The Texas Republican told Semafor he would not support action on two ambassadorial picks without movement on the AIDS-fighting program for Africa.

Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., is pitching universal health care coverage for children at birth.

She’s facing two sitting House members in the race for the party’s November nomination.

Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., are racing to win the support of the two most powerful college sports conferences in the country for their proposal to create national rules of the road for athletes.

Three people familiar with internal party deliberations told Semafor she indicated as much to the White House on Thursday.

Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, wants to see Canada punished for the smoke “atrocity.”

There’s no sign that the play to get his voter ID bill passed will work, as it lacks a path to 50 Senate votes from his party.

Lawmakers seem to have realized that their forays into Vacationland did not help their effort to defeat GOP Sen. Susan Collins.

Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills wrote to the state’s congressional delegation today, pushing for ICE “to be fundamentally reformed.”

Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso said the daylight saving time measure would not be able to pass by unanimous consent.

Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., will have some hard questions for the acting attorney general.

As fresh risks from Iran make headlines, those closest to the president told Semafor that, in private, he aims for fatalistic humor.