WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and a senior Republican are urging President Barack Obama to use limited military force to end the two-year civil war in Syria. Michigan's ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Wednesday that Congress should overhaul the 2001 authorization for the use of military force to encompass the use of drones for ... Read more
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Republican Sen. Roy Blunt threatened Monday to block President Barack Obama's choice for Environmental Protection Agency administrator until plans are resolved for a long-stalled levee project ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator and tea party favorite from Kentucky used an old-style filibuster lasting nearly 13 hours to take control of the chamber and block Senate confirmation of John Brennan's ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senator Rand Paul has ended his filibuster blocking Senate confirmation of President Barack Obama's CIA nominee, nearly 13 hours after he began. Paul, a Kentucky Republican and tea party ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Rand Paul's self-described filibuster blocking confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the CIA pushed into Thursday, more than 12 hours after the Kentucky Republican and ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee says the White House is providing the panel with all of the top-secret Justice Department memos that justify the use of lethal drone strikes ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Intelligence Committee is scheduled to vote early next week on John Brennan's nomination to be director of the CIA, the panel's Republican vice chairman said Thursday. Democratic ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A senator just back from Cuba says it will require "give and take on both sides" and "quiet negotiation" to secure the release of an American man imprisoned in Cuba. Democratic Sen. Patrick ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A moderate Republican senator said Wednesday she'll oppose the confirmation of Chuck Hagel to become President Barack Obama's secretary of defense, while other GOP senators signaled they may ... Read more