By Richard Cowan and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bipartisan talks in the U.S. Senate to end the federal shutdown have taken a positive turn, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said on Saturday,

As the government shutdown hits Day 38, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Democrats offered a plan that would reopen the government. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) ​-‌A Republican bill ‌in the U.S. ⁠Senate ‌to pay federal ‍government workers and military servicemembers ​during ‌the ongoing government shutdown was falling short ⁠on Friday ​of ​the votes needed to ‍advance,⁠ as voting continued.

By David Morgan, Bo Erickson, Nolan D. McCaskill and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Friday rejected legislation that would resume paychecks for hundreds of thousands of federal workers during the longest shutdown in U.

Turek, a state representative from Council Bluffs, said the country is seeing "the beginnings of another farm crisis."

Kentucky Congressman Andy Barr has officially filed to run for U.S. Senate. The Republican submitted his candidacy paperwork Friday morning at the Kentucky Secretary of State’s Office, making his Senate campaign for 2026 formally underway.

This year's election year battle for control of the U.S. Senate is intensifying, as voter disaffection for President Donald Trump's response to the COVID-19 pandemic weighs on a growing number of Senate races in the South and Midwest.

Senate blocks resolution to Venezuela war powers measure as Schumer warns Trump is “leading troops over the Rubicon”