WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Friday passed a bill that would result in more prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers as both Republicans and Democrats seek to show they can act to rein in ...

The Senate unanimously passed a bill Friday that aims to fix language in the government funding legislation that, if left untouched, would restrict how Washington, D.C., spends local tax dollars.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has made the legislation a priority. Critics say the proposal repeats the mistakes of the so-called “war on drugs,” which imprisoned millions of people ...