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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified on the president’s 2025 budget request during a public hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee…

House impeachment managers delivered to the Senate the two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas. Senators were sworn in as jurors in the trial the next day, w…

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…

The Senate confirmed Ann Marie McIff Allen’s nomination to be a U.S. District Court judge for Utah. Members also approved a joint resolution of disapproval to block a Federal Highway Adminis…

The Senate approved the House-passed $1.2 trillion six-bill spending package to fund about 70 percent of the federal government through the end of the fiscal year on September 30, and avoid …

The Senate confirmed Jose Javier Rodriguez to be the assistant labor secretary for Employment and Training. Lawmakers also approved a bipartisan measure to repeal a U.S. Department of Agricu…

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…

U.S. Fire Administration Administrator Lori Moore-Merrel and state emergency management officials testified on the threats and impact of wildfires before the Senate Homeland Security and Gov…

The Senate confirmed two U.S. District Court judicial nominations: Sunil Harjani, Northern Illinois; and Melissa DuBose, Rhode Island. Members also confirmed Sean Patrick Maloney to be U.S. …

The Senate blocked a motion to advance the bipartisan $118 billion border security-foreign aid to Israel and Ukraine bill. Sixty votes were needed. Members then voted in favor of a motion to…

The Senate approved (77-18) a measure to extend government funding until early March. The House passed the measure later in the day.

The Senate worked on judicial nominations, confirming S. Kato Crews to be a U.S. District Court judge for the District of Colorado. Members also failed (54-45) to override President Biden’s …

Republican and Democratic members of Congress discussed freedom from religious persecution at an event commemorating the 25th anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act. Topics i…

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…

The Senate voted in favor of limiting debate on Dr. Monica Bertagnolli’s nomination to be director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

FBI Director Christopher Wray, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and National Counterterrorism Center Director Christine Abizaid testified on threats to the homeland before the…

The Senate confirmed three military nominations: Admiral Lisa Franchetti, chief of Naval Operations; General David Allvin, Air Force chief of staff; and Christopher Majoney, Marine Corps ass…

Officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services testified on asylum law enforcement and border secu…