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Seema Nanda, solicitor of labor for the U.S. Labor Department, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee there has been an 88% increase since 2019 in the number of children employed il…

The Senate confirmed the nomination of Jerry Edwards Jr. to be a U.S. District Court judge for the Western District of Louisiana, and voted to limit debate on the nomination of Brandon Long …

Speaker Johnson (R-LA), Rep. Pascrell (D-NJ), and others spoke at a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for former baseball player Larry Doby.

The Senate confirmed the nomination of Nathalie Rayes to be U.S. ambassador to Croatia. Republicans blocked consideration of legislation providing emergency aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwa…

NCAA President Charlie Baker, Big Ten Commissioner Tony Pettiti, four-time national team gymnast Trinity Thomas, and others testifIed on compensation for college athletes for their name, ima…

State Department officials testified on U.S. national security interests pertaining to Ukraine before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. As the Senate considered the Biden administratio…

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias (D) joined advocates for and against book bans in testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Mr. Giannoulias focused on Illinois' new ant…

Amid the Israel-Hamas war, U.S. ambassador to Israel nominee Jack Lew testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In light of Iran’s long-standing support for Hamas, several Rep…

Advocates testified on the civil rights of LGBTQ Americans, especially for transgender youths, before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Witnesses included 16-year-old transgender girl Harleigh…

Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland and Sarah Charles, a top USAID official, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the conflict in Sudan. Lawma…

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Supreme Court ethical standards following press reports that Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch might be in violation of ethics rules.…

“I nearly died on their watch,” said Amanda Zurawski before the Senate Judiciary Committee about her inability to receive an emergency abortion in Texas. Ms. Zurawski testified alongside med…

House and Senate Democrats held a news conference on the introduction of the Equality Act, which would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation.

Groups representing farmers testified on crop insurance and other federal safety net programs for farmers at a Senate Agriculture subcommittee hearing. Two panels of witnesses represented lo…

Attorney General Merrick Garland testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on oversight of the Justice Department. Topics included the department’s response to Mexican drug cartels and…

The Senate confirmed two nominations: Dilawar Syed, deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration; and Molly Silfen to be a U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge for a 15-year term.

The Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, chaired by Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), held a hearing on federal food assistance funding in the upcoming farm bill reauthorizati…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, whose company created the ChatGPT and DALL-E text and image generation tools, was one of three artificial intelligence experts who testified on oversight of the swiftl…

The Senate voted to repeal a Department of Homeland Security rule preventing non-citizens from entering the U.S. if they are likely to need certain government benefits. Members also confirme…

The Senate voted to limit debate on Felice Gorordo’s nomination for a two-year term to be U.S. Alternate executive director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, whic…