Democrats are growing hopeful they can recapture the U.S. Senate in this fall’s midterm elections amid President Donald Trump’s plummeting approval ratings.

Democrats’ prospects in a trio of key U.S. Senate races are improving, an influential elections forecaster said this month, though Republicans are still favored to retain control of the chamber after the midterm elections.

A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators promoted their legislation Wednesday to set national standards for college athletes’ compensation, calling the compromise bill the best available option.

Former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown won Tuesday’s primary for the Democratic nomination this November in a special election for an Ohio U.S. Senate seat, the Associated Press has projected.

Mikayla Pivec said she worked more than 50 hours per week as a women’s college basketball player, but earned less than $8 an hour from a $1,600 monthly stipend.

Members of a U.S. Senate panel expressed bipartisan consensus this month that the country should be cautious of “malign” foreign dollars flowing to American colleges and universities, with some Democrats also arguing recent funding cuts undermine the country’s lead in global research.

A new poll by a GOP firm has former Ohio Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown two points up on incumbent Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Husted in the 2026 Election.

A U.S. Senate panel last Tuesday added to the fierce debate over compensation for student-athletes, with senators and experts agreeing the current system wasn’t working but with different ideas for a path forward.

U.S. Senate Democrats and education advocates last Wednesday marked one year since the U.S. Department of Education initiated sweeping mass layoffs.

U.S. Senate Democrats threw a spotlight recently on President Donald Trump’s attempts to yank funds away from minority-serving institutions, as the administration tries to end diversity, equity and inclusion policies in schools.

A trio of Senate Democrats urged Republican lawmakers at a recent press conference to extend and make permanent the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits set to expire at the end of 2025.

Just days after federal data revealed average reading, math and science scores dropped among certain grades since before the coronavirus pandemic, a U.S. Senate panel last Thursday picked apart the root causes and methods for students’ academic improvement.

U.S. Senate Democrats last Wednesday began charting a little-known legal path to force President Donald Trump’s administration to release the investigative files on the now deceased Florida sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The final “big beautiful bill” approved by Senate Republicans Tuesday included some last-minute changes on hot-button issues such as safety net programs and clean energy tax credits.