Senate Majority Leader John Thune has resisted President Donald Trump's pleas to kill the filibuster, but Republicans circumvented it to try to fund immigration enforcement agencies.

Texas Democrat James Talarico holds leads over both Republicans vying for the competitive US Senate seat, reflecting voters’ surging concerns about the cost of living and dimming views of President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy,

The Koch-backed Republican super PAC Americans For Prosperity (AFP) warned in a memo that the GOP-controlled majority in the Senate is at risk unless senators focus on the cost of living. AFP’s senior adviser Emily Seidel and Executive Director Nathan Nascimento pointed to the risk and warned that internal polling suggests that “for the

President Donald Trump acknowledged that history is against him — but he believes one move could result in a “landslide election victory” for Republicans come November. In an interview with Newsmax’s Greta Van Susteren,

State Rep. James Talarico is ahead of incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton by several percentage points, according to a University of Texas poll conducted earlier this month.

Senate Republicans voted Tuesday to defeat a resolution sponsored by Senate Democrats to stop President Trump from launching military operations against Cuba without authorization from Congress.