House Republicans and the governor have each put forward separate plans to inject roughly $3 billion in additional funding into the state’s roads each year. Senate Democrats have not proposed a plan.

While Republicans praised President Donald Trump's diplomatic efforts with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Senate Democrats largely panned the confab, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle signaled a desire to impose stiff sanctions against Moscow if peace talks faltered.

As Republicans and Democrats remain deadlocked over how to fund the government for fiscal 2026 and prevent a shutdown, Senate leaders remain united on one front: Providing funding for Ukraine. As President Donald Trump met with European leaders Monday – including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy – Senate Majority Leader John Thune,

But in some of the nation’s biggest Senate races, Democrats are relying on an old strategy of recruiting—and then clearing the field for—long-serving party leaders with whom voters are already familiar.

A second special session that has made approving the map a priority started Friday, shortly after the first one ended.

The proposed redistricting map is set to return to the Texas Senate floor, despite significant public opposition.

Democrat Sherrod Brown, the gravelly-voiced Democrat known for his rumpled suits and working-class values, is seeking a return to the Senate after losing his reelection bid last year.

Several top Senate Democrats are urging President Trump to walk back a deal with Nvidia and AMD that would allow the companies to sell artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China after they agreed