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Democratic Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi speaks at the North Carolina Democratic Unity Dinner fundraiser in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, July 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)

Pelosi says it’s her life goal to ensure ‘that man’ Trump never steps in the White House again

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 23, 2024. Schumer is predicting that Democrats will keep control of the Senate. He said in an interview with AP he felt "exhilarated and gratified" by the surge of enthusiasm with Vice President Kamala Harris atop the party ticket. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Schumer thinks Democrats will keep control of the Senate now that Harris is atop the party ticket

Associated Press

The U.S Capitol is seen on Jan. 8, 2024, in Washington. The chairmen of the top tax policy committees in Congress announced a bipartisan agreement Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, to enhance the child tax credit and revive a variety of tax breaks for businesses, a combination designed to attract support from lawmakers of both political parties. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Senate GOP kills bipartisan tax deal, raises alarms about fate of Trump tax cuts

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Tennessee Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, announces her candidacy to run for the U.S. Senate during an event, Sept. 5, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Johnson is seeking the Democratic nomination in the the Tennessee primary Aug. 1, 2024 for the seat held by Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who faces Tres Wittum in her primary contest. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat Gloria Johnson wins primary, will face GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn

By Kimberlee Kruesi and Jonathan Mattise - Associated Press

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., the lead GOP negotiator on the Senate border and foreign aid package, does a TV news interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Senate Republicans poised to sink bipartisan tax bill that passed in GOP-run House

By Lindsey McPherson and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake speaks during a television interview before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump takes the stage during a campaign event in Laconia, N.H., Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Kari Lake wins GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in Arizona, will face Ruben Gallego in November

By Jonathan J. Cooper - Associated Press

Kari Lake speaks during the Republican National Convention Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Trump hosting a tele-town hall rally to give Kari Lake a final boost in Arizona Senate primary

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

A child holds an iPhone at an Apple store on Sept. 25, 2015, in Chicago. Parents — and even some teens themselves — are growing increasingly concerned about the effects of social media use on young people. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Senate tees up votes on child online safety bills

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Chairman Sen. Richards J. Durbin, D-Ill., presides over a hearing on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Senate Judiciary, Homeland panels to hold joint hearing on Trump assassination attempt

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., leaves federal court in New York, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Menendez has been convicted of all the charges he faced at his corruption trial, including accepting bribes of gold and cash from three New Jersey businessmen and acting as a foreign agent for the Egyptian government. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey to resign Aug. 20 after corruption conviction

By Mike Catalini - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 20, 2024, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

2024 Election Latest: Trump and Vance rally in Michigan as calls for Biden to drop out persist

Associated Press

President Joe Biden stands on a stage with supporters during a campaign event at Renaissance High School in Detroit, July 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

More congressional Democrats call on Biden to drop out and ‘pass the torch’ to new candidate

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, President Barack Obama listens as Vice President Joe Biden speaks in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Biden is getting some help from Obama as he looks to fill his campaign coffers and unify the Democratic party ahead of the November election. Obama and Biden will appear together Tuesday, June 23, for a “virtual grassroots fundraiser,” the former vice president announced on Twitter. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Biden’s campaign on the brink as Obama raises doubts amid more sinking polls

By Alex Miller, Lindsey McPherson and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden walks up the steps of Air Force One at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Biden has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a speaker at the UnidosUS annual conference broadcast on the White House's YouTube channel. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden tests positive for COVID amid Schiff’s call to drop out, as more voters sour on president

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., enters federal court in New York, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. A jury is expected to resume deliberations Tuesday in the bribery trial of Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat accused of accepting gold and cash to use his political clout to help three businessmen and the Egyptian government. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) **FILE**

Schumer calls for Menendez to resign from Senate following guilty verdict in corruption trial

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Jeff Hunt, a conservative radio talk-show host in Denver, has threatened to sue the Colorado State Capitol after being told to remove his "Pro-Life U" Colorado Christian University sweatshirt or leave the Senate gallery during a March 2023 debate on pro-choice bills. (Photo courtesy of JeffGrounds Photography)

Radio host wants Legislature to change rules after being kicked out for wearing ‘Pro-Life U’ shirt

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks at a news conference Thursday July 11, 2024, on the final day of the NATO summit in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democrats pause calls for Biden to step down after assassination attempt on Trump

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Academy Award winning Actor George Clooney, left, listens to then-Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Thursday, April 27, 2007 to bring awareness to the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan. (AP Photo/Mannie Garcia)

Obama stays silent as ‘bros’ loudly call for Biden ouster; Clooney breaks down Hollywood firewall

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Abortion-rights protesters cheer at a rally following the United States Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, federally protected right to abortion, outside the state capitol in Lansing, Mich., June 24, 2022. Voters in several states have used the citizen initiative process to protect access to abortion and other reproductive rights in the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a nationwide right to abortion. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Senate Republicans block bill supporting restoral of Roe’s federal right to abortion

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin look toward each other as they shake hands prior to their talks in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 16, 2024. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Key Senate Republican Risch urges U.S., NATO to step up efforts to confront threats from China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times