U.S. Senate

The Senate in a single stroke approved over four hundred military promotions after Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama ended a monthslong blockade of nominations over his opposition to a Pentagon abortion policy. APR News focused on his retreat in a preview feature on "All Things Considered" ahead of today’s GOP Presidential Primary Debate in Tuscaloosa.

Senator Tommy Tuberville said that he's ending his blockade of hundreds of military promotions, following heavy criticism from many of his colleagues about the toll it was taking on military families and clearing the way for hundreds of nominations to be approved soon. Alabama Public Radio focused on Tuberville retreat during its preview feature for NPR’s All Things Considered on the GOP Debate at the University of Alabama.

A collection of U.S. House members, and at least one U.S. Senator say they’re leaving Congress. The website Politico reports this surge of departures over the past three weeks puts Capitol Hill on pace have more members retire before the next election than in any similar cycle over the past decade. Alabama’s new black majority House District is expected to add to the chaos. And, the implications are considered huge.

Senate Democrats pushed ahead with a resolution that would allow for the quick confirmation of hundreds of military nominees, an attempt to maneuver around a blockade from Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville over a Pentagon abortion policy.

Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville said he's open to negotiating an end to his blockade of almost 400 military nominees after meeting with fellow Republican senators on Tuesday, signaling a shift after he has dug in on his protest of a Pentagon abortion policy for more than nine months.

Republican senators are holding a meeting to confront Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville about his blockade of almost 400 military nominations, an effort to find a path forward as the senator has dug in on his protest of a Pentagon abortion policy.

Republican senators angrily challenged Senator Tommy Tuberville on his blockade of almost 400 military officers Wednesday evening, taking over the Senate floor for more than four hours to call for individual confirmation votes after a monthslong stalemate.

When Washington Sen. Patty Murray received a call early Friday morning that Sen. Dianne Feinstein had died, she immediately started calling her fellow female senators. The Democrat's first call was to Republican Senator Susan Collins, who had worked with Feinstein almost as long as she had. Alabama’s Katie Britt sent a text.

Top defense officials are accusing Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville of jeopardizing America's national security with his hold on roughly 300 military promotions, raising the stakes in a clash over abortion policy that shows no signs of easing.

U.S. Senator Katie Britt, of Alabama, said that she has returned home from the hospital and is recovering after a non-life threatening condition caused sudden numbness in her face. Britt said she suddenly experienced the numbness last weekend in Montgomery.