U.S. Senate

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema quietly shaped President Joe Biden’s big economic, health care and climate bill.

Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema is among a bipartisan group of lawmakers who’ve introduced a bill that would prevent states from banning abortion access. It comes just over a month after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe vs. Wade decision.

Arizona is among five states holding primary elections today. The results in the highly contested battleground are some of the most closely watched in the nation during this year’s election cycle.

A U.S. Senate subcommittee held a hearing Tuesday on the Grand Canyon Protection Act that would permanently ban new uranium claims on more than a million acres surrounding Grand Canyon National Park.

Donald Trump has endorsed investor Blake Masters in the crowded Republican Senate primary in Arizona. Trump is citing Masters’ strident support for the former president’s lies about the 2020 election.

The U.S. Senate has approved a two-year extension of a federal law that compensates residents in the West who were exposed to radiation during the Cold War. It’s designed to give lawmakers more time to craft a larger expansion of the program.

Orrin Hatch, who became the longest-serving Republican senator in history and was a fixture in Utah politics for more than four decades, has died at age 88

A bill that would expand the authority of a tribal border security unit in southern Arizona has passed the U.S. Senate. The Shadow Wolves are known for their skill in tracking drug smugglers using traditional methods.

Arizona Republican and U.S. Senate candidate Jim Lamon is distancing himself from taxation and Social Security proposals in a controversial GOP policy agenda he enthusiastically embraced a week ago.

A bipartisan bill under consideration in Congress would create a White House office dedicated solely to rural economic development. Supporters say it would simplify the process for receiving federal assistance outside of heavily populated areas.