The senators say the one-time increase won't have the lasting effect of a permanent addition to the defense budget.

Susan Collins (R-ME) announced on Thursday that she will vote against Kash Patel to lead the FBI. Collins joined Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in publicly opposing Patel, one of President Donald ...

A Senate vote to scrap President Trump’s wide-ranging “Liberation Day” tariffs narrowly failed on Wednesday, sparing ...

A couple of absences in the Senate on Wednesday doomed a bipartisan measure to block President Trump's tariffs. GOP Sen.

Republican Senator Mitch McConnell again was the sole GOP ... of three Republican holdouts along with Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, leading Vice President JD Vance to break the 50-50 tie.

Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has voted against ... such as Senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, voted with McConnell against Hegseth, most Republicans have backed Trump's ...

A resolution to reject President Donald Trump’s global tariffs failed in a tied vote in the Senate on Wednesday, after two ...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump narrowly avoided a rebuke from the U.S. Senate on his tariffs due to one Democratic ...

Sen. Susan Collins criticized parts of President Donald Trump's 2026 budget proposal Friday and said the Senate spending committee that she chairs has set an "aggressive" hearing schedule to learn ...

Mitch McConnell of Kentucky—were absent for ... In April, McConnell joined Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Rand Paul in rejecting Trump’s emergency declaration regarding his 25 percent ...

Susan Collins criticized parts of President ... for real growth in the military's base budget," Wicker said. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense ...