Nominations sent to the Senate. The White House has sent the names of these nominees to the Senate, seeking their confirmation to serve across the administration.
While control of the U.S. Senate and House remain unknown at this hour, there were significant wins on the part of Democrats and climate champions showing threats of a "red wave" to be more of a puddle.
The Senate passed a resolution that would overturn the extended federal mask mandate for public transportation such as planes, trains, and subways, among others.
The effort to make the Daylight Saving Time permanent across the U.S. got a boost after Senators passed a bill that will end the annual changing of the clocks.
Ken Salazar, a former Senator and interior secretary from Colorado, was approved unanimously by the Senate on Wednesday to be the new U.S. ambassador to Mexico.
The Democrat-proposed COVID-19 relief bill cannot include a provision raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour if the bill were passed through the reconciliation process, according to the Senate parliamentarian.
The second day of Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings wrapped up on Tuesday night. For the first time on Tuesday, Amy Coney Barrett responded to questions from senators publicly.
4 Senators vow to vote against the proposed bill as it stands. In what is shaping up to be a significant blow to the White House, President Donald Trump faces another political hurdle in his zeal to repeal and replace Obamacare.
There are only three Latinos in the U.S. Senate, and the most senior of them all took Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to task for remarks against ethnic minorities.
A diverse range of Latino leaders have pressed the U.S. Senate to commit to hearing and voting on whoever President Barack Obama nominates for the Supreme Court.
California Assemblyman Rocky Chavez officially suspended his campaign for the U.S. Senate, reportedly giving the Republican Party a better shot at winning the race.
A civil rights coalition, comprising of 200 national organizations, released a letter to two senators concerning the gridlock of a Latino judicial nominee.
The U.S. Senate approved four amendments to a bipartisan energy overhaul bill on Thursday, just one day after debate began over the country's first wideranging energy legislation in more than eight years.
Dozens of U.S. Senate Democrats have urged Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to act quickly on legislation that would give Puerto Rico access to bankruptcy protections and thus help the island territory address its dire fiscal situation.
Despite the monster snowstorm that buried the nation's capital and much of the East Coast in several feet of snow last weekend, Sen. Lisa Murkowski pointed out that only female senators toughed it out to make it into work on Tuesday.
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Latino judicial nominee John Michael Vazquez on Wednesday evening to serve as a judge in the Federal District Court in the District of New Jersey.
