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Shailen Bhatt, administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHA), testified on agency oversight and President Biden’s 2025 budget request before the Senate Environment and Public Wor…

Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA) discussed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) at an event hosted by Georgetown University Law School. …

“The blood of 40,000 Palestinians is on his hands,” said a protestor as they were forcibly carried out of a hearing with Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his testimony before the Sen…

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 voted to limit debate Courtney O’Donnell’s nomination to be permanent representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan testified on President Biden’s 2025 budget request before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. He answered que…

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a confirmation hearing for State Department nominees including John Nkengasong to serve as ambassador-at-large for global health security and dipl…

The Senate confirmed Donna Welton to be U.S. ambassador to the southeastern Asian country of Timor-Leste. Members also continued work on a five-year Federal Aviation Administration reauthori…

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 …

In a 79-18 vote, the Senate approved the $95.3 billion House-passed foreign aid package that includes money for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The measure also includes new sanctions against R…

The Senate approved House-passed legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for two years. Section 702 allows the U.S. to monitor foreign citi…

U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Timothy Lenderking and Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for the Middle East Daniel Shapiro testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near E…

Maryland Governor Wes Moore (D) and the state’s congressional delegation held a news conference to discuss federal funding for the rebuilding of the Key Bridge, which collapsed on March 24 a…

The Senate voted to limit debate Susan Bazis' nomination to be a U.S. District Court judge for Nebraska.

Maryland officials, including Gov. Wes Moore (D), provided an update on the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse investigation. The governor updated that a emergency request for $60 million was app…

Governor Wes Moore (D-MD), Maryland Senators Ben Cardin (D) and Chris Van Hollen (D), White House Adviser Tom Perez, members from Maryland State Police and U.S. Coast Guard, and others held …

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 two U.S. District Court nominations: Edward Sunyol Kiel, District of New Jersey; and Eumi Lee, Northern District of California.

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.

Officials from the State Department, Defense Department, and U.S. Agency for International Development testified on U.S. strategy in the Pacific Islands region before the Senate Foreign Rela…