speaking to reporters outside the Senate floor after a pro forma session, where one member quickly gavels the chamber in and out. Congress…

Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) may buck Senate Republican leadership and challenge their preferred candidate for the nomination to take on Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) next year. Tester’s decision to run for a fourth term was a major win for Democrats, giving the party a fighting chance in a state former President Donald Trump carried by…

Pennsylvania Republicans and Democrats are gearing up for what is expected to be a bruising and costly battle for Sen. Bob Casey‘s (D-PA) seat next year. The contest for Casey’s seat is expected to be one of the most competitive and expensive of the 2024 cycle, especially given that the race is critical to both…

Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) is facing pressure to endorse former President Donald Trump’s 2024 bid before he, or someone else, wins the Republican presidential nomination. Supporters of the former president, who has developed a decisive lead in 2024 primary polls, have recently begun taking aim at the freshman senator’s decision to remain neutral in the…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said on Wednesday that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) should use his authority as head of his conference to pressure Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) to end his monthslong hold on Pentagon confirmations. Tuberville has been embroiled in conflict with the Biden administration for months over his hold on…

Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) is rushing to former President Donald Trump’s defense after a Georgia grand jury indicted him over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The former president and 18 others were named in a 41-count indictment handed down in Fulton County, Georgia, late Monday evening that accuses the group of unlawfully conspiring…

Republicans continue to search for a candidate to challenge incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s (D-WI) bid for a third term next year. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, have spent this year recruiting the most electable candidates in must-win swing states to retake the…

Leading House Republicans investigating President Joe Biden and his family greeted Attorney General Merrick Garland appointing U.S. Attorney David Weiss as special counsel in the Hunter Biden matter with skepticism. Garland said on Friday that he had appointed Weiss, who has been overseeing the investigation out of Delaware since 2019, as special counsel after the…