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Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno speaks during a forum, Feb. 19, 2024, in the TLB Auditorium at the University of Findlay in Findlay, Ohio. (Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade via AP, File)

Trump-backed Senate candidate faces GOP worries that he could be linked to adult website profile

By Brian Slodysko and Aaron Kessler - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., flanked by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks with reporters following their weekly policy meetings, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Leader race between John Cornyn, John Thune drives fundraising boon for Senate Republicans

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

House Medicaid Committee Chairman Joey Hood, R-Ackerman, listens as committee members offer comment at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. House lawmakers in Mississippi approved a bill Wednesday, March 13, 2024, that would define sex as binary, following the lead of Republican-controlled legislatures around the country aiming to restrict the legal recognition of transgender identities. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Transgender recognition would be blocked under Mississippi bill defining sex as ‘man’ or ‘woman’

By Michael Goldberg - Associated Press

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan addresses supporters at the Maryland statehouse, Jan. 10, 2023, in Annapolis, Md. The former Maryland governor announced Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, that he will run for U.S. Senate, giving Republicans a prominent candidate who is well-positioned to run a competitive campaign for the GOP in a state that hasn't had a Republican U.S. senator in 37 years. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Anxious Democrats struggle to put Larry Hogan in a MAGA box

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Devotees of TikTok cheer their support to passing motorists at the Capitol in Washington, before the House passed a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app if its China-based owner doesn't sell, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Lawmakers contend the app's owner, ByteDance, is beholden to the Chinese government, which could demand access to the data of TikTok's consumers in the U.S. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House OKs bill threatening TikTok’s Chinese owner with ban; lawmakers fear data theft, manipulation

By Ryan Lovelace and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - The Kentucky Capitol is seen, April 7, 2021, in Frankfort, Ky. Kentucky Senate Republicans revealed their version of the state's next two-year budget Wednesday, March 13, 2024, pumping more funding into the main K-12 school funding formula and doubling the amount of performance-based funding that goes to public universities. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Republican senators reveal their version of Kentucky’s next two-year budget

By Bruce Schreiner - Associated Press

Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wis., speaks before President Joe Biden at the Earth Rider Brewery, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in Superior, Wis. Biden is returning to the swing state of Wisconsin to announce $5 billion in federal funding for upgrading the Blatnik Bridge and for dozens of similar infrastructure projects nationwide. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says he’ll veto transgender athlete ban and be ‘damn proud to do it’

By Scott Bauer - Associated Press

Secure the Border Act and illegal immigration illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Could Secure the Border Act be the lifeline Biden desperately needs?

By James Massa

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine speaks during a news conference, Dec. 29, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. DeWine parted ways with Donald Trump on Monday, March 11, 2024, and endorsed state Sen. Matt Dolan over Trump-backed businessman Bernie Moreno in the state's three-way GOP primary for a U.S. Senate seat. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine breaks ranks with Donald Trump with U.S. Senate primary endorsement

By Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., joined by fellow Republicans, speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. The House is expected to vote to keep money flowing to scores of federal agencies before a midnight Friday shutdown deadline. A significant number of House Republicans oppose the measure, forcing Johnson to use an expedited process to bring the bill up for a vote. That process requires two-thirds of the House to vote for the measure for it to pass. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson pressured in fight over Ukraine aid

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., listens during a news conference on the budget bill, Dec. 20, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Scott has amended a plan to overhaul how the federal government works after Democrats repeatedly seized on it to accuse Republicans of looking to cut Medicare and Social Security. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Senate Republicans join Democrats to nix legislation to remove earmarks from government funding bill

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden, left, accompanied by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., second from right, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, speaks at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. By temperament and manner, Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell are decidedly mismatched. But as the days of divided government under Biden begin, their long relationship will become even more vital. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Pelosi: McConnell’s endorsement of Trump after rift made her ‘sad’

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., listens during a confirmation hearing of Jared Bernstein to be the chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Washington. The first-term Pennsylvania Democrat held a deeply personal and introspective interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, Dec. 31. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

LGBTQ earmark pulled from spending bill over ‘sex parties’; Democrats tried to avoid disgrace

By Stephen Dinan and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Steve Garvey points to his supporters as he walks on the stage during his election night party, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Palm Desert, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Senate GOP builds up Steve Garvey as he faces head-to-head with Democratic favorite Adam Schiff

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer is proposing the Economic Justice Act, using the coronavirus relief package to address “structural inequalities have persisted in health care and housing, the economy and education.” (Associated Press/File)

Chuck Schumer: Exit of Kyrsten Sinema, Joe Manchin opens door to killing filibuster

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema won’t seek reelection for battleground Arizona seat

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Hundreds gather for a protest rally for in vitro fertilization legislation Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Montgomery, Ala. Alabama lawmakers, who face public pressure to get in vitro fertilization services restarted, are nearing approval of immunity legislation to shield providers from the fall out of a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. Legislative committees on Tuesday, March 5, will debate the bills that would protect clinics from lawsuits and criminal prosecution for the “damage or death of an embryo” during IVF services. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP, File)

Alabama lawmakers aim to approve immunity laws for IVF providers

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., second from left, listens as Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Sen. John Thune picks up two endorsements to replace McConnell as GOP leader

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

The South Dakota Senate begins a floor session, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, at the state Capitol in Pierre, S.D. The Senate on Thursday, Feb. 29, approved a bill mandating an informational video on the state's abortion laws. The House previously passed the same bill, which now goes to Gov. Kristi Noem. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)

South Dakota Republican lawmakers want clarity for the state’s abortion laws. They propose a video

By Jack Dura - Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., speaks with reporters on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, in the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont. Rep. Rosendale, one of the Republicans who has vowed to vote against Speaker Mike Johnson's funding patch, said that he believed Mr. Johnson’s plan was “disingenuous and dishonest” because attaching the SAVE Act to the stopgap guaranteed its failure with Democrats. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, file)

Rep. Rosendale launches House reelection bid, endorses former Senate primary opponent Tim Sheehy

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times