The U.S. carried out operations Wednesday to seize two Venezuela-linked tankers, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. has "tremendous leverage" over the country.

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The Senate will return today, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, amid the second-longest government shutdown in history, although a Senate vote today to reopen the government is not likely as the outlook looks bleak with President Donald Trump in Asia and the House ...

The Senate votes today, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, on a partisan, short-term spending measure as the government shutdown 2025 enters into Day 14 as furloughed federal workers and agencies await a government reopening. It has now become the fifth-longest ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Ahead of Georgia’s nationally watched 2026 midterm elections, a Senate special committee led by two GOP candidates for higher office is recommending a comprehensive overhaul of the state’s income tax code.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is putting a House-passed bill on Defense Department appropriations up for a procedural vote Wednesday afternoon. With 60 votes required to move forward, the bill will likely need at least seven Democrats to support it ...

A Senate vote today, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, to reopen the government won't happen with the Senate not in session today, and not set to return until Monday, Nov. 3, when the government shutdown 2025 will tie for the longest funding lapse in U.S. history.

The measure requiring congressional approval for future military operations is essentially symbolic. Still, it hints at new pushback from the GOP-controlled legislative branch toward the Trump administration.