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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified on President Biden’s fiscal year 2025 budget request before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. He responded to Sen. John Kennedy’s…

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 …

“We are aware of the many important lifesaving drugs that your companies have produced ... but I think as all of you know, those drugs mean nothing to anybody who cannot afford it,” said Sen…

Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Patty Murray (D-WA), and several other Democratic senators held a news conference to discuss the recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that said embryos…

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…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testified on President’s Biden’s $106 billion emergency aid request that would provide military and humanitarian assistan…

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra testified on President Biden’s multibillion-dollar supplemental funding requests for the…

Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, nominee to be director of the National Institutes of Health, testified at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health Committee. She answered senators' question…

The Senate defeated a measure from Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) to withdraw U.S. troops from Niger. Members also voted down a Republican proposal to block a Food and Nutrition Service proposed a…

Child care policy advocates and early childhood educators testified on child care access and affordability in the U.S. before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Sev…

The Senate confirmed Jeffrey Cummings' nomination to be a U.S. District Court judge for the Northern District of Illinois. Members also voted to advance the fiscal year 2024 spending package…

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Acting Director Lawrence Tabak testified on the president’s fiscal year 2024 budget request for the agency, before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. T…

Top public health officials testified before the Senate Health Committee on preparing for future emergencies. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky …

Customs and Border Protection Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Intelligence and Analysis James Mandryck, Customs and Border Protection Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner of Field Operat…

Labor secretary nominee Julie Su testified at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Republicans questioned her qualifications, citing h…

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo testified on U.S.-China relations, competitiveness, and national security investment b…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and several women Democratic senators spoke to reporters at the one-year mark of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decisio…

The Senate confirmed Natasha Merle’s nomination to be a U.S. District Court judge for Eastern New York, and members voted to move forward with a tax treaty with Chile. Senators also debated …

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who stepped down days before this hearing, testified on his coffee chain’s treatment of union organizing efforts. Senate Labor Committee Bernie Sanders (…

Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel testified on the increase in price for the company’s COVID-19 vaccine before the Senate Health Committee. Topics included the partnership between Moderna and the …