The bill does not link tariffs to fentanyl smuggling but seeks expanded authority to sanction state-owned or state-controlled Chinese entities, including banks, involved in financing foreign opioid trafficking. The measure also would have the U.S. government track more chemicals that can be used to make methamphetamines.

Sen. Dick Durbin alleges the Trump loyalist abused power. Martin says Durbin “weaponized” D.C.’s legal disciplinary system against Trump’s lawyers.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune expressed wariness Tuesday over some of President Donald Trump’s recent policies, including new tariffs from the administration that threaten to raise the prices Americans pay for a wide array of goods.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Banking Committee voted Thursday to advance the nomination of Jonathan McKernan to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Riley Gaines, Jennifer Sey and others torch Senate Democrats after the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act fails to break the filibuster.

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova slammed Senate Democrats, who have no one from that side of the aisle voted for the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.

Dr. Marty Makary will answer questions from a Senate panel about his plans to lead the Food and Drug Administration

GOP-controlled Senate adopted legislation authorizing the state to take over St. Louis police. It still needs a final vote in the Senate before moving to the House for further consideration.