When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

Caesar had no desire to remake the republic nor to destroy the way Roman politics worked ... popular generals Marius and Sulla marched on Rome to force the senate to grant them military commands.

Hence, Rome’s Senate, designed to provide wise counsel to the city ... Though he claimed restoration, Sulla remade Roman politics. Proscription lists were pasted over the city. Those whose names ...

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the No. 2 Senate Democrat, announced Wednesday he will not seek reelection, capping off a decades-long Senate career. “The decision of whether to run for reelection ...

Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) will not run for a sixth term in the Senate, clearing the way for a younger crop of Democrats to compete for his seat. Durbin, 80, announced Wednesday that ...

Senate Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a 70-page budget resolution that they say would give Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a staunch ally of President Trump, the power to ...

Senate Republicans unveiled their new budget blueprint Wednesday afternoon, paving the way for the Senate and House to finally inch closer to advancing President Donald Trump’s immigration and ...

Senate Republicans might soon sidestep the Senate parliamentarian on a controversial accounting tactic that could make or break President Donald Trump’s agenda. GOP leadership has spent weeks ...