A fiscal analysis says it will cost the state $12 million in the current fiscal year, rising to $45 million in the final year of the four-year contract.

WASHINGTON - Republicans in the U.S. Senate have put Ohio freshman Jon Husted at the forefront of their push to require photo identification at the polls, casting the former Ohio Secretary of State as the face of their election integrity drive as the broader SAVE America Act faces long odds to become law.

The Senate voted unanimously early Friday to reopen the Department of Homeland Security after a 40-day shutdown, but without funding for immigration enforcement and deportation operations.

Senate Republicans are using the SAVE America Act as a messaging tool, but the voter ID bill lacks the votes to pass and faces a likely punt.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said Republicans sent Senate Democrats “our last and final offer” for the ongoing

Here's your latest DHS shutdown 2026 updates and news as the Senate returns today amid the ongoing partial government shutdown, snarling air travel.

Conservative House members are revolting against a Senate GOP deal to end the DHS shutdown, arguing that a budget reconciliation plan for ICE and voter ID is a political trap.

Trump is once again urging Republicans to do away with the Senate filibuster, even as leaders in his own party have opposed the idea.

In a new poll, ex-Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, leads Republican Michael Whatley in the race for North Carolina's Senate seat.

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans launched an investigation into abortion pill manufacturers on Wednesday and called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to crack down on online sales of the drug mifepristone,