John Kennedy

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., questions U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer as he testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Senate votes down resolution to block Trump’s global tariffs amid economic turmoil

Senate Republicans have narrowly voted down a Democratic resolution that would have blocked global tariffs announced by Donald Trump earlier this month, giving the president a modest win Wednesday as lawmakers in both parties have remained skeptical of his trade agenda.
May 1
In this July 31, 2019, file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Trump renews attack on Federal Reserve Chair Powell, Dow Jones tumbles 1,000 points

April 21
President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Washington. (Pool via AP)

The week that Trump pushed the global economy to the brink with tariffs — and then pulled back

April 10
President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves the West Wing of the White House, Monday, April 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

White House keeps world guessing as clock ticks down to Trump’s new tariffs

April 8
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R- Iowa, takes his seat as the panel meets to consider prescription drug pricing and other measures, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress has the power to halt Trump’s tariffs. But Republicans aren’t ready to use it

April 4

Republican senators respond to concerns over Trump’s tariff

The White House is sending mixed messages on tariffs as it pursues conflicting goals, and Senators on Capitol Hill are responding to concerns over tariffs and volatile markets.
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Senators weigh in on controversy over Yemen attack plans leak

Senators react to Mitch McConnell announcing he won’t run again

Senators react to Trump claiming Ukraine started war with Russia

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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

April 19
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is joined by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., right, as they speak to reporters about President Donald Trump's so-called "Liberation Day" of tariffs on foreign countries, at the Capitol, in Washington, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Measuring the cost of extending Trump’s tax cuts becomes a flashpoint in Congress

April 3
Michal Roseberry, a victim of human trafficking,speaks against Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's proposal to limit lawsuits on Thursday, March 13, 2025 at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta, Ga. (AP Photo/Charlotte Kramon)

Amid heightened blowback, a push to limit lawsuits in Georgia moves forward

March 18
State Sen. John Kennedy, R-Macon, speaks in the Senate Chambers during a special session at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Second part of Georgia governor’s bill to limit lawsuits passes unanimously

February 27
State. Sen. John F. Kennedy, R-Macon, speaks on a bill he sponsored to rewrite Georgia's litigation rules to limit lawsuits at the Senate at the Capitol in Atlanta on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (Arvin Temkar /Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Georgia bill to limit lawsuits advances after Kemp makes concession to Republican senators

February 21
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., calls on a reporter, Feb. 19, 2025, after a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Democrats channel their outrage over DOGE, Ukraine and more in marathon Senate session

February 21
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a news conference pushing for tort reform on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 in Atlanta. (Matthew Pearson/WABE via AP, File)

Georgia’s governor wins support for his top legislation from 3 skeptical senators

February 13
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks to the Senate Banking Committee, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Fed chair says bank accounts ‘safe’ despite Trump’s teardown of consumer protection agency

February 11
Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Bondi says she won’t play politics as attorney general but doesn’t rule out probes of Trump foes

January 15
Lyonel Myrthil, special agent in charge of the New Orleans field office, second from left, shows footage of Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the man who carried out an attack on New Orleans' Bourbon Street on New Year's Day, during a news conference in a secure garage at the FBI Headquarters in New Orleans, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (Scott Threlkeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

New Orleans attack came at a time of political heat, and transition, for the FBI

January 7
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One in Morristown, N.J., Aug. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Journalists anticipate a renewed hostility toward their work under the incoming Trump administration

December 16, 2024
FILE - Louisiana State Treasurer John Fleming, waves as he is introduced during the swearing in of the Louisiana state legislature in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, Pool, File)

Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming announces bid to run for U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy’s seat

December 5, 2024
Georgia Senate President Pro Tem John Kennedy, R-Macon, speaks Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, at the State Capitol in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy, File)

Georgia Senate Republicans keep John Kennedy as leader for next 2 years

November 7, 2024
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., departs after Senate Republicans met behind closed-doors to hold their leadership elections, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., held off a challenge by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., an ally of former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Possible Louisiana gov candidates await Kennedy’s decision

December 1, 2022
FILE - Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., pauses outside the chamber during a confirmation vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 5, 2021. Both of the state's U.S. senators, Cassidy and Sen. John Kennedy say they have mulled over the option of running for governor and plan on announcing their decisions for 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Both of Louisiana’s GOP senators weighing gubernatorial bid

November 15, 2022
Sen. John Kennedy, joined by his wife, Becky, left, addresses supporters during his election night party, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, at the Lod Cook Alumni Center on the campus of LSU in Baton Rouge, La. (Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP)

GOP Sen. John Kennedy considers bid for Louisiana governor

November 14, 2022
Sen. John Kennedy, joined by his wife, Becky, left, addresses supporters during his election night party, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, at the Lod Cook Alumni Center on the campus of LSU in Baton Rouge, La. (Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP)

Republican Kennedy reelected to US Senate in Louisiana

November 9, 2022
FILE - Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2023 budget for the FBI in Washington, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Kennedy, a Republican, is running for reelection. The primary will take place Nov. 8, 2022. (Ting Shen/Pool Photo via AP, File)

US Senate candidates in Louisiana release new campaign ads

September 20, 2022

Louisiana incumbents qualify for House and Senate races

July 22, 2022

Biden nominates New Orleans magistrate for 5th Circuit seat

June 15, 2022

Louisiana governor backs Mixon’s uphill Senate bid

June 2, 2022
FILE - Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 17, 2022. New legislation introduced Thursday by Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., and Kennedy, would require the Justice Department to establish guidelines for the federal Bureau of Prisons and state correctional systems to notify the families of incarcerated people if their loved one has a serious illness, a life-threatening injury or if they die behind bars. (Anna Rose Layden/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Bill pushes feds to notify families of sick, dying inmates

May 20, 2022
FILE - Lisa Cook, nominee to be a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, speaks during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Washington. The Senate on Tuesday, March 29, agreed to consider the nomination of Cook for a position on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors on a 50-49 party-line vote. The result suggests that there is sufficient support in the Senate to approve Cook, who would be the first Black woman to serve on the Fed’s powerful board in its 108-year history. (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP, File)

Senate advances Fed nominee Lisa Cook on party-line vote

March 29, 2022
FILE - Publisher and community activist Gary Chambers Jr., D-Baton Rouge, speaks about his campaign for the 2nd Congressional District seat after signing up for the race on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. Chambers, a political newcomer in Louisiana whose adept use of social media drew notice when he finished strong in a U.S. House race last year has posted an online video ad certain to draw more attention and, perhaps, campaign donations — it shows him smoking marijuana while decrying racial disparities in arrests for the drug. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File)

In ad, Senate hopeful smokes pot, slams arrest disparities

January 18, 2022

Baton Rouge activist says he’ll challenge Kennedy for Senate

January 12, 2022
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden mark the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with a visit to the World War II Memorial, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden to withdraw embattled banking regulator nominee

December 8, 2021

Louisiana’s US Sen. John Kennedy draws Democratic opponent

October 5, 2021

Louisiana’s Cassidy and Kennedy diverge on Trump impeachment

January 26, 2021
New Orleans Renters Rights Assembly protesters chain themselves together outside an entrance to First City Court near New Orleans City Hall on Thursday, July 30, 2020. (Chris Granger/The Advocate via AP)

Louisianians protest for $600 benefit, against evictions

July 31, 2020

Trump Fed nominee Shelton faces skepticism at Senate hearing

February 14, 2020
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