Oregon's Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor all night long and into the evening on Oct. 22 to protest the Trump administration.

A Jewish civil rights group said the tattoo resembled a Nazi symbol. “I have legitimately dedicated much of my life to antifascism,” Democrat Graham Platner said.

U.S. Sen. John Sununu is making a bid for his former Senate seat after his past rival for the job announced her retirement more than 15 years after he left Washington.

Sununu, who served the Granite State in the Senate until he lost a reelection bid to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., in 2008, said in an announcement video, “I'd be honored to have your support and return to the Senate to help calm the waters."

A University of New Hampshire poll showed Pappas with a six-point lead over Sununu (49 percent to 43 percent) and a 15-point lead over Brown (52 percent to 37 percent). It surveyed 1,235 likely voters from September 17 to September 23 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.

Indiana Senate Republicans do not have the votes to pass mid-decade redistricting despite a months-long campaign by the White House to secure two additional Republican seats.

The director of the Louvre in Paris was expected to appear before the French Senate on Wednesday to answer questions about a heist of $102 million in jewels.

Democrats appear to oppose the idea, while Republicans suggest a long-term stopgap bill is possible if government does not reopen soon.