The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday voted narrowly in favor of Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump's pick to be U.N. envoy, clearing the way for a confirmation vote in the full 100-member Senate.

President Donald Trump’s fraught effort to install political appointees in permanent roles as US attorneys across the country gained momentum this week, as Republicans work to jumpstart a stalled confirmation process in the Senate,

Eric Skrmetta becomes the third major Republican trying to keep U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy from winning reelection next year.

The new U.S. Attorney General for the Northern District of Ohio, nominated by President Donald Trump earlier this month, is a UA law school grad.

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Eric Skrmetta is running for U.S. Senate.

Senators voted 90-8 to advance the House-passed Military Construction-Veterans Affairs proposal. Republican leaders said they want to use it as a shell to bundle their own version of the bill with the Agriculture and Legislative Branch spending bills, but those plans are uncertain.

The former congressman from Cary faced an uphill Democratic primary against former Gov. Roy Cooper, whom Wiley is expected to endorse.

The universe of competitive Senate races remains small after new ratings by Inside Elections, and that's good new for Republicans.