Mark Kelly

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., arrives to speak to reporters following a closed-door Republican meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Majority Leader John Thune’s ‘old-fashioned’ approach to the Senate has kept Trump on board so far

The Senate has produced the quickest top-level Cabinet confirmation process in the last 20 years under new Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota.
April 14
This combination of photos shows ranking member Jack Reed, D-R.I., left, and chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., speaking during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo)

Was classified information shared? Senators overseeing military request probe into Signal leak

March 27
NASA astronauts Suni Williams, left, and Butch Wilmore stand together for a photo enroute to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla., for their liftoff on a Boeing Starliner capsule to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Who else has been stuck in space? A short history of long spaceflights

March 19
Mark Macarro, President, National Congress of American Indians, testifies before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee during a hearing on Native communities' priorities for the 119th Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Tribal nations are concerned that Trump’s cuts have the potential to violate trust responsibilities

March 7
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

Senators weigh in on controversy over Yemen attack plans leak

Trump administration officials are struggling to stem the fallout from revelations that top national security officials discussed sensitive attack plans over a messaging app and mistakenly added a journalist to the chain.
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Congress reacts to Trump officials texting attack plans with journalist in the chat

Finding purpose, even happiness, after gun violence

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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

March 1

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

February 1

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

January 3

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

September 28, 2024
FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris waves during a campaign rally, July 30, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Some activists step up criticism of Shapiro and Kelly as Harris closes in on naming a running mate

August 3, 2024
FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at a Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority gathering in Houston, July 31, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Kamala Harris is interviewing six potential vice president picks this weekend, AP sources say

August 2, 2024
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks with members of the media during his visit to Philadelphia Youth Basketball's new Alan Horwitz "Sixth Man" Center in Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Scrapped fundraisers and watching from the treadmill. How Harris’ VP contenders wait for her choice

August 1, 2024
This composite left to right, shows Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, center, July 3, 2024, in Washington, Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., June 4, 2024, in Washington, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, July 20, 2024, in Pittsburgh, and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear in Frankfort, Ky., July 22, 2024. (AP Photo)

What polling shows about the top VP contenders for Kamala Harris

August 1, 2024
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks during an interview at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Monday, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Who’s No. 2? Four leading Democrats emerge as a possible running mate for Harris

July 30, 2024
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., waves supporters goodnight during an election night event in Tucson, Ariz., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Mariani)

Kelly win in Arizona puts Dems 1 seat from Senate control

November 12, 2022
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., addresses supporters at an election night event in Tucson, Ariz., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Mariani)

Sen. Mark Kelly takes early lead in battleground Arizona

November 9, 2022
This combination of photos shows Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters, left, and Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., before a televised debate in Phoenix, Oct. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Sen. Mark Kelly takes early lead in battleground Arizona

November 9, 2022
FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, talks to Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., during a ground breaking ceremony for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, Friday, April 22, 2022, in Agoura Hills, Calif. Padilla, who was appointed by Newsom, will face Republican constitutional lawyer Mark Meuser to fill the last two months of Kamala Harris' U.S. Senate term and the other for a new six-year term. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Padilla faces a familiar foe in bid for full US Senate term

October 20, 2022
FILE - Former president Donald Trump speaks during the Leadership Forum at the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center Friday, May 27, 2022, in Houston. Trump endorsed investor Blake Masters in Arizona's crowded U.S. Senate primary Thursday, June 2, giving his blessing to another acolyte of tech investor Peter Thiel after his nod helped “Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance secure the GOP nomination in Ohio. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)

Trump backs Arizona candidate who echoes 2020 election lies

June 3, 2022

Kelly tackles rising prices in first ad of re-election bid

February 23, 2022
FILE - Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, about bipartisan legislation on gun safety on March 4, 2015. Giffords, who was forced to give up her promising political career when she was disabled in a 2011 assassination attempt, announced Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, she was leaving a hospital after being treated for appendicitis.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Gabrielle Giffords leaves hospital after appendicitis

February 19, 2022

Critics blast candidate’s ad showing shootout with Democrats

February 11, 2022
In this Dec. 29, 2020 photo, evening falls over "The Embrace," the new January 8th Memorial in Tucson, Ariz., honoring the six people who died and 13 who were injured during a mass shooting in Tucson in 2011. (Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star via AP)

Victims in 2011 Giffords attack see parallel to Capitol riot

January 8, 2021
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., third from right, poses for a photo with from left, his brother Scott Kelly, daughters Claire Kelly and Claudia Kelly, wife former Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz., and Vice President Mike Pence, in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, after participating in a re-enactment of his swearing-in. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

Arizona’s Kelly is sworn into Senate, narrowing GOP edge

December 2, 2020
President Donald Trump supporters wave a flag during an election watch party Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Chandler, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Democrats win big in Arizona, now a former GOP stronghold

November 4, 2020
Mark Kelly, right, Arizona Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, waves to supporters along with his wife Gabrielle Giffords, second from right, and daughters, Claire Kelly, left, and Claudia Kelly, second from left, during an election night event Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Former GOP stronghold of Arizona hands big wins to Democrats

November 4, 2020
Arizona Republican Sen. Martha McSally sings "God Bless America" as she campaigns at Arizona Republican Party Headquarters Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in Phoenix. McSally is running against Democratic candidate Mark Kelly in the election set for tomorrow. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Democrat Mark Kelly flips Republican Senate seat in Arizona

November 4, 2020
Democratic challenger Mark Kelly, for the U.S. Senate race against Republican incumbent Martha McSally, poses for a photo outside of the Udall Park Main Recreation Center, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP)

Biden wins Arizona, flips longtime Republican stronghold

November 4, 2020
FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2020, file photo, John Hickenlooper, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat in Colorado, speaks during a car rally in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Senate Latest: Kelly win gives Arizona 2 Democratic senators

November 4, 2020
U.S. Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz. prepares to debate Democratic challenger Mark Kelly at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism in Phoenix, Ariz., Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. (Rob Schumacher/The Arizona Republic via AP, Pool)

Kelly, McSally spar in only debate of Senate campaign

October 7, 2020

Arizona Democrat Mark Kelly apologizes for offensive joke

September 10, 2020

McSally, Kelly move on to set up hot Arizona Senate race

August 5, 2020

Arizona GOP boss: Stop Senate candidate ‘dead in his tracks’

September 6, 2019
FILE- In this Oct. 2, 2018, file photo retired NASA astronaut and Navy Capt. Mark Kelly speaks as his wife, former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords looks on during a roundtable discussion with gun violence survivors, at UNLV in Las Vegas. Kelly said Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, that he's running to finish John McCain's term in the U.S. Senate. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)

Ex-astronaut Mark Kelly makes Democratic bid for Senate seat

February 12, 2019

Giffords, student activists tell Houston to back midterm candidates who support gun control

November 3, 2018
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