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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of D-N.Y., left, speaks as Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., right, listens to reporters after a policy luncheon Wednesday, May 31, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Senate passes debt limit bill; IRS funding to be cut by more than $20 billion

By Haris Alic and Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after a policy luncheon Wednesday, May 31, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Senate races to pass debt-limit deal to avoid first-ever default

By Haris Alic and Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, July 24, 2018 file photo, Members of the North Carolina House gather for a special session at the General Assembly in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

North Carolina sports, horse-race betting legislation heading to votes in state Senate

By Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press

Empty chairs are shown in the Senate chambers prior to a legislative session at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., May 11, 2023. The longest-ever walkout in the Oregon Legislature reached its fourth week on Wednesday, May, 31, 2023, as the enforceability of a ballot measure that would disqualify the boycotters from reelection in their next term appeared in doubt. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman) **FILE**

GOP walkout in Oregon Senate enters 4th week; uncertain if boycotters will be sanctioned

By Andrew Selsky - Associated Press

Illustration on Diane Feinstein by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Even Californians don’t want Dianne Feinstein in Senate anymore

By Joseph Curl

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

As House debt ceiling vote nears, Biden shores up Democrats and McCarthy scrambles for GOP support

By Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking and Stephen Groves - Associated Press

In this Oct. 6, 2021, photo, the light in the cupola of the Capitol Dome is illuminated, indicating that work continues in Congress, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Biden-McCarthy debt limit deal to face new obstacles in Senate as looming deadline closes in

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

N.C. Sen. Bill Rabon shares his experience using marijuana illegally while undergoing chemotherapy to treat his cancer as Senate Bill 3, the NC Compassionate Care Act, is discussed during a House health committee meeting in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Sen. Michael Lee stands to the left. (Ethan Hyman/The News & Observer via AP)

North Carolina senator pushing medical marijuana bill describes smoking pot during cancer fight

By Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press

Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, wife of impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton, sits in the Senate Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Monday, May 29, 2023. The historic impeachment of Paxton is plunging Republicans into a bruising fight over whether to banish one of their own in America's biggest red state. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Juror and spouse: Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton could vote in trial on husband’s impeachment

By Jim Vertuno and Paul J. Weber - Associated Press

The draft of a bill that President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., negotiated to raise the nation's debt ceiling, is photographed Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Key test ahead on federal debt deal that could prevent a disastrous default

By Lisa Mascaro and Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrive for President Joe Biden's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

McConnell, Schumer urge swift passage of debt-limit deal as hardliners defect

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

David McCormick, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks during a campaign stop in Lititz, Pa., on May 13, 2022. The former hedge fun CEO McCormick is the favorite of party leaders and has drawn pledges of financial support from top Republican officials — should he decide to run for Senate in 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

GOP field in Pennsylvania Senate race still wide open as hard-right state lawmaker says he won’t run

By Marc Levy - Associated Press

President Joe Biden shakes hands with U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., after nominating Brown as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden nominates Charles Q. Brown, Air Force chief, to lead Joint Chiefs of Staff

By Jeff Mordock and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is assisted to a wheelchair by staff as she returns to the Senate after a more than two-month absence, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Feinstein's ongoing medical struggles have raised a sensitive political question with no easy answer: Who would California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom pick to replace her if the seat became vacant? (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

California’s Newsom faces tough question: Who would replace Feinstein?

By Michael R. Blood - Associated Press

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu takes part in a panel discussion during a Republican Governors Association conference on Nov. 15, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. A day after New Hampshire lawmakers rejected the latest attempt to legalize recreational marijuana in the state, Sununu, on Friday, May 12, 2023, has proposed a path to achieve it in a manner similar to the way the state controls liquor sales. The state is the only one in New England that makes smoking pot recreationally a crime.(AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) **FILE**

Governor’s new stance revives New Hampshire marijuana effort

By Holly Ramer - Associated Press

Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., speaks about the PACT Act, which helps veterans get screened for exposure to toxins, at the Major Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III National Guard/Reserve Center in New Castle, Del., Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. Carper announced Monday, May 22, 2023, that he will not seek reelection to a fifth term in the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Tom Carper becomes latest Senate Democrat to not seek reelection

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy of Calif., walks from the West Wing to talk to reporters after meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House, Monday, May 22, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden, McCarthy ramp up debt limit negotiations after ‘productive’ White House summit

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. gives remarks at his presidential campaign announcement event at his alma mater, Charleston Southern University, on Monday, May 22, 2023, in North Charleston, S.C. Scott formalized his bid last week with federal campaign paperwork. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Tim Scott launches 2024 presidential bid, calls himself ‘the candidate the far-left fears the most’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., center, speaks as Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., left and Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., right, listen during a news conference on the debt limit, Thursday, May 18, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Male senators are expected to wear a jacket and tie on the Senate floor, but Fetterman has a workaround, he votes from the doorway of the Democratic cloakroom or the side entrance, making sure his “yay” or “nay” is recorded before ducking back out. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Back in hoodies and gym shorts, Fetterman tackles Senate life after depression treatment

By Mary Clare Jalonick and Marc Levy - Associated Press

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn., waves to members of the media, Monday, April 17, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington, as he returns to the Capitol after seeking inpatient treatment for clinical depression. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Back in hoodies and gym shorts, Fetterman tackles Senate life after depression treatment

By Mary Clare Jalonick and Marc Levy - Associated Press