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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…

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the impacts of wildfires on electric grid resiliency. Lawmakers asked about wildfire mitigation technology, forest…

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 confirmed Matthews McFarland’s nomination to be a U.S. district judge for the Southern District of Ohio. Members also voted to limited debate on several other judicial nominations…

Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist testified on the full financial audit of the Pentagon before a Senate Armed Services subcommittee. Mr. Norquist touched on the importance of an audit …

Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters in the Capitol following their weekly caucus luncheon. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) talked about Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) announceme…

The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on a government report detailing poor living conditions for military personnel in privatized housing. Lawmakers' questions focused on what …

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 Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the revenue sharing arrangement for federal onshore and offshore oil and gas development. The committee heard test…

The Center for American Progress hosted an event to discuss the importance of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that allows undocumented migrants who arrived in the U…

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee met to consider the nomination of Dan Brouillette to be the next energy secretary. Mr. Brouillette, who was serving as the Energy Department…

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 confirmed Danielle Hunsaker’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and voted to limit debate on a number of other judicial nominations.

Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters in the Capitol following their weekly caucus luncheon. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) talked about the legislative agenda, the killing of I…

The Senate advanced three nominations.

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…

The Senate Armed Service Committee held a confirmation hearing for Ryan McCarthy to become Army secretary and Barbara Barrett to become Air Force secretary. The two witnesses fielded questio…

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…

A Senate Judiciary subcommittee held a hearing on Google and its censorship policy. Google’s public policy and government affairs vice president testified during the first part of the hearin…

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…