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WASHINGTON — China rebuffed a U.S. effort to arrange a phone call between the two countries’ top defense officials after the United States shot down an alleged spy balloon, a Pentagon spokesman said, in a stark new sign of how the uproar over the balloon has sent ties between the…

General says the Air Force initially didn't shoot down a Chinese surveillance balloon over Alaska because it was not a military threat.

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The four Senate tossup races are in red or swing states.

The jails program has come under fire for numerous deaths. NPR and Mountain West found a previous review was managed by a retired official who oversaw the facilities when some of the deaths occurred.

WASHINGTON — Congressional inaction on immigration sparked yet another Senate showdown over the so-called Title 42 border expulsion directive, prolonging a legislative stalemate on the issue and paving the way for U.S. border policy to likely be decided in the courts.

Congressional inaction on immigration sparked yet another Senate showdown over the so-called Title 42 border expulsion directive.

Most Democrats are unsure about challenging the newly minted independent Senator

Democrats are pushing to reclassify some Veterans Affairs spending as mandatory during negotiations for a fiscal 2023 omnibus.

Sen. Sherrod Brown says a bill supported by Sens. Stabenow and Boozman is too favorable to the crypto industry.

House and Senate Democrats are weighing rule changes that would set limits for serving as committee leaders.