U.S. Senate

A plan to sell millions of acres of federal lands has been ruled out of Republicans’ big tax and spending cut bill after the Senate parliamentarian determined the proposal would violate the chamber’s rules.

The U.S. Senate has added language to the major tax and budget policy bill that would restart and expand a compensation program for victims of nuclear radiation.

A Senate committee will hold a hearing Thursday on the proposed Fix Our Forests Act, which is aimed at reducing catastrophic wildfires. However, support is mixed.

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema delivered a farewell speech on the senate floor on Wednesday as she prepares to step down from her seat after a single term.

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley is threatening to block attempts by House Republicans to only partially renew a law that compensates victims of radiation exposure.

Democrat Ruben Gallego has been elected Arizona’s first Latino U.S. senator, defeating Republican Kari Lake in the closely-watched race.

Ruben Gallego and Kari Lake met for the only debate of the closely-watched Arizona Senate race. The forum highlighted their differences on immigration, border security, abortion and taxes.

A bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate would create a commission to investigate historical abuses at Native American boarding schools.

A bipartisan bill pending in Congress would pay to relocate some of the 20,500 buffalo from public lands across the West and Midwest to reservation lands that were historically part of the animals’ range.

Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego will have as guests at Thursday's State of the Union Address two brothers from the Navajo Nation with whom he served in the Marine Corps in Iraq in 2005.