Senate Democrats who had pushed vociferously for the filibuster’s elimination just four years ago are using it to try to force a Republican compromise on President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”

The Democrats’ expansive elections and voting bill is all but certain to be rejected in a key Senate test vote. The action Tuesday is expected to provide a dramatic example of Republicans’ use of the filibuster to block legislation. It's also forcing ...

This is an opinion column. The future of the Voting Rights Act is again in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court. Because the court still doesn’t allow cameras, news media have struggled for what we in the industry call art — that image that perfectly captures a moment.

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday failed to advance a Republican-backed funding bill to end the government shutdown for the 13th time.

The Voting Rights Act was passed to stop racial discrimination in voting. The case, Louisiana v. Callais, questions if states can comply with the Voting Rights Act without violating constitutional bans on racial discrimination. Louisiana's congressional ...

Trump wants the Senate to abolish the filibuster blocking legislation such as ending the shutdown. Here's why even his Republican allies keep it.