By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate easily passed sweeping Russia sanctions legislation on Friday, advancing a long-delayed measure backed by late Senator Lindsey Graham and setting the stage for consideration by the House of Representatives within weeks.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate overwhelmingly approved a punishing Russian sanctions package Friday, the result of a year-long campaign by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham to reinforce U.S. support for Ukra...

Broad support for tougher sanctions on Russia may not be enough to secure House passage, with some lawmakers wary that new tariff powers for Trump could raise costs for U.S. importers and consumers w...

A Republican-led Senate committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress. USA TODAY's Zachary Schermele explains what that means.

A U.S. Senate committee voted on Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after the former top U.S. infectious disease official refused to ​answer questions about his handling of th...

The panel’s chairman, Senator Rand Paul, and his allies have long accused Fauci of funding research in China that set off the pandemic and of lying to Congress about it — accusations he vigorously den...

It was a long and bruising Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, but now that's it's over, the party is turning its focus to winning in November.

Dr. El-Sayed, a former public health official, narrowly defeated Representative Haley Stevens, a four-term congressional moderate, in Michigan’s expensive Democratic Senate primary.

With roughly 99 percent of the vote counted, the former Wayne County health official leads the four-term congresswoman by fewer than 15,000 votes, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ).