The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday voted narrowly in favor of Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump's pick to be U.N. envoy, clearing the way for a confirmation vote in the full 100-member Senate.

President Donald Trump’s fraught effort to install political appointees in permanent roles as US attorneys across the country gained momentum this week, as Republicans work to jumpstart a stalled confirmation process in the Senate,

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Eric Skrmetta is running for U.S. Senate.

The new U.S. Attorney General for the Northern District of Ohio, nominated by President Donald Trump earlier this month, is a UA law school grad.

Eric Skrmetta becomes the third major Republican trying to keep U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy from winning reelection next year.

Senators voted 90-8 to advance the House-passed Military Construction-Veterans Affairs proposal. Republican leaders said they want to use it as a shell to bundle their own version of the bill with the Agriculture and Legislative Branch spending bills, but those plans are uncertain.

The universe of competitive Senate races remains small after new ratings by Inside Elections, and that's good new for Republicans.

House Democrats are cranking up the pressure on their Senate colleagues to hold the line against any Republican spending bills, warning that support for partisan legislation would prove more harmful than a potential shutdown — and trigger an outcry from the party’s already deflated base.