Some Democrats have openly criticised the Senate Minority Leader as the party debates how to oppose Trump.

Sharp divides over how to push back against Trump and Republicans have been laid bare in Congress, writes Anthony Zurcher.

The Republican senator has spent 40 years in Congress, but said he has "unfinished business" before he goes.

Her limited experience and comments on Putin, Syria, surveillance, and Snowden had put her nomination at risk.

Budget shutdowns have become frequent, protracted - and a uniquely American problem.

A public pressure campaign by top Donald Trump allies to elect their preferred candidate, Florida Senator Rick Scott, failed.

He is on course to become the battleground state's first Latino US senator, according to a CBS News.

Analysis of the results of the election.