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Aviation safety specialists testified on Boeing’s safety culture amid ongoing issues with its planes midair during a public hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Co…

“Boeing has not provided us with the documents and information that we have requested numerous times over the past few months, specifically with respect to opening, closing, and removal of t…

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified on President Biden’s fiscal year 2025 budget request before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. He responded to Sen. John Kennedy’s…

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 …

“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…

Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Patty Murray (D-WA), and several other Democratic senators held a news conference to discuss the recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that said embryos…

Maria Muyad and Elise Cataldo, two young girls living with Type 1 diabetes, testified on their experience living with the disease before the Senate Appropriations Committee as members of the…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testified on President’s Biden’s $106 billion emergency aid request that would provide military and humanitarian assistan…

The Senate voted to advance the nomination of John Kazen to be U.S. District Court judge for the Southern District of Texas. Several Democratic senators paid tribute to the late former Senat…

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan testified on CHIPS and Science Act investments before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Tran…

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra testified on President Biden’s multibillion-dollar supplemental funding requests for the…

The Senate voted to block a proposed rule on electric vehicle chargers. Members also confirmed two nominations: Ramon Reyes Jr., U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of New York; and…

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…

The Senate defeated a measure from Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) to withdraw U.S. troops from Niger. Members also voted down a Republican proposal to block a Food and Nutrition Service proposed a…

Michael Whitaker, President Biden’s nominee to be administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, testified at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transport…

Child care policy advocates and early childhood educators testified on child care access and affordability in the U.S. before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Sev…

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy pointed to loneliness and social media as two areas of concern as drivers of the mental health crisis during his testimony on youth mental health before the Sena…

The Senate confirmed Jeffrey Cummings' nomination to be a U.S. District Court judge for the Northern District of Illinois. Members also voted to advance the fiscal year 2024 spending package…

Pharmaceutical industry CEOs and senior executives testified on lowering the cost of insulin before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. The committee questioned the …

Chiefs from the National Guard and Reserves testified on President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget request before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. Several topics were discu…