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Secretary Xavier Becerra testified on President Biden’s fiscal year 2025 budget request for the Health and Human Services Department. He said the budget includes expansions in Medicaid-like …

The Senate voted 89-10 to advance a five-year Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill, as current FAA programs were due to expire on May 10, 2024.

Senator Cotton (R-AR) and other Republican senators spoke with reporters about antisemitism and campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war.

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, CIA Director Bill Burns, and FBI Director Christopher Wray joined other leaders from the intelligence community to testify before the Senate S…

The Senate voted to advance Georgia Alexakis' nomination to be a U.S. District Court judge for Northern Illinois.

The Senate approved House-passed legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for two years. Section 702 allows the U.S. to monitor foreign citi…

The Senate continued work on House-passed legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for two years. Section 702 allows the U.S. to monitor for…

The Senate confirmed Ramona Manglona’s nomination to be a U.S. District Court judge for for the Northern Mariana Islands for another 10 years.

The Senate voted to invoke cloture on Ramona Manglona’s nomination to be a U.S. District Court judge for for the Northern Mariana Islands for another 10 years.

The Senate confirmed Ann Marie McIff Allen’s nomination to be a U.S. District Court judge for Utah. Members also approved a joint resolution of disapproval to block a Federal Highway Adminis…

The Senate confirmed Robert White’s nomination to be a U.S. District Court judge for Eastern Michigan, and voted to advance Ann Marie McIff Allen’s nomination to be a U.S. District Court jud…

Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) spoke on the floor about the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. He urged for an impeachment trial to be held in the Se…

The Senate voted to limit debate Susan Bazis' nomination to be a U.S. District Court judge for Nebraska.

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 …

The Senate confirmed Jose Javier Rodriguez to be the assistant labor secretary for Employment and Training. Lawmakers also approved a bipartisan measure to repeal a U.S. Department of Agricu…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg joined TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, Discord CEO Jason Citron, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, and X (formerly Twitter) CEO Linda Yaccarino to testify on efforts to protect childr…

The Senate voted to end debate on Edward Sunyol Kiel’s nomination to be a U.S.District judge for the District of New Jersey.

The Senate confirmed Dennis Hankins’s nomination for U.S. ambassador to Haiti. Mr. Hankins was nominated by President Biden in May 2023, and the Port-au-Prince-based post had been without a …

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held a hearing about updating patent-eligibility law. The bill under consideration was the bipartisan Patent Eligibility Restoratio…

Appearing before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, whistleblower Arturo Bejar, a former Meta engineering director and consultant, testified on Meta’s harmful impact on children. He said that …