Catherine Cortez Masto

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the Senate Committee on Finance, Wednesday, June 3, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent refuses to say whether Trump remains exempt from IRS audits

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is refusing to say whether President Donald Trump and his family will still receive immunity from IRS audits after the administration abandoned plans for a $1.776 billion compensation fund.

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, listens during an oversight hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senators from both parties push Hegseth for action on Ukraine aid

Attorney Sigal Chattah appears in court in Las Vegas on March 4, 2024. (Wade Vandervort/Las Vegas Sun via AP, File)

White House names new pick for Nevada top federal prosecutor after confirmation trouble

President Donald Trump holds his signed signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts surrounded by members of Congress at the White House in Washington, on July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Nevada casinos, lawmakers eager to reverse change in gambling tax deductions

With the government shutdown now in its third week, a sign turns away tourists at the entrance to the Capitol Visitor Center, in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Democrats, holding out for health care, reject government funding bill for 10th time

Democrats defend vote after Senate takes first step toward ending the government shutdown

The Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown on Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies, angering many in their caucus who say Americans want them to continue the fight.

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., return to their offices after meeting with reporters on the third day of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Government funding vote fails again in Senate as hopes fade for quick end to shutdown

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Kennedy tries to defend COVID-19 vaccine stance in raucous Senate hearing

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks during a news conference on the Voting Rights Advancement Act, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Sen. Cory Booker in angry outburst says ‘complicit’ Democrats need a ‘wake-up call’

Interim US Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba, left, arrives to the courthouse in Newark, N.J., Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Some of Trump’s loyalty-first picks for prosecutors draw opposition from senators who can block them

Gene Sorensen holds up a transgender flag in front of the Nebraska state Capitol during a Transgender Day of Visibility rally, March 31, 2023, in Lincoln, Neb. (Larry Robinson/Lincoln Journal Star via AP, file)

Trump has focused on curtailing rights of transgender people, not the kind of visibility they seek

President Donald Trump signs the Laken Riley Act during an event in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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FILE - Melissa Boerst, a Lithium Nevada Corp. geologist, points to an area of future exploration from a drill site at the Thacker Pass Project in Humboldt County, Nev., Sept. 13, 2018. National conservation groups, tribes and others in Nevada are up in arms over a pro-mining bill Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., introduced this week. It would insulate mining companies from a U.S. appeals court ruling that blocked a copper mine in Arizona and is now part of a legal battle over a big lithium mine near the Nevada-Oregon line. Allies on most other conservation issues, environmentalists are accusing Cortez Masto of becoming a puppet for the mining industry.(Suzanne Featherston/The Daily Free Press via AP, File)

Environmentalists denounce Nevada U.S. senator’s mining bill

Reno fire chief must do ethics training over Cortez Masto ad

FILE - Workers help as people vote at a polling place during the primary election in Las Vegas on June 14, 2022. Nevada's Democratic congressional members used a strong midterm showing as evidence for why they should be the first Democratic primary stop in a joint statement on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, urging the Democratic National Committee to put the state in the top slot. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Nevada Democrats cite midterms in bid for first primary stop

FILE - Nevada Republican Senate candidate Adam Laxalt speaks to supporters during an election night campaign event on Nov. 8, 2022, in Las Vegas. The Republican challenger to Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada is conceding that he lost, saying that although the race was very close he won't contest the result. GOP candidate Adam Laxalt posted a tweet on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, that a campaign adviser confirmed was authentic. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Trump-backed Nevada GOP Senate candidate concedes loss

Republican nominee for U.S Senate Herschel Walker speaks during a campaign rally Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022 in Canton, Ga.. Walker is in a runoff with incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Shorter voting window could cut turnout in Georgia runoff

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., speaks during a campaign stop at the Nevada State AFL-CIO offices in Henderson, Nev., Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Masto is running against Republican candidate Adam Laxalt. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

Why AP called Nevada Senate race for Catherine Cortez Masto

An early morning pedestrian is silhouetted against sunrise as he walks through the U.S. Flags on the National Mall and past the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, one day before the midterm election will determine the control of the U.S. Congress. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Why the AP called control of the US Senate for the Democrats

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., left, reacts alongside Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak during an election night party hosted by the Nevada Democratic Party, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Cortez Masto wins in Nevada, giving Democrats Senate control

Election workers process ballots at the Clark County Election Department, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cortez Masto narrows in on Laxalt in Nevada Senate race

Election workers process ballots at the Clark County Election Department, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Why Nevada election results are taking days

Patty Kerr, center, waits in line to vote at the Galleria at Sunset shopping mall in Henderson, Nev., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

Nevada’s critical US Senate, House races too early to call

A man looks over his sample ballot as he waits in line to vote at the Galleria at Sunset shopping mall in Henderson, Nev. Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

EXPLAINER: What’s known about delays in Nevada vote count

FILE- U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., questions Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearing Thursday, May 5, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cortez Masto is running for reelection in the Nov. 8 election. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Race for Nevada’s US Senate candidates too early to call

Republican Nevada Senate candidate Adam Laxalt, center, poses for a photo with supporters during a get-out-the-vote rally on the first day of early voting Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, in Las Vegas. Laxalt is running against Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Las Vegas at center of tight contests for Senate, governor

FILE - This combination of photos shows Nevada Republican Senate candidate Adam Laxalt speaking on Aug. 4, 2022, in Las Vegas, left, and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., speaking on April 26, 2022, in Washington, right. Democratic U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto faces Republican challenger Adam Laxalt in a race the national GOP considers one of its best opportunities to turn a blue Senate seat red. (AP Photo/John Locher, left, Jacquelyn Martin)

Control of US Senate could come down to tight Nevada race

FILE - Former President Barack Obama speaks at a rally in support of Nevada Democrats, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, in Las Vegas. Obama is coming to southern Nevada on Nov. 1, 2022, to rally for a group of vulnerable incumbents fighting to fend off a potential Red Wave cascaded by low popularity for President Joe Biden and high inflation. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Obama to campaign for group of vulnerable Nevada incumbents

FILE - Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tips his hat during a fundraiser for the Nevada Democratic Party in Las Vegas, Nov. 17, 2019. Reid, who was the Senate majority leader from 2007 to 2015, helped pool resources to maximize support for candidates up and down the ballot. Reid died on Dec. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Nevada’s ‘Reid Machine’ staring down tough test in midterms

FILE - Republican Nevada Senate candidate Adam Laxalt speaks at a news conference on Aug. 4, 2022, in Las Vegas. Less than a month before election day, 14 members of Nevada Republican Senate candidate Adam Laxalt's family sent a letter endorsing his opponent, Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto.(AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Members of Nevada senate candidate’s family endorse opponent

FILE - Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., who is running for reelection, speaks about prescription drug prices during a news conference on April 26, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cortez Masto faces Republican challenger Adam Laxalt in the November election. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Nevada Senate race tests potency of abortion focus for Dems

FILE - Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., who is running for reelection, speaks about prescription drug prices during a news conference on April 26, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cortez Masto faces Republican challenger Adam Laxalt in the November election. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Both candidates courting veterans in big Nevada Senate race

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