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Government officials and health care professionals testified on efforts to address the opioid epidemic before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Officials with the White House, Justice Departme…

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on his report on Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) abuse allegations related …

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on reauthorizing the USA Freedom Act, which bans the bulk collection of private records. Among the witnesses testifying were officials from the …

The Senate confirmed Eric Komitee’s nomination to be a judge for the Eastern District of New York. Members also voted in favor of limiting debate on John Sinatra nomination to be a U.S. Dist…

Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Kathleen Sawyer testified on the operations of her agency before the Senate Judiciary Committee. She was asked about the ongoing investigations involving t…

The Senate confirmed two nominations: Barbara Lagoa to be a U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the Eleventh Circuit, and Adrian Zuckerman to be U.S. ambassador to Romania.

The Senate took up a resolution to repeal a Treasury Department rule that puts caps on state and local income tax deductions. The chamber also continued work on fiscal year 2020 domestic spe…

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Holocaust-era insurance claims. The committee was considering whether legislation might be necessary to process Holocaust-era insurance claim…

The Senate confirmed Kenneth Howery as U.S. ambassador to Sweden, and advanced the Treasury Department nominations of Brent McIntosh for undersecretary of international affairs and Brian Cal…

Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters in the Capitol following their weekly caucus luncheon. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (NY) argued Republicans to take up gun background checks leg…

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a confirmation hearing for President Trump’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) director nominee, Kenneth Canterbury, and three dis…

FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding oversight of his agency. Director Wray addressed U.S. election security saying, “The Russians are abso…

The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider S. 1494, the Secure and Protect Act of 2019, which would change the rules governing adjudication of asylum seekers' cases and establish process…

Attorney General William Barr testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the report released by Special Counsel Robert Mueller on his investigation into Russia’s interference in the …

The Senate confirmed the judicial nomination of Daniel Bress to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Lawmakers also voted to limit debate on three other U.S. district court nomin…

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters in the Capitol following their weekly caucus luncheon.

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan testified on border security and the agency’s funding needs before the Senate Judiciary Committee. His testimony came shortly after the Tru…

Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) convened a hearing on how the U.S. can better aid international narcotics control efforts. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and panel of…

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing to examine the deadly effects of fentanyl knockoffs and efforts to place the powerful synthetic opioid into the same class of addictive drugs as…

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters in the Capitol following their weekly caucus luncheon.