Dec 09 Watch 5:46 News Wrap: Obama orders review of campaign cyberattacks By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, President Obama has ordered a full review of cyberattacks during the presidential campaign, according to the White House. A number of Democrats have complained that Russian hacking was intended to assist the now president-elect. Also,… Continue watching
Dec 09 McConnell urges coal-state Democrats to accept stopgap deal on miner health benefits By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The spending bill to keep the federal government operating beyond Friday's midnight deadline is stuck in the Senate as Democrats facing re-election in 2018, including West Virginia's Joe Manchin, Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, fight for… Continue reading
Dec 06 Who wins and loses with the 21st Century Cures Act? By Sheila Kaplan, STAT More than 1,300 lobbyists roamed the halls of Congress on the 21st Century Cures Act, and disclosure reports show most of them were working for pharmaceutical companies. Continue reading
Dec 01 Senate votes unanimously to renew Iran sanctions law By Richard Lardner, Associated Press The Senate moved decisively Thursday to renew a decades-old sanctions law that lawmakers said gives the United States the clout to punish Iran should it fail to live up to the terms of the landmark nuclear deal. Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch 7:23 Sessions known for tough stance on immigration — and failed judgeship By PBS News Hour For attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump selected an early supporter: the junior senator from Alabama, Jeff Sessions. Sessions has served as a U.S. attorney and Alabama’s attorney general, but he was denied a federal judgeship in 1986 based on controversial… Continue watching
Nov 11 Several Democrats facing 2018 re-election are from states Trump carried By Alan Fram, Associated Press A long list of Senate Democrats who face re-election in 2018 are from states Donald Trump won or nearly won on Election Day. That could mean a politically excruciating next two years for many of them, and for party leaders… Continue reading
Nov 09 GOP keeps Senate control as Democrats fall short By Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Republicans held onto their slim Senate majority, a stinging blow to Democrats in a night full of them. Democrats had been nearly certain of retaking control but saw their hopes fizzle as endangered GOP incumbents won in Missouri,… Continue reading
Nov 09 Republicans will retain Senate majority By Associated Press Republicans will retain their Senate majority as GOP incumbents hang onto key seats in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Indiana and Florida. Continue reading
Nov 08 Democrats’ chances of retaking the Senate are slipping away By Erica Werner, Associated Press Democrats' chances of retaking the Senate majority were slipping away early Wednesday as Republicans hung onto key seats in Wisconsin, North Carolina, Indiana and Florida. Democrats kept their seat in Nevada, where Catherine Cortez Masto's win will make her the… Continue reading
Nov 08 Senate control up for grabs as Democrats seek majority By Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Control of the Senate was up for grabs Tuesday as Republicans' hopes of protecting their narrow majority in an unpredictable election rested on a handful of states that were toss-ups until the end. Continue reading