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Sullivan vs. Sullivan: Alaska investigates US Senate candidate who shares name with incumbent

It was alleged, Alaska Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom wrote, that Sullivan intended to "confuse or deceive" voters seeking to re-elect Sullivan by mistakenly voting for him instead.

A sign for Republican Senate candidate Dan Sullivan is pictured outside of a PenAir airplane hangar where a campaign rally for the candidate was held on November 3, 2014 in Anchorage, Alaska.
Graham Platner speaks to voters at a town hall at the Elks Lodge 188 on June 7, 2026, in Portland, Maine.

Graham Platner, anti-Israel progressive, sews up Democratic Senate nomination in Maine

U.S. senatorial candidate from Maine Graham Platner speaks at a town hall at the Leavitt Theater on Oct. 22, 2025 in Ogunquit, Maine. Platner, a veteran of the U.S. Marines and an oyster farmer, is running for the seat held by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).

Israel looms large as Maine heads to the polls in Graham Platner’s Senate primary

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing conerning the fiscal year 2027 budget for the State Department, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 2, 2026.

Khamenei is increasingly engaged in Iranian gov., Tehran still has drone arsenal, Rubio says


Progressive members of US Senate express concern over aid bill funding 'blank check' for Netanyahu

In a statement, Van Hollen said he was disappointed the bill included a blanket ban on any funds going to UNRWA.

Members of the 118th Congress raise their right hands as they are sworn into office to serve in the US House of Representatives on the fourth day of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, US, January 7, 2023.

US Senate tables resolution for assessing potential Israeli human rights violations

Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the resolution last year on Dec. 14. 

 US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer next to House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, as supporters of Israel gather in solidarity and protest against antisemitism, amid the war with Hamas, during a rally on the National Mall in Washington, US November 14, 2023.

Senate staffer fired after sex tape scandal, shows explicit acts in Senate building

The video had been initially shared in a private group chat for gay men in politics, before being leaked online.

The US Capitol building, which contains the House of Representatives and the Senate.

After uproar, NY State Sen. Julia Salazar fires staffer who endorsed Hamas attack

Salazar said that her staffer's comments "do not reflect" the senator or her office.

 Salazar speaking on a bill in the New York Senate chamber, March 2021

US Senate Democrats block Republican bid to aid Israel, not Ukraine

The House bill would provide $14.3 billion for Israel as it responds to a deadly Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, but also cut the same amount of money from the IRS.

 US senate floor

Senator, Homeland Security chief clash over pro-Hamas DHS employee

The Department of Homeland Security employee had shared images praising Hamas paragliders.

US Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) questions U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about social media posts regarding the Israel-Hamas war he identified as being made by a DHS emloyee, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on threats to the United St

US Senate confirms Jack Lew to be ambassador to Israel

Washington has not had an ambassador to Israel since July, when Tom Nides left the post. Now, former Treasury secretary Jack Lew will take it up.

 US AMBASSADOR Jack Lew speaks in Washington in 2016, when he was secretary of the Treasury.

Las Vegas man charged for antisemitic death threats against Sen. Rosen

The caller lashed out at Nevada Senator Jacky Rosen’s Jewish heritage and her Israel advocacy, according to the charges.

Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) meets with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2018

Schumer says US Senate will move quickly on Israel

A confirmation hearing for Jack Lew, the nominee to be the next ambassador to Israel, is scheduled on Wednesday.

 Majority Leader of the US Senate Chuck Schumer (left) with President Isaac Herzog. October 15, 2023

Pelosi runs for re-election as Trump vies for 2024 presidency

Pelosi, a Democrat who twice served as House speaker, is the first woman to hold the position that is second in line for the presidency if the president is incapacitated.

 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) leaves her office to announce her decision about her future at the US Capitol in Washington, US, November 17, 2022.