Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two invigorating releases by Diane Seuss and a dark, posthumous collection by Tove Ditlevsen Alongside Terrance Hayes, Diane Seuss has a strong case to ...

Iowa Democrats have flipped a state Senate seat vacated earlier this year by Chris Cournoyer, who resigned to become the state's new lieutenant governor. Democrat Mike Zimmer has defeated ...

WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed former Rep. Sean Duffy as the next secretary of transportation on Tuesday, marking a return to public office for the northwestern Wisconsin Republican after a ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate confirmed Sean Duffy on Tuesday as secretary of Transportation, clearing the way for another of President Donald Trump's Cabinet officials to start working on plans ...

Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters will not seek re-election when his term ends in Jan. 2027. "Serving Michigan in the Congress has been the honor of my life. I'm forever grateful for the ...

Washington ― Gary Peters, Michigan’s senior senator and a former congressman, said he won’t seek reelection next year and will retire from the U.S. Senate when his second term ends in ...

Former Sen. Bob Menendez is set to be sentenced Wednesday in New York in a sweeping federal corruption case, where the 71-year-old former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a Republican-led effort to sanction the International Criminal Court in protest of its arrest warrants for Israeli Prime ...

WASHINGTON — A number of Senate Republicans have problems with President Donald Trump’s nominee for labor secretary, former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, citing pro-union stances she has taken in ...

Bessent Confirmed as Treasury Secretary by Majority of Senate; Voting Continues WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. Senate on Monday backed President Donald Trump's nomination of Scott ...

The U.S. Senate voted on Monday to confirm Scott Bessent as secretary of the Treasury. The final vote was 68-29. Bessent succeeds Janet Yellen, who headed the Treasury starting in January of 2021 ...