The Senate failed for a 13th time to advance a GOP funding bill that would end the government shutdown, now on Day 28. Follow live updates here.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today advanced a legislative proposal that would loosen arms export control regulations between the United States, Australia and United Kingdom under the AUKUS security pact.

The bill plan is unlikely to take effect as the Republicans control the House and the Senate lacks the support to override a veto in the event the measure reaches Trump's desk.

Two seats are up for grabs Tuesday, one in the Woodbury area, the other a more rural Wright County seat. If Democrats win both races, it would widen their advantage in the chamber. A sweep for Republicans would put them back in the majority.

Given how low contemporary standards have fallen, this week’s Senate votes against the White House’s trade policies represent a modest breakthrough.

Voters on opposite sides of the Twin Cities metro will play a critical role in deciding which party controls the Minnesota Senate by casting ballots in two special elections.

Voters in the east Metro and in Wright County will decide control of the Minnesota Senate Tuesday, as two seats are up for grabs in separate special elections. GOP Sen. Bruce Anderson of Buffalo unexpectedly died in July,

Senate Republicans have long resisted the temptation of going nuclear on the filibuster, a move more often made by Senate Democrats when they controlled the upper chamber.