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The Senate voted to discharge from committee Holly Thomas' judicial nomination to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Members also confirmed three nominations: Nicholas Burns to be…

Military officials, legal experts, and advocates testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the ongoing operation of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Witnesses answered questions on a variety of…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) lit the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree. Nicknamed “Sugar Bear,” the 84-foot white fir comes from the Six Rivers National Forest in California. It is adorned with…

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the Biden administration’s border and immigration policies. Secretary Mayorkas called the…

Experts testified before a Senate subcommittee on the need for federal changes to conservatorships. Nicholas Clouse shared his experience of living under a guardianship, telling the…

U.S. elite gymnasts Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney, and Maggie Nichols testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about abuse they endured from former U.S gymnastic team doctor Larry Nassar…

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a confirmation hearing on several of President Biden’s circuit court and executive nominations. The first panel included nominees Beth Robinson to the…

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and others testified on immigrant farmworkers before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Lawmakers questioned Secretary Vilsack about the Farm Workforce…

FBI Director Christopher Wray testified on the agency’s fiscal year 2022 budget request. Director Wray raised concerns with lawmakers on the increase in violence against law enforcement nationwide. He…

Regina LaBelle, acting director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) joined other expert witnesses to testify on sentencing…

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley testified on the department’s fiscal year 2022 budget before the Senate Appropriations Committee. They…

Health professionals and women’s health advocates. testified at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on abortion rights and the proposed Women’s Health Protect Act.

Former Obama and Trump administration immigration officials and other witnesses testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on proposed changes to immigration laws. The hearing came on the ninth…

Attorney General Merrick Garland testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies regarding the president’s 2022 budget request. The attorney…

Attorney General Merrick Garland testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies regarding the Justice Department’s fiscal year 2022 budget…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the department’s fiscal year 2022 budget request and foreign policy priorities. Several members…

A Senate Appropriations subcommittee held a hearing on forest management and preventing future fires. U.S. Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen testified on the agency’s efforts to…

Law enforcement officials and firearms experts testified on gun violence prevention efforts before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution. The hearing focused primarily on the issue of “ghost…

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a confirmation hearing for five of President Biden’s judicial nominees. The first panel comprised Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson, nominated to the U.S.…

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge, and EPA Administrator Michael Regan testified before the Senate…