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FBI Director Christopher Wray testified on the agency’s priorities and 2025 budget request before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science. The director addres…

Transportation policy advocates and local officials testified on roadway safety before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation subcommittee. Several topics were addressed, including…

The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies held its first meeting to begin planning for the 2025 presidential inauguration. It was chaired by Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN).

The Senate confirmed Seth Aframe’s nomination to be a U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the Boston-based First Circuit, which hears federal appeals from U.S. District Courts in Maine, Massachu…

U.S. Northern Command Commander Gen. Gregory Guillot and U.S. Southern Command Commander Gen. Laura Richardson testified on security challenges affecting the Western Hemisphere. Such challen…

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified on USDA oversight before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee. They discussed a variety of topics including mitigating child …

Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on his department’s fiscal year 2025 and 2026 budget requests. He took several questions on v…

The Senate voted 89-10 to advance a five-year Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill, as current FAA programs were due to expire on May 10, 2024.

Senator Cotton (R-AR) and other Republican senators spoke with reporters about antisemitism and campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war.

“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…

The commanders of U.S. Strategic Command and U.S. Space Command testified on nuclear deterrence and space security before the Senate Armed Services Committee. The hearing focused on the need…

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown, and Defense Comptroller Mike McCord testified on President Biden’s 2025 Pentagon budget request before th…

State and local election officials, including secretaries of state Jocelyn Benson (D-MI) and Wes Allen (R-AL), testified before the Senate Rules Committee on election preparation, administra…

The Senate confirmed Service Employees International Union general counsel Nicole Berner to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R), an East Palestine resident, and others testified on rail safety before the Senate Commerce Committee. The hearing followed Norf…

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, U.S. Government Publishing Office Director Hugh Halpern, and Smithsonian Institution Chief Operating Officer Meroë Park testified before the Senate Rules …

“It’s perverse to see so many questions about elections at a time when they have never been more safe … and more secure,” said Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt (R) during his testi…

The Senate confirmed two nominations: Karoline Mehalchick to be a U.S. District Court judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and Joseph Goffman to be an Environmental Protection Agen…

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…

The Senate resumed consideration of a temporary spending bill to avert a government shutdown on January 19. The House-passed bill being used to house the continuing resolution is H.R. 2872, …