In a rebuke to President Donald Trump, the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday blocked a White House plan to cut almost $15 billion in unused government money slated for children’s health insurance and other programs.
Read moreThe designer of the online quiz at the center of the Cambridge Analytica data use scandal apologized on Tuesday for his role in the story, saying he believed the way his team used the app to gather information on Facebook users and their friends was nothing unusual.
Read moreSen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., last week delayed a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee on President Donald Trump’s pick for a seat on the 11th Circuit for reasons “unrelated to the nominee’s merits,” according to a committee source.
Read moreThe former Senate intelligence staffer indicted as part of the government’s leak probe claimed in a court filing Tuesday that the president’s remarks about him impinge his right to a fair trial.
Read moreSenators drilled Monday into the findings of last week’s watchdog report detailing the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server, with Republicans pointing to political text messages as proof of bias and Democrats noting the report says nothing of the ongoing Russia investigation.
Read moreIndicted last week as part of an investigation of leaks on Capitol Hill, former Senate intelligence committee staffer James Wolfe pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a three-count indictment.
Read moreA working group created by the federal judiciary to address sexual harassment came under fire Wednesday as activists skewered their efforts to date in a Senate hearing.
Read moreIt was a photo finish, but firebrand conservative Corey Stewart has won his first state-wide primary and has become Virginia’s Republican candidate for Senate against incumbent Tim Kaine in this year’s midterm election.
Read moreIndicted the night before on charges of lying to the FBI about his contacts with journalists, longtime former Senate Intelligence Committee staffer James Wolfe heard the charges against him Friday afternoon from a federal judge.
Read moreA former employee of the Senate intelligence committee has been arrested on charges of lying to the FBI about contacts he had with multiple reporters, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Read moreThe Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly confirmed an Alabama attorney to a seat on the federal court in Birmingham.
Read moreSupporters of a would-be candidate for U.S. Senate are suing to ensure that his votes are counted in Maine’s upcoming Republican primary after being disqualified for bogus signatures.
Read moreThe Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed President Donald Trump’s first Latino judicial nominee to a seat on a federal court in Texas.
Read moreThe Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed a magistrate judge President Donald Trump nominated to serve on a federal court in Kentucky.
Read moreAfter 64 years on the books, the landmark civil rights ruling Brown v. Board of Education has featured prominently in Senate judicial confirmation hearings of late. Experts are divided on how to interpret silence on the precedent by nominees.
Read moreA former Georgia state solicitor general and current state Supreme Court judge told senators on Wednesday she is mindful of the difference between a judge and advocate and promised to make that transition fully if confirmed to the 11th Circuit.
Read moreFederal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai may have been dealt a setback after lawmakers temporarily restored net neutrality rules he reversed last year, but on Thursday during a congressional budget hearing, he opted to focus instead on the FCC’s next move: faster internet speeds and rural broadband deployment.
Read moreAs NASA astronauts floated outside the International Space Station to make repairs Wednesday, a congressional committee on Earth weighed the gravity of the station’s future.
Read moreSenate Democrats successfully passed a resolution reversing the Federal Communication Commission’s hotly contested repeal of net neutrality rules, at the very least giving their party a potential rallying issue for the 2018 mid-term elections with the Republican-controlled House being unlikely to take the measure up.
Read moreEnvironmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt was met with ridicule, intense questioning and even a handful of silent protesters on Capitol Hill Wednesday, as lawmakers pressed for answers on multiple ethics investigations currently plaguing him.
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