Alexander Bolton

Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), the two leading candidates to become the next Senate GOP leader, are pitching their ability to work closely with former President Trump, even though both senators have had significant differences with him in the past. The vast majority of Senate Republicans have endorsed Trump for president, and...

A group of 19 Democratic senators led by Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) have sent a letter to President Biden urging his administration to establish a “bold, public framework” for establishing a two-state solution recognizing a “nonmilitarized Palestinian state” after the war in Gaza. The senators argue that Biden needs to “reignite U.S. leadership on a...

Senior Trump campaign adviser Susie Wiles is making a pitch to skeptical Senate Republicans that former President Trump will boost their candidates, disputing the long-reigning Washington wisdom that Trump is a liability for Republicans in Senate battlegrounds. Wiles highlighted polling data in a meeting with Senate Republicans this week showing Trump leading President Biden in...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told Republican senators Wednesday to expect the House to send them legislation to help Ukraine, but cautioned that what comes out of the House will look substantially different than the $95 billion foreign aid package the Senate passed last month. Johnson tried to reassure frustrated GOP senators who asked him about...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday the Senate “will review” the House-passed bill that would force TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell the app or see it banned in the U.S., but he stayed firmly noncommittal about bringing the legislation to the floor. The legislation passed the House with an overwhelming margin, 352-65, earlier...

Senators in both parties are warning that a political food fight over funding for the Department of Homeland Security could cause a partisan government shutdown this month by derailing a second tranche of spending bills that Congress needs to pass by March 22. Congress came within hours of a partial shutdown last week before it...

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) announced Monday she will run to serve as the next chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, which will be vacated by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), who is running to become Senate GOP conference chair. “The Republican Policy Committee plays a critical role as the policy and legislative ideas factory...

Republican senators say the race to replace Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) could be decided by fundraising prowess, citing the more than $1.6 billion he helped raise through two outside groups for Senate Republican candidates since 2015. GOP senators say the fundraising “factor” could give an advantage to Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R) in...