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FILE - Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during the House Judiciary Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Schiff's censure by the Republican-led House last month appears to have come with a heavy price in this case, one he's thrilled about. The California Democrat announced Wednesday, July 5, 2023, that his U.S. Senate campaign had raised $8.1 million between April and June, with donations averaging $34 from 144,000 donors. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana,File)

Rep. Adam Schiff, censured by GOP-led House, raises $8.1 million for his California Senate race

By MIchael R. Blood - Associated Press

In this May 17, 2023, photo, leader of Pheu Thai party Chonlanan Srikaew, left gestures with the leader of Move Forward Party Pita Limjaroenrat, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand Politics Newly elected lawmakers in Thailand gathered Monday for the opening session of Parliament, which is tasked with selecting a new prime minister after May's general election saw the country's progressive Move Forward Party unexpectedly come out on top. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai opposition party struggles to take power after stunning election victory

By Jintamas Saksornchai and Grant Peck - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Wednesday that the Senate made "some progress" in recent days toward completing the appropriations process. The Senate did not hold an anticipated vote on a stopgap spending resolution. (Associated Press)

Brutal electoral map looms over Independence Day festivities for Senate Democrats

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey is seen ahead of the sentencing on a conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire charge for Sean Caddle, Thursday, June 29, 2023. Caddle admitted to hiring two hitmen who later killed Michael Galdieri in 2014. (AP Photo/Mike Catalini)

Political consultant gets 24 years for paying hitmen to kill a colleague

By Mike Catalini - Associated Press

Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, poses outside of the Wisconsin State Capitol Building, on Aug. 31, 2020. The future of Wisconsin's top elections official was up for a vote Tuesday, amid calls from Republicans for Wolfe to resign over how she ran the 2020 presidential election. (Ruthie Hauge/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

Wisconsin Republicans try to force a vote on the reappointment of a nonpartisan election

By Scott Bauer - Associated Press

Missing Blue Dog Democrat Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Centrist longtime Virginia state senator Chap Petersen ousted by left-wing primary challenger

By David Shephard

Michigan House Speaker Joe Tate, left, speaks to legislative staff on the House floor as lawmakers work towards completing a state budget ahead of a July 1 deadline, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Joey Cappelletti)

Michigan lawmakers work toward bipartisan budget with deadline looming

By Joey Cappelletti - Associated Press

Tim Sheehy, founder of Bridger Aerospace and Ascent Vision, pauses during a tour of the company’s facility on Friday, Aug. 30, 2022 in Belgrade, Mont. Sheehy announced Tuesday, June 27, 2023, that he’ll seek the 2024 GOP nomination to challenge Montana Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester. (Rachel Leathe/Bozeman Daily Chronicle via AP)

Former Navy SEAL seeks GOP nod to challenge Montana Democratic U.S. Sen. Tester in 2024

By Matthew Brown - Associated Press

In this image from video, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts smiles as Senate chaplain retired Navy Adm. Barry Black wishes him a happy birthday during the opening prayer during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Voice of reason: Senate chaplain part of ‘great conversation’ during 20 years on Capitol Hill

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

FILE - Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks to The Associated Press in a year-end interview at the Executive Mansion in Raleigh, N.C., Dec. 14, 2022. On Friday, June 16, 2023, Cooper vetoed GOP legislation that would ban the promotion of certain beliefs that some lawmakers have likened to critical race theory in state government workplaces. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum, File)

North Carolina GOP bars promotion of certain beliefs in state government, 1 of 5 veto overrides

By Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press

Rioters supporting President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ** FILE **

FBI and Homeland Security ignored ‘massive amount’ of intelligence before Jan. 6, Senate report says

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Demonstrator Gina Dusterhoft holds up a sign as she walks to join others standing across the street from the federal courthouse in Houston, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, before a hearing in federal court involving drive-thru ballots cast in Harris County. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

GOP state legislatures seek greater control over state and local election offices

By Christina A. Cassidy - Associated Press

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., shuttles between the chamber and the whip office as the Senate dashes to wrap up votes on amendments on the big debt ceiling and budget cuts package, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 1, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sinema cites bill targeting leaders of failed banks after criticism of her Wall Street ties

By Jonathan J. Cooper - Associated Press

FILE - An attendee holds up a sign during a rally calling for an end to the Senate Republican walkout at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., on May 11, 2023. Oregon lawmakers have been rushing to approve hundreds of bills and a budget for the next two years before the legislative session ends on Sunday, June 25, 2023. The bills were stalled by the six-week Republican walkout that ended last week. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman, File)

Oregon lawmakers rush to pass bills backlogged by GOP walkout before end of session

By Claire Rush - Associated Press

Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., who also serves as the president pro tempore of the Senate, and other women senators mark the first anniversary since the Supreme Court overturned the right to an abortion which had stood for fifty years, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Joining Murray are, from left, Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Democrats set up showdown with House GOP over federal spending

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this May 26, 2011, file photo, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) headquarters is seen in Rockville, Md. The risk of an earthquake causing a severe accident at a nuclear power plant is up to 24 times greater than previously believed, according to an AP analysis of preliminary government data, and the nation’s nuclear regulator believes that a quarter of reactors may need modifications to make them safer. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

New nominee needed to lead Nuclear Regulatory Commission

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

A man walks by the Wisconsin state Capitol, Oct. 10, 2012, in Madison, Wis. The Wisconsin Assembly is scheduled to vote Wednesday, June 21, 2023, on a Republican-authored, bipartisan bill opposed by anti-abortion groups that would allow pharmacists to prescribe and dispense birth control. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

Wisconsin Assembly to vote on allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control

By Scott Bauer - Associated Press

Virginia State Sen. Amanda Chase, seeking the Republican nomination in the 12th Senate District, poses outside Bailey Bridge Middle School in Midlothian, Va, on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Virginia voters are set to choose their party’s nominees in a primary election Tuesday, that features dozens of state legislative races, many of them hotly contested. (Margo Wagner/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Incumbent state Sen. Amanda Chase ousted in Virginia Republican primary election

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, talks with Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., right, during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearing to examine the federal response to escalating wildfires and to evaluate reforms to land management and wildland firefighter recruitment, Thursday, June 8, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Biden’s green energy agenda suffers scores of Democratic defectors

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

American Civil Liberties Union attorney Nusrat Choudhury speaks at a news conference in Milwaukee, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Chowdhury, a civil rights lawyer, has been confirmed by the Senate as the first Muslim female federal judge in U.S. history. She will assume her lifetime appointment in Brooklyn federal court in New York after a 50-49 vote on Thursday, June 15, 2023, along party lines. (Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP) **FILE**

Nusrat Chowdhury confirmed as the first Muslim female federal judge in U.S. history

Associated Press