Andrew Desiderio

Senate GOP leaders have a bunch of items on the agenda before the August recess — and very little clarity on when, how and if it will all get done.

Democrats' reckoning. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer doesn't want to talk about anything past Nov. 3. Not the Democratic leadership elections that month.

The Senate is supposed to — maybe — leave town for the August recess today, but Senate Majority Leader John Thune's to-do list hasn't slimmed much since Monday.

Abdul El-Sayed's victory over Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) in the contentious Michigan Democratic Senate primary upended many of the assumptions that have shaped national Democrats' strategy in contested primaries.

The Senate passed a CR funding the government until mid-December, taking a shutdown fight off the table for the September session.

Tuesday is a busy primary day across the country. Here's what we're tracking. South Carolina Senate. Republicans in the Palmetto State are voting to select the late Sen.

Democratic Senate candidates are overperforming in states the party had all but written off a year ago, giving them an outside chance at winning back the majority.

Senate Democrats believe they have a real chance to win control of the chamber after November's midterm elections, having put a handful of traditionally red states in play.

Jake and Andrew discuss who might replace James Braid as Trump's top Hill lobbyist. Plus, more on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-N.Y.) delicate balancing act.

DETROIT — In the Democratic Party, being a stalwart of the progressive movement while also helping the party's leadership elect Democrats of all stripes isn't easy.