Nation Apr 23

FILE PHOTO: Orrin Hatch chairs the Senate Finance Committee meeting to markup the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" in Washington
Senator Orrin Hatch dies at age 88

Orrin G. Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history who was a fixture in Utah politics for more than four decades, died Saturday at age 88.

Apr 19

Babies of senators now welcome in Senate chamber

A historic rule change passed Wednesday allowing the newborns of Senate members into the chamber. Its passage without objection came despite plenty of concern, some privately aired, among senators of both parties about the threat the tiny humans pose to…