Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Republicans would run on safer streets, more money in your pocket and better opportunities in the 2026 midterms.

A string of overachieving election results this year by Democrats is reigniting their hopes of a Senate takeover, or at least making a dent in the GOP’s majority, as Republicans brush off the contests as overhyped.

Republican senators, who are growing increasingly exasperated with the proliferation of high-profile controversies at the Pentagon, are not expressing much confidence in Secretary Pete Hegseth’s leadership — but they say it’s up to President Trump whether to keep him in the Cabinet.

Rep. Andy Barr's 2026 Senate campaign encounters scrutiny after his past support for Afghan visas resurfaces following a shooting by an Afghan national in Washington, D.C.

Democrats will force a vote next week to extend expiring Obamacare funds, aimed at preventing health insurance premiums from rising for millions of Americans.

Some Senate Republicans are expressing frustration that their conference hasn’t been able to unify behind a health care plan ahead of a vote next week on a Democratic proposal to extend health insurance premium subsidies that will expire in January.

President Trump, pointing to former Attorney General Eric Holder's comments about Democrats potentially expanding the Supreme Court, continued advocating for the Senate GOP to nix the filibuster

New polling suggests Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers is likely to win the upcoming general election in Michigan.