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Pennsylvania’s Senate on Wednesday approved hundreds of millions of dollars for universities and schools, but it rejected some House priorities as lawmakers search for agreements on elements of a state budget that have dragged on five months into the fiscal year. The Republican-controlled Senate passed a pair of budget-related bills, …

The Senate Judiciary deployed U.S. Marshals to serve subpoenas compelling top big tech CEOs to testify before Congress after allegedly refusing to cooperate. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., chair and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee,announced Monday that subpoenas were issued to the …

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is expected to give a major address on Wednesday addressing soaring antisemitism in the U.S. amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. In a Tuesday afternoon post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the Democratic leader said “antisemitism is a crisis in the country.” …

FIRST ON FOX: Seventeen governors are calling on federal leaders, including President Biden, to prevent foreign adversaries like China from buying U.S. land, Fox News Digital has learned. Republican Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leading a letter, with 16 of her fellow GOP governors, to Biden, Treasury Secretary Janet …

Two Democratic senators are attempting to take credit for the postponement of an IRS requirement they helped kick-start, claiming the “burdensome requirement” could “hurt” taxpayers. President Biden’s American Rescue Plan (ARPA), which was signed into law in March 2021, included a requirement for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to lower …

Detractors refer to Washington, D.C., as “the swamp.” But this is about another swamp – specifically, the Senate “swamp.” The Senate swamp is a geographic location on Capitol Hill. It’s just across from the Senate steps and where some Senate officials park their cars. Those who work and operate on …

It’s often hard to separate the noise from the signal in politics. The noise is that congressional Democrats are fighting President Donald Trump and Republicans over a prospective government shutdown and healthcare spending. The signal is scratchy. But if you turn the squelch knob, you may detect the signal. We …

Senate Republicans’ bid to pass a short-term government funding extension was foiled by Senate Democrats as the deadline to fund the government fast approaches. While the proposal easily glided through the House with little drama, it hit a brick wall in the Senate and failed 44-48. Only one lawmaker, Sen. …

The Senate remains deadlocked on a path to end the shutdown as it nears its second week, and Republicans’ meager support across the aisle to reopen the government may be crumbling. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., needs at least eight Senate Democratic caucus members to join Republicans to reopen …

Senate Republicans confirmed a staggering tranche of President Donald Trump’s nominees on Tuesday as the government shutdown continues. Lawmakers voted along party lines to confirm the batch of 107 of Trump’s nominees, a move that whittled down the remaining pending nominees on the Senate’s calendar to double digits. It also …