The Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump officially began Tuesday afternoon, and presiding officer Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., promised to conduct the proceedings fairly.

WASHINGTON -- It's the most prominent position at the Capitol that comes with almost no power at all.

Senate Democrats went nuclear Monday morning in an effort to prevent Republicans from enacting a permanent extension of ...

Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman warned Lt. Gov. John Fetterman prior to Tuesday’s contentious Swearing-in Ceremony that his job as the chamber’s presiding officer was to follow the ...

According to the US Senate, the parliamentarian advises the presiding officer, senators, representatives and their staffs on all matters requiring the interpretation of the Standing Rules of the ...

The Senate is set to go through a vote-a-rama on amendments to the Trump tax, spending and policy package. Here's what to ...

Biden’s claim of being arrested at 21 for illegally entering the Senate floor and sitting in the presiding officer’s chair has been contradicted by the president himself, as some have pointed ...

The 13-hour filibuster kept Paul’s colleagues at work taking turns as the presiding officer of the Senate.