On Thursday, the Senate voted 52-45 to overturn the decision, which limits the amount of land in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska available for drilling to 52%. If taken up, the resolution will go to the House next, which is likely to pass with a GOP majority.

Under former President Joe Biden, Senate Democrats tried but failed to abolish the filibuster. The party encountered opposition from centrist Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona — both of whom later switched their affiliations to independent — when they attempted the gambit.

A busy "To The Point" for you this weekend as we discuss the state budget, ranked choice voting and the U.S. Senate race.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is voting on legislation Wednesday that would nullify U.S. tariffs on Canada, just as President Donald Trump is engaged in trade talks in Asia as well as an increasingly bitter trade spat with U.S.’s northern neighbor that is one of its largest economic partners.

The Senate voted on Thursday to walk back environmental protections in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve that were imposed by the Biden administration, in Republicans’ latest effort to expand oil and gas drilling in the state.

The Trump administration is indicating in court that it will only partially fund the federal food assistance program as the government shutdown reaches into a second month

President Trump says he "won't be extorted" by Democrats to reopen the government, signaling that he has no plans to negotiate as the government shutdown is set to enter its sixth week.