Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) missed his usual morning speech to open the Senate Thursday after falling earlier in the week and suffering a minor cut to the face and a sprained wrist. McConnell, who is 82 years old, also missed a Wednesday afternoon vote on President Bidens nominee to serve as district judge...

The House on Thursday approved a bill that would create dozens of additional judicial seats over the next several years, sending it to President Bidens desk after the administration levied a veto threat. The measuretitled the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved (JUDGES) Act cleared the chamber in a 236-173 vote, after the Senate unanimously...

“The judicial branch will be top of mind in the legislative branch on Thursday. Senate Democrats are nearing the judicial confirmations total that President-elect Donald Trump achieved in his first […]

The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations and Innovation on Thursday morning is set to debate the safety of U.S. air traffic control. The probe comes after a 114-page report, released earlier this year by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), found that exhaustion, burnout and an overall lack of sleep for controllers particularly...

The Senate Judiciary Committee holds an Executive Business Meeting at 10 a.m. ET on Dec. 12 to consider multiple items: bill S.1306 to reauthorize the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program, bill S.2082 to make technical corrections relating to the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, and the nominations of Benjamin J. Cheeks to be […]

The Senate Judiciary Committee holds an Executive Business Meeting at 10 a.m. ET on Dec. 12 to consider multiple items: bill S.1306 to reauthorize the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program, bill S.2082 to make technical corrections relating to the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, and the nominations of Benjamin J. Cheeks to be […]

Robert F. Kennedy must be confirmed by the Senate before taking office and implementing his Make America Healthy Again plan.

One of the emerging themes to watch next year as Republicans retake the White House and U.S. Senate, while holding their U.S. House majority albeit with different members, is that the GOP is set to aggressively reset its relationship with big business.The post

Sen. Bernie Sanders said his upcoming six-year Senate term will likely be his last. The senator has had a decades-long career in Washington politics.

The state of New Jersey is looking to follow in Vermonts footsteps and introduce a fee on oil and gas companies that would go to a climate superfund as a means to make polluters pay. Senate Bill No. 3545, which the New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee is debating on Thursday, would seek to impose liability on certain fossil fuel companies for certain damages caused by climate chan...

The former congresswoman has faced questions about a 2017 visit to Syria, where she met with then-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Lake was a Phoenix TV news anchor until she left in 2021 after making controversial statements on social media, including sharingCOVID-19misinformation.

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The President-elect is installing the former news anchor who ran unsuccessfully for Senate and governor in Arizona as director of the congressionally funded broadcaster that provides independent news reporting around the world and that Trump has previously criticized for its coverage.

The Wu train had a signal failure this week as Boston's mayor saw her controversial tax shift proposal derail in the Senate.