Merkley started speaking at 6:21 p.m. Tuesday evening and has been talking for more than 15 hours, with occasional breaks for questions from other Democratic senators who’ve joined him on the floor.

The hearing can be watched live on the Senate.gov website. You can also livestream the Senate floor proceedings on TV via C-SPAN, which airs all legislative live coverage. C-SPAN livestreams on several streaming platforms including FuboTV, Philo ...

Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) will hold a news conference on Tuesday afternoon with the government shutdown in

President Donald Trump made a stunning, mathematically impossible claim during a nationally televised press event at the White House. Benny Johnson went off on Democrats and accused them of resorting to "violence" following a man being arrested over a death threat letter against Johnson.

The Senate is screening President Bola Tinubu's nominee as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan.

Senate Republicans met with President Trump on Tuesday, where they presented a united front to call for Democrats to vote to extend funding to reopen the government. Erica Brown reports from the White House.

President Trump will host Senate Republicans at the White House on Tuesday afternoon for a lunch in the newly renovated Rose Garden. The event comes a day after demolition crews began the process of tearing down part of the East Wing to begin construction on Trump’s planned ballroom.