US senators on Sunday touted a bipartisan bill that would arm President Donald Trump with “sledgehammer” sanctions to use against Russia, ahead of a visit by the US special envoy to Ukraine. Trump has indicated he would be open to the sanctions bill as relations with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin grow increasingly frosty.

Former South Carolina Lt. Gov. André Bauer (R) was met with applause at a MAGA conference when he blasted Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Speaking at Turning Point's Student Action Summit on Sunday, Bauer stated that he would be challenging Graham in the 2026 election.

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Emil Bove declined to rule out the possibility of a third Trump term and did not denounce the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in a questionnaire submitted to a Senate panel.

Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes on amendment to the Trump-backed Republican domestic policy bill.

Senate Republicans remain wary of eliminating the popular and successful global HIV/AIDS program PEPFAR, as they face down a July 18 deadline to vote on President Trump’s first tranche of rescissions requests.

The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to confirm Jonathan Gould as head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the agency charged with monitoring large national banks.