Senate Democrats are trying to kill the measure but need a few Republicans uncomfortable with the president's effort to join them.

Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes on amendment to the Trump-backed Republican domestic policy bill.

Senate Republicans remain wary of eliminating the popular and successful global HIV/AIDS program PEPFAR, as they face down a July 18 deadline to vote on President Trump’s first tranche of rescissions requests.

Emil Bove declined to rule out the possibility of a third Trump term and did not denounce the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in a questionnaire submitted to a Senate panel.

New provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act aim to prevent unilateral Pentagon decisions on Ukraine aid after Trump's oscillating support and sudden aid withdrawals.

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Independent Dan Osborn announced another bid to represent Nebraska in the Senate on Tuesday, challenging GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts after his loss in an unexpectedly competitive race against a Republican incumbent last year.

The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to confirm Jonathan Gould as head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the agency charged with monitoring large national banks.