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 ...

Kennedy Jr. to run Health and Human Services. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.), a polio survivor, and centrist Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska are considered ...

A couple of absences in the Senate on Wednesday doomed a bipartisan measure to block President Trump's tariffs. GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell and Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse both had expressed ...

Mitch McConnell announced on Thursday that he ... Republican senators then lined up to greet McConnell, beginning with Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who hugged him, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski of ...

“I’m avoiding getting too high on the good days and too low on the bad days,” Mitch McConnell was telling ... Republican agenda,” Senator Susan Collins, the moderate Republican of Maine ...

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.

Mitch McConnell (R-Ky ... "These are the new moderates," he quipped with an arm around fellow Republicans Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), the "first to embrace him" following ...

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 ...

Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska ... Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) was absent, along with Sen. Mitch McConnell ...