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

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.

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.

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

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.

Did the SAVE America Act pass the Senate vote today? When and what to know about what is in SAVE Act bill, status, and voter ID documents required.

The Senate Armed Services Committee is planning to hold its first public hearing on the Trump administration’s war with Iran—but not before mid-April when senators return from their spring recess. “Chairman Wicker has made clear he intends to have a public hearing on the operations in Iran,

Two-term GOP Sen. Steve Daines shocked Montana when he announced his retirement. Democrats worry a new independent candidate will split their party's vote.