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The Pennsylvania Senate bill that would prohibit transgender girls and women from playing in youth and collegiate sports in a way that matches their gender was headed for a veto by Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf after passing the Senate on Wednesday.

Highlights of the bipartisan gun violence bill the Senate approved Thursday and the House is expected to pass Friday

In the wake of recent mass shootings, the effort to curb gun violence has reached congress. Twenty U.S. senators have announced a bipartisan framework agreement regarding new gun laws. NBC10’s Brian Sheehan has the story.

The deal, negotiated by Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, could be the most significant federal action on gun violence in nearly three decades

Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, has failed in the Senate.

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee spoke on Wednesday about the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas.

Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy took to the Senate floor Tuesday to address politicians and beg for change after a mass shooting resulted in the death of over 19 kids and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas.

Democrats delivered pointed reactions after the Senate voted 49-51 against the Women’s Health Protection Act on Wednesday, rejecting nationally codifying abortion rights.

The Senate fell far short Wednesday in a rushed effort toward enshrining Roe v. Wade abortion access as federal law, blocked by a Republican filibuster in a blunt display of the nation’s partisan divide over the landmark court decision and the limits of legislative action. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk has the details.

What could be the final primary debate between Republicans running for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat devolved into a string of attacks. The candidates stretched for any perceived advantage in a wide-open race. In many cases, candidates blew off questions during Wednesday night’s hour-long debate. Abortion made one question, despite it dominating headlines after a leaked draft of a Supreme...

Congress has not made it easy to find out if your members of Congress have investments related to their policy-making decisions. So NBCLX storyteller Peter Hull compiled those financial disclosures into an interactive tool that allows the public to see the investments of their U.S. Senators in one place for the first time. He joined LX News Now to explain...

Both the Democratic and Republican candidates in the Pennsylvania Senate race sparred in debates Monday night. NBC10’s Jacqueline London has the highlights.

During an Earth Day speech in Seattle, President Joe Biden talked about the leaked audio of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., condemning former President Donald Trump’s involvement in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

How much money are the candidates in the Pennsylvania senate race raising and what are they spending it on? NBC10’s Lauren Mayk breaks down the numbers.

The influence of former President Donald Trump still looms large in politics. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk takes a look at his potential impact on the upcoming senate and gubernatorial races in Pennsylvania.

Senate Republicans unveiled a plan to spur business by tailoring regulation and ensuring retail investors have access to young ventures.

Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney say they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic nomination to the Supreme Court, giving President Joe Biden’s nominee a new burst of bipartisan support to become the first Black woman on the high court

Ketanji Brown Jackson could have lost her cool at several of the questions thrown her way during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, but she has kept calm, says defense attorney and former prosecutor Bernarda Villalona. She explained more about Jackson’s even keeled demeanor during the hearings, and explains some parts of Jackson’s career that senators keep talking about.

Members of congress offered up their thoughts after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed congress.

A Senate committee has approved a bipartisan blueprint to overhaul the nation’s public health system, applying the lessons of COVID-19 to future outbreaks. But how it could be funded remains to be seen.