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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., talks after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

McConnell will step down as the Senate Republican leader in November after a record run in the job

By Michael Tackett - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks to the Senate to speak on the Senate floor, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 at the Capitol in Washington. McConnell says he'll step down as Senate Republican leader in November. The 82-year-old Kentucky lawmaker is the longest-serving Senate leader in history. He's maintained his power in the face of dramatic changes in the Republican Party. He's set to make the announcement Wednesday McConnell on the Senate floor.(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

McConnell to step down as longtime GOP Senate leader in November

By Susan Ferrechio and Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

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

Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, listens during a Senate Banking Committee Hybrid hearing on 'Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission," Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Mike Crapo deals major blow to deal on child tax credit, business tax cuts

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Maryland voters cast their ballots on Nov. 3, 2020 at the Pip Moyer Recreation Center in Annapolis, Md. The Maryland Senate has voted for a constitutional amendment that would enable Maryland voters to decide whether people who are appointed to vacancies in the state legislature keep their seats through a special election in the first two years of a term. The Senate voted 43-2 pm Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 for the measure, which now goes to the House. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, file)

Maryland Senate OKs special elections to fill legislative vacancies

By Brian Witte - Associated Press

State Sen. Bill Cowsert, R-Athens, speaks about SR 579, a resolution proposing an amendment to the Georgia Constitution to allow sports betting in the state, at the Senate in the Capitol in Atlanta, on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Cowsert sponsored the resolution, which passed. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Georgia Senate seeks to let voters decide sports betting in November

By Jeff Amy - Associated Press

Cambodian former Prime Minister Hun Sen, foreground, of the ruling Cambodian People's Party, shows off a ballot paper before voting for senate election at Takhmau polling station in Kandal province, southeast of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. The National Election Committee on Monday, Feb. 26, began releasing results by constituency, after earlier announcing that according to a provisional overall count, the Cambodian People’s Party won 55 of the 58 seats that were contested on Sunday. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

Cambodia’s ruling party wins Senate election, paving the way for Hun Sen to act as its president

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House impeachment and Senate trial illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Blocking impeachment trial would put Schumer’s majority in grave danger

By David N. Bossie

FILE - Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Jan. 10, 2024, in Washington. Rosendale plans to run for U.S. Senate, upending a race in which many national GOP leaders already coalesced around a different candidate as they seek to unseat three-term Democrat U.S. Sen. Jon Tester. Rosendale’s intentions were disclosed Wednesday, Feb. 7, by two people close to the congressman, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly release details of the announcement. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Rep. Matt Rosendale threatens legal action against ex-senator over her claim he impregnated staffer

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

This image from House Television shows House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., banging the gavel after he announced the House voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the Biden administration's handling of the U.S-Mexico border, at the U.S. Capitol, Feb. 13, 2024, in Washington. The chamber is expected to spend far less time on the impending trial of Mayorkas than for former President Donald Trump's two trials, or maybe no time at all. Two thirds of the Senate would be needed to convict Mayorkas, and no Democrats have signaled openness to voting to remove him from office. (House Television via AP)

White House says it expects Johnson meeting to confront shutdown

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee on President Biden's supplemental funding request, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Accusers must show Mayorkas went beyond maladministration; Impeachment raises bar to ‘high crimes’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The White House is seen at dusk in Washington on Nov. 19, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Biden summons congressional leaders to the White House

By Seung Min Kim - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after a divided Senate passed an emergency spending package to provide send military aid to Ukraine and Israel, replenish U.S. weapons systems, and provide food, water and other humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. The measure has an uncertain future in the House where it is opposed by Republicans in the face of pressure from former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Majority Leader Schumer in Ukraine to meet Zelenskyy as U.S. aid hangs in the balance

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Rep. Denny Rehberg, Montana Republican, often wears cowboy boots while campaigning for the U.S. Senate, and tells stories about his ranching background. Incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Tester derisively sees him as all hat and no cattle. (Associated Press)

Former Montana congressman wants Rep. Matt Rosendale’s job

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - Wisconsin Republicans who control the state Legislature held a hearing on elections-related proposals in the state Capitol on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, in Madison, Wis. The Wisconsin Legislature was racing to finish its work for the session by voting Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, on everything from a massive tax cut to raising out-of-state hunting fees. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

Wisconsin GOP-controlled Senate votes to reject Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees

By Todd Richmond and Scott Bauer - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., joined from left by Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., departs after meeting with reporters following a closed-door GOP meeting at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

New shutdown deadline looms on March 1; government spending bills too big for lawmakers to handle

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

David McCormick, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks during a campaign stop in Erie, Pa. on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/David Dermer)

GOP Senate contenders aren’t shy about wanting Trump’s approval. But in Pennsylvania, it’s awkward

By Marc Levy - 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)

Abortion rights could complicate Republican Larry Hogan’s Senate bid in deep blue Maryland

By Brian Witte - Associated Press

The late-day sun shines on the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

House centrists release $66 billion combo bill for foreign aid, border security

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., left, listens to Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., as they attend a news conference about a bill to ban Russian energy imports, March 3, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. A pair of moderate House Republicans were unveiling an alternative foreign aid package on Thursday that combines military aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with Trump-era border policy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Moderate House Republicans working with Democrats on new foreign aid deal with border policy

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times