Sen. Dick Durbin, Senate’s number 2 Democrat, to retire in 2026
1 of 3 | Sen. Dick Durbin D-Ill., was a U.S. House member from Illinois from 1983 until his 1996 Senate election to succeed Democratic…
Democrats demand answers about possible Trump market manipulation related to his tariffs
Democrats Thursday requested an urgent inquiry into whether President Donald Trump, his family or members of his administration engaged in insider trading informed by advance…
Senate confirms Marty Makary as FDA commissoner
Martin Makary speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on his nomination to be Commissioner of the Food and Drugs Administration…
Senate averts government shutdown by passing federal funding ahead of midnight deadline
1 of 6 | Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer of New York leaves the U.S. Capitol after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill on…
Trump pardons former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich after commuting sentence in 2020
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks to the media in Chicago as he arrives at his home after being released from federal prison on February…
Party-line Senate committee vote advances Pam Bondi’s attorney general nomination
The Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday approved the nomination of Trump attorney Pam Bondi to be the next Attorney General. The party-line 12-10 vote sends the…
Trump Agriculture pick Brooke Rollins vows to protect farmers, ranchers
1 of 5 | Secretary of Agriculture nominee Brooke Rollins testifies at a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate office…
Ag secretary nominee promises to protect farmer, ranchers and all ag workers
1 of 5 | Secretary of Agriculture nominee Brooke Rollins testifies at a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate office…
Trump’s AG pick Pam Bondi tells Senate ‘There will never be an enemies list’ in DOJ
1 of 3 | Pam Bondi sits with family members as she prepares to testify during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to examine her expected…
Trump’s attorney general pick to sit for confirmation hearings next week
Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general nominee is scheduled to sit for confirmation hearings next week. File Photo by…
U.S. senators seek federal antitrust investigation of generative AI providers
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. (pictured 2023), who chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer rights, said in a letter to DOJ…
Vote delayed for federal court appointee who Mitch McConnell calls ‘committed Marxist’
A Senate confirmation vote to make U.S. Magistrate Judge Mustafa Kasubhai a federal trial judge in Oregon was postponed Tuesday due to absences by members…
Sen. Dick Durbin calls for Supreme Court’s Alito to step aside from Trump cases
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito faces a call from Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin to step down from cases related to the 2020 presidential…
Supreme Court hearing Donald Trump ballot eligibility case
1 of 2 | Oral arguments will begin before the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday over former President Donald Trump’s ballot eligibility. Photo by Tannen…