President Donald Trump announced a pair of key appointments Friday, tapping William Barr as attorney general, a position he once held under President George H.W. Bush, and naming former Fox News host Heather Nauert as ambassador to the United Nations.
Read moreSenator Tim Scott, R-S.C., on Thursday announced his opposition to a controversial nominee to a federal court in North Carolina, effectively sinking the nomination over the lawyer’s involvement with a political campaign that sent out mailers described as an attempt to intimidate African American voters.
Read moreThe Senate on Thursday pushed back a vote on a nominee to a North Carolina federal court who worked to defend a state voting law that a federal appeals court found targeted African Americans with “almost surgical precision.”
Read moreA former candidate for Nebraska attorney general who is now up for a federal judgeship in the state told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday he would put aside his personal political views and apply Supreme Court precedent if confirmed to the federal bench.
Read moreThe Senate on Wednesday narrowly advanced the nomination of a lawyer up for a spot on a North Carolina federal court who helped defend a state voter identification law a federal appeals court found unfairly targeted African American voters.
Read moreChief Justice John Roberts is pushing back against President Donald Trump for his description of a judge who ruled against Trump’s migrant asylum policy as an “Obama judge.”
Read moreContesting the appointment of Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, three Senate Democrats claim in a federal complaint Monday that President Donald Trump circumvented the rigors of a Senate confirmation fight.
Read morePresident Donald Trump said Friday that Andrew Wheeler, the former congressional aide and lobbyist who has led the Environmental Protection Agency since the scandal-plagued Scott Pruitt resigned earlier this year, is his pick to permanently lead the agency.
Read morePresident Donald Trump on Tuesday announced he will be nominating an Office of Management and Budget official to the D.C. Circuit seat once held by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Read moreOne of President Donald Trump’s nominees to the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday defended his record on legal issues related to Native American tribes, as the Senate Judiciary Committee held its second nominations hearing during the Senate’s recess ahead of the midterm elections.
Read morePresident Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated a former Monsanto executive to head the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Read moreThe Senate on Thursday confirmed 15 of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees, including three to federal appeals courts.
Read moreThe Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved eight of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees, including one who is up for a seat on the Eighth Circuit and received a not qualified rating from the American Bar Association.
Read moreThe Senate on Saturday confirmed D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, bringing to a close a nomination that once seemed in peril after multiple women accused the judge of sexual misconduct.
Read moreSen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced Friday afternoon that she will vote in favor of Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday, all but assuring his confirmation as the next associate justice to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read moreRetired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is quoted as saying that Brett Kavanaugh shouldn’t be confirmed to the high court because of Kavanaugh’s potential political bias.
Read moreThe Senate Judiciary Committee narrowly advanced the nomination Friday of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, but Senator Jeff Flake said he only did so with the understanding the FBI would conduct an investigation into the sexual assault allegations embroiling the Supreme Court pick.
Read moreA Democratic senator sued President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the National Archives on Wednesday to block the Senate from voting on the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
Read moreA lawyer for a woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sex assault decades ago says she’d be willing to testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee next week if they can agree to terms “that are fair and which ensure her safety.”
Read moreThe Senate Judiciary Committee approved 11 judicial nominees on Thursday, including one to the Ninth Circuit and one to the Second Circuit.
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