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The Senate by voice vote passed a short-term spending bill to fund the government through February 8, 2019. Members also voted in favor of limiting debate on Joseph Maguire’s nomination to b…

The Senate continued the legislative day of September 28, 2018. Members also worked on H.R. 302, a five-year Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) re-authorization, a bill that includes over $1 bill…

Representatives from the State and Defense Departments testified at a hearing on the status and future of arms control agreements between the U.S. and Russia. The two witnesses answered ques…

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Senators focused on Russian interference in U.S. elections an…

State and Treasury Department officials testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on a range of issues surrounding the U.S.-Russia relationship. Topics included new reports of …

The Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing on the use of social media misinformation campaigns by foreign actors. Members asked witnesses particularly about what they had observed and …

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testified at a Senate hearing on President Trump’s meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea Leader Kim Jong-un. He also discussed U.S. op…

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the economic impact of tariffs on imported foreign goods recently announced by the Trump administration. Lawmakers from both parties …

A bipartisan group of members of Congress and administration officials, including Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, participated in a series of national security policy discussio…

The Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing on the policy response to Russian interference in the 2016 elections. Witnesses included two officials who served under the Obama administrat…

Gina Haspel, President Trump’s choice to head the CIA, testified on her nomination before the Senate Intelligence Committee. She talked about her over 30-year career with the CIA and answere…

The Senate continued consideration of the nomination of Mike Pompeo to be secretary of state.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a meeting to vote President Trump’s secretary of state nominee, CIA Director Mike Pompeo. The Committee initially voted 11-10 to support the nomin…

Mike Pompeo, President Trump’s pick to replace former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on his nomination. Senators asked him question…

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson testified in a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about election security. They talked abou…

The Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing on global terror threats. The directors of national intelligence, the CIA, and the FBI, among other intelligence and security chiefs, testifi…

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee heard testimony on U.S. policy toward Syria in a post-ISIS scenario. The State Department’s acting assistant secretary for Near Eastern affairs testifi…