The Hill - Senate

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) was projected to win the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in West Virginia, according to Decision Desk HQ, setting the stage for her reelection this fall. The first-term senator easily defeated a crowded primary field, getting 66.5 percent of the vote, with her top competitor, state Sen. Tom Willis (R),...

President Trump on Wednesday demanded that a GOP staffer be fired for making Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) look “out of it” while leading a recent Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing.  “The guy that came up to Mitch McConnell today when McConnell thought the hearing was over and started speaking in his ear for Mitch to belatedly...

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), long targeted by President Trump, is in the fight of his political life. Trump-endorsed Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.) and state Treasurer John Fleming (R) have their sights set on toppling Cassidy, who voted to convict the president during his second impeachment and has clashed with Trump’s Health and Human Services secretary,...

A proposal to provide $1 billion in federal funds to provide security for a new White House ballroom is in danger of being stripped from a budget reconciliation package after Republicans responded skeptically to the idea. “I don’t have the details I need to support it. It was one thing when private dollars were building it....

President Trump’s idea to pause the federal gas tax as the Iran war drives up fuel prices faces an uphill climb in Congress. While rank-and-file GOP lawmakers are eager to get Trump’s backing on any plan to address cost-of-living concerns in a midterm election year, top Republicans are hesitant to endorse the gas tax idea....