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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters following a closed-door policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Congress averts government shutdown with stopgap funding bill

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., is seen in his Capitol Hill office in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Shelby, the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, is retiring after 35 years in the Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Outgoing GOP Sen. Richard Shelby says bipartisanship ‘good for the country’

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, of Ky., right, with Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, speaks during a news conference with members of the Senate Republican leadership, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

McConnell closes in on full-year spending deal, touts boost to defense and check on Dems’ agenda

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on March 3, 2021. Johnson, one of former President Donald Trump’s most vocal supporters, has decided to seek reelection to a third term, two Republicans with knowledge of the plan told The Associated Press on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. (Greg Nash/The Hill via AP, Pool, File)

GOP’s fiscal conservatives flex muscle in spending fight

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

People wait in line to vote in Georgia's runoff election for U.S Senate at the Calvary Baptist Church in Austell, Ga., Tuesday morning, Dec. 6, 2022. (Steve Schaefer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Voter surge in Georgia can’t stop suppression claims

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., flanked by Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., left, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speak to reporters following Senate passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Sen. Sinema announced on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022, that she has left the Democratic Party and registered as an independent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Biden, Democrats frustrated by Kyrsten Sinema’s political curveball

By Seth McLaughlin and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul of Ky., addresses the audience at the Kentucky Farm Bureau Ham Breakfast at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley) ** FILE **

Sen. Rand Paul: Looming antitrust action is a threat to free markets

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., center, gestures during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, while working on a bipartisan infrastructure bill with, from left, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. Though elected as a Democrat, Sinema announced Friday, Dec. 9, that she has registered as an independent, but she does not plan to caucus with Republicans, ensuring Democrats will retain their narrow majority in the Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

What now?: Sinema’s defection from Dems sends shock waves through Hill

By Tom Howell Jr. and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks at the Tunnel Hill Depot during a campaign stop in Tunnel Hill, Ga., Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. (Matt Hamilton/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP) ** FILE **

MTG says Herschel Walker should have used her more for his campaign

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters after Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a runoff election in Georgia last night, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. Democrats' new outright majority in the Senate means the party will no longer have to negotiate a power-sharing deal with Republicans and won't have to rely on Vice President Kamala Harris to break as many tie votes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pennsylvania Avenue Freeze-Out: Boss Schumer working only with ‘non-MAGA’ senators after Warnock win

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Rep. Chip Roy, Texas Republican, is shown in this undated file photo. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

GOP sees wins against ‘woke’ Pentagon policies in giant defense bill

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., speaks during a rally on Dec. 1, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Warnock scores narrow win in Georgia runoff, gives Democrats 51st Senate seat

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters following a closed-door policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Sen. McConnell, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and other congressional leaders met earlier with President Joe Biden at the White House. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Stopgap funding may be needed to avoid shutdown as Democrats scramble to negotiate budget

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined at right by Sharon Soderstrom, his chief of staff, returns from a meeting of congressional leaders with President Joe Biden at the White House, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell joins Dems in bashing push to include Manchin energy deal in defense policy bill

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Republican U.S. Senate nominee Herschel Walker, a former University of Georgia football star, greets Georgia football fans Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022 before the Bulldogs' SEC Championship victory over the LSU Tigers in Atlanta. Walker faces Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, in a Tuesday runoff. Walker and Georgia Republicans, especially, have tried to capitalize on sports and college loyalties to connect with voters. (AP Photo/Bill Barrow)

Why Herschel Walker’s election matters

By Newt Gingrich

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner speaks with members of the media during a news conference in Philadelphia, in this file photo from Oct. 13, 2022. Pennsylvania state House Republicans on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, introduced a measure to impeach Krasner, claiming he was responsible for the rise of crime across the city. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Philadelphia DA sues to stop lawmakers from removing him

By Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

Republican (GOP) Platform for 2022 Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Why does the Republican Party get blindsided at every turn?

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Freight train cars sit in a Norfolk Southern rail yard on Sept. 14, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Danny Karnik, File)

Senate approves bill to avert rail strike by imposing labor deal on workers

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

In this file photo, members of the National Guard patrol outside the Capitol Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Jan. 14, 2021. More than half of Republicans believe the U.S. is drifting toward another civil war, according to a poll released on June 1, 2022, by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which said it detected evidence of radicalization among both Democrats and the GOP. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) **FILE**

Democrats press calls to give D.C. mayor authority over National Guard

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

FILE - Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, center, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, May 16, 2022, as Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, left, and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, right, listen. The Biden administration is saying the U.S. economy would face a severe economic shock if senators don't pass legislation this week to avert a rail worker strike. Walsh and Buttigieg are meeting with Democratic senators Thursday, Dec. 1, to underscore that rail companies will begin shuttering operations well before a potential strike begins on Dec. 9. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Senate moves to avert rail strike amid dire warnings

By Kevin Freking and Josh Funk - Associated Press