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The push to appoint the first Muslim American federal appeals court judge has run into more trouble in the Senate confirmation process.

Congressional Democrats spurned the idea of using the Electoral College certification process to enforce the 14th Amendment against Trump.

Senate Judiciary Chair Richard J. Durbin outlined new legislation Thursday that would renew a powerful surveillance authority.

Two Senate panels tackled election security ahead of November, with Democrats spotlighting threats to poll workers and voting rights.

Long-standing staffing shortages were among the problems cited in a scathing watchdog report this month about prisoner deaths.

The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to question the head of the federal prison system after a scathing watchdog report on prisoner deaths.

Funding uncertainty has led to a nationwide hiring freeze for offices tasked with representing poor defendants in federal courts.

Privacy hawks and intelligence-focused lawmakers are expected to clash over reauthorization of a powerful but controversial spy authority.

The Senate appeared Wednesday to be on the verge of going home for the holidays without passing an emergency war funding package.

FBI Director Christopher Wray delivered a full-throated defense of a powerful spy authority on Tuesday, invoking the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and warning lawmakers that a watered-down surveillance program could leave the agency paralyzed to respond to threats. “What could anybody possibly say to victims’ families if there was…

The Senate Judiciary Committee moved ahead with subpoenas Thursday as part of the panel’s inquiry into Supreme Court ethics.