Molly Swigart, communications director for the Indiana Senate Republicans, confirmed to 13News that Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray participated in the call.

Sen. Dave McCormick and other Senate Republicans penned the letter earlier this month to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary.

President Donald Trump spoke with Indiana Senate Republicans on a Friday morning phone call in the latest effort to pressure Hoosier GOP legislators to redistrict the state congressional map early. The call was first reported by The New York Times Friday afternoon.

Senate GOP leaders are looking to pressure Democrats to make progress on full-year spending bills that would fund the Pentagon and a handful of other federal agencies amid the government shutdown.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) on Wednesday denounced the Young Republicans’ group chat in which leaders made racist, antisemitic and homophobic jokes, breaking with Vice President Vance, who has

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) tried Thursday to distance himself from one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s wild health claims, though he wouldn’t go so far as to call the health secretary’s guidance “dangerous.”

The video was posted Friday on the Senate Republicans X account. According to X’s policies, the platform prohibits “deceptively shar[ing] synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm.” Harmful content includes media that could “mislead people” or “cause significant confusion on public issues.

Conservative commentator Jesse Kelly was among those who criticized Thune, writing in a post: “REMINDER: South Dakota is over 60% Republican. They could send the most hardcore anti-communist to the senate. Instead, they send this loser over and over again because the red state GOP primary voter is the dumbest, laziest voter in America.”

Democratic candidates outraised Republicans in four of the five most competitive Senate races in recent months, new campaign fundraising reports show – as they scrambled to build cash reserves for next year’s high-priced midterm battles.