WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate was set to vote Thursday on whether to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director, a decision that could place him atop the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency despite ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell is announcing he won’t seek reelection next year, ending a decadeslong tenure as a power broker who ...

Aaron Wright, President of the Traverse City-based Up North Pride, praised Buttigieg and his family for “sacrificing their physical safety for the betterment of their local area, the state and society ...

Most states have some sort of "cooling off" rule, mandating lawmakers wait a certain amount of time before leaving their post ...

House Bills 4062-4064 would expand the prohibition to cover the two-year period after they leave office and extend it to former governors, lieutenant governors and heads of principal departments ...

McConnell announced he will not seek re-election in 2026, ending his four-decade Senate career. He joins two other Senators who have announced their retirement.

Thursday with little discussion or debate after state representatives spent nearly two months trying to craft the right ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has teed up a vote on a budget plan designed to give President Donald Trump an early policy win.

The Kentucky Republican has served more than 40 years in the chamber, and became one of the most consequential and divisive ...

A bill to change Michigan’s minimum wage law ahead of it taking effect passed the state Legislature Wednesday. The law is ...

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan on Thursday launched her official campaign for the U.S. Senate, running to succeed retiring Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) in the 2026 election cycle. “Today, I’m ...