If they are confirmed, the new members nominated by President Trump can be sworn in. They were named to replace Biden nominees he fired.

A favorable report from the 19-member Republican-majority committee sends four TVA nominees one step closer to a final vote from all 100 senators.

This show of opposition came just as Trump was celebrating what he called a breakthrough in trade talks with China. After meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea, Trump announced that he would lower tariffs on China.

The Senate failed for a 13th time to advance a GOP funding bill that would end the government shutdown, now on Day 28. Follow live updates here.

Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted for the 13th time to block a House-passed bill to reopen the federal government, despite a plea this week by the nation’s largest federal workers union to

The measure previously passed the Senate in April in a similarly bipartisan vote, but the bill was never considered by the Republican-led House.