The White House has pressured Republicans to try to add the money to a roughly $70 billion bill.
Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, has failed in the Senate.
President Donald Trump is considering revoking the security clearances of a half dozen former Obama administration officials and critics of his presidency.
A senior Senate Democrat said there's no time to waste as the Senate pressed ahead Monday on a $36.5 billion hurricane relief package that would give Puerto Rico a much-needed infusion of cash.
Texas Sen. John Cornyn has taken himself out of the running to be FBI director, telling the Trump administration that he'll stay in the Senate.
Senator Jeff Sessions has been confirmed as the next Attorney General.
The White House says President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will visit the Supreme Court on Friday to pay their respects as Justice Antonin Scalia lies in repose.
A State Department official says it's "not acceptable" for any agency employee to conduct government business on a private email server as former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton did.
The House has approved a bill to give the Veterans Affairs secretary more authority to fire or demote senior executives at the agency.