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IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel testified on the 2024 tax filing season and President Biden’s fiscal year 2025 budget request for the agency during a hearing before the Senate Finance Committ…

Social Security Administration (SAA) Commissioner Martin O’Malley testified on the financial state of the Social Security program during a public hearing before the Senate Special Aging Comm…

Secretary Xavier Becerra testified on President Biden’s fiscal year 2025 budget request for the Health and Human Services Department. He said the budget includes expansions in Medicaid-like …

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, CIA Director Bill Burns, and FBI Director Christopher Wray joined other leaders from the intelligence community to testify before the Senate S…

The Senate Aging Committee examined the state of the assisted living industry. One of the witnesses was Patricia Vessenmeyer, whose late husband lived in an assisted living facility due to d…

“We are aware of the many important lifesaving drugs that your companies have produced ... but I think as all of you know, those drugs mean nothing to anybody who cannot afford it,” said Sen…

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing on improving retirement plans for Americans. According to Chair Bernie Sanders (I-VT), almost 45% of Americans betwe…

The Senate convened and began with a reading by Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) of President George Washington’s 1796 Farewell Address. The annual event began on the former president’s birthday in…

The Senate continued consideration of H.R. 815, legislation providing $95.3 billion in foreign aid to Israel, Taiwan, and Ukraine. This came after the chamber earlier in the week failed to a…

The Senate Aging Committee held a hearing to examine guardianships ordered by a court, like the one once imposed on pop singer Britney Spears. According to reports, there were approximately …

The Senate Special Aging Committee held a public hearing to examine substance abuse by older adults. Topics included data on increasing overdose deaths by seniors, fentanyl and the opioid ep…

The Senate considered two U.S. District Court judicial nominations, confirming Kirk Edward Sherriff to the Eastern District of California, and voting to invoke cloture on Karoline Mehalchick…

The Senate Health Committee held a public hearing to examine the obesity and diabetes epidemics. Topics included how these diseases have turned into epidemics in the U.S., prevention and tre…

Stakeholders in technology, business and the regulatory sectors testified before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions subcommittee on the integration of artificial intelligence (AI…

The Senate Aging Committee held a hearing to examine how scammers are using artificial intelligence to create voice clones and deepfakes to target older Americans. Philadelphia attorney Gary…

President Biden briefly spoke with the press following a visit to a fire training academy in Allentown, Pennsylvania. When asked about his thoughts on his conversations over budget negotiati…

President Biden said he had confidence in Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during a stop at Nowhere Coffee Co. in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Allentown. The president’s comments came as …

Witnesses with rare diseases, advocates for medical ethics, and therapeutic industry professionals discussed access to research and treatment for rare diseases before the Senate Special Agin…

Witnesses testified about ways to reshape and modernize aging services, including meals, rides and care-giving programs, through the re-authorization of the Older Americans Act.

Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, nominee to be director of the National Institutes of Health, testified at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health Committee. She answered senators' question…