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“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…

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…

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…

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 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…

The Senate confirmed Dennis Hankins’s nomination for U.S. ambassador to Haiti. Mr. Hankins was nominated by President Biden in May 2023, and the Port-au-Prince-based post had been without a …

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on foreign governments that repress dissenters abroad with intimidation and violence, and how the U.S. government can more effectively c…

Kurt Campbell, President Biden’s nominee to be deputy secretary of state, testified at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He said the Biden administration …

Nathaniel Fick, ambassador-at-large for cyberspace and digital policy, and Matthew Graviss, chief data and artificial intelligence officer for the State Department, testified on strategic co…

International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Chief Executive Officer Scott Nathan testified on U.S. investments abroad and oversight of the agency. Topics included DFC priorities such…

State Department officials testified on U.S. national security interests pertaining to Ukraine before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. As the Senate considered the Biden administratio…

The Senate confirmed Dr. Monica Bertagnolli’s nomination for director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Members also confirmed two U.S. District Court nominations: Kenly Kiya Kato,…

Amid the Israel-Hamas war, U.S. ambassador to Israel nominee Jack Lew testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In light of Iran’s long-standing support for Hamas, several Rep…

Officials from the State and Defense Departments testified on the Australia-U.K.-U.S. security partnership (AUKUS) before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Topics included how the alli…

The Senate unanimously approved a resolution reaffirming U.S. support for Israel and condemning the Hamas terror attack.