Seema Nanda, solicitor of labor for the U.S. Labor Department, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee there has been an 88% increase since 2019 in the number of children employed il…
3,105 viewsNCAA President Charlie Baker, Big Ten Commissioner Tony Pettiti, four-time national team gymnast Trinity Thomas, and others testifIed on compensation for college athletes for their name, ima…
1,342 viewsIllinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias (D) joined advocates for and against book bans in testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Mr. Giannoulias focused on Illinois' new ant…
5,235 viewsSenate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced that the committee would pursue subpoenas for Republican donor Harlan Crow and conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo as par…
2,605 viewsThe Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill along party lines that aims to establish a code of ethics for the Supreme Court. Throughout the markup, Republican members voiced their opposit…
2,653 viewsAdvocates testified on the civil rights of LGBTQ Americans, especially for transgender youths, before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Witnesses included 16-year-old transgender girl Harleigh…
87,036 viewsThe Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Supreme Court ethical standards following press reports that Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch might be in violation of ethics rules.…
8,059 views“I nearly died on their watch,” said Amanda Zurawski before the Senate Judiciary Committee about her inability to receive an emergency abortion in Texas. Ms. Zurawski testified alongside med…
54,317 viewsAttorney General Merrick Garland testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on oversight of the Justice Department. Topics included the department’s response to Mexican drug cartels and…
14,373 viewsThe Senate Judiciary Committee convened a hearing to examine the role of migrant workers in U.S. farming and food production. Topics included the H-2A Temporary Agriculture Employment of For…
1,442 viewsOpenAI CEO Sam Altman, whose company created the ChatGPT and DALL-E text and image generation tools, was one of three artificial intelligence experts who testified on oversight of the swiftl…
13,483 viewsThe Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing to address the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen Supreme Court decision on the right to carry a concealed weapon in public an…
2,098 viewsHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified at an oversight hearing held by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Republican senators grilled him with several questions relating to is…
10,757 viewsThe mental impact of social media on adolescence was discussed at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on internet safety for children and online privacy threats. Topics included proposed ag…
2,197 viewsSenate Judiciary Committee members questioned and criticized Joe Berchtold, president of Ticketmaster’s parent company Live Nation Entertainment, for his company’s failed rollout of a Taylor…
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