Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Richard J Durbin

Texas school shooting precedes Senate hearing on pick to run ATF

WASHINGTON — Steven Dettelbach starts the most public part of his effort to become only the second person to successfully run the Senate confirmation gantlet to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in a political high-wire act at a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Tribune News Service

Former LA public defender picked to lead federal Access to Justice office

WASHINGTON — During a college internship at the Orange County Public Defender's office, Rachel Rossi was sent to the local jail. She was given a simple instruction: Ask people who had recently been arrested what they need.

Los Angeles Times

Democrats renew push for green cards for ‘documented Dreamers’

WASHINGTON — Democrats renewed their push Wednesday to provide a path to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of so-called documented Dreamers who grew up legally in the U.S. but risk deportation when they turn 21 years old.

Tribune News Service

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Democrats renew push for green cards for 'documented Dreamers' - Roll Call

Democrats renewed a push to give protections to “documented Dreamers” who grew up legally in the U.S. but risk deportation when they turn 21.

Roll Call

Democrats mull COVID-19 aid options as House preps new bill - Roll Call

House Democrats are looking to revive stalled pandemic relief package talks next week after measures bogged down in the Senate.

Roll Call

Supreme Court gets defensive after abortion draft leak - Roll Call

The leaked draft of a Supreme Court abortion decision marked a changing point for the historically cloistered institution.

Roll Call

Senate Democrats take aim at credit card fees amid inflation - Roll Call

The Senate Judiciary Committee took aim at credit card fees, complaining that inflation is pushing up the profits of Mastercard and Visa,.

Roll Call

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Photos of the Week ending April 8, 2022 - Roll Call

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic Supreme Count confirmation and a fox hounding the Hill are among the highlights of this week’s photos.

Roll Call

Committee votes on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s bid for Supreme Court

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-11 Monday on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court.

Roll Call

Panel vote likely split on Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court

The Senate Judiciary Committee appears on track for a tied, party-line vote Monday on whether to send to the Senate floor Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination for the Supreme Court, though that would not derail Democrats’ plan for a final confirmation vote later next week.

Tribune News Service

Panel vote likely split on Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court - Roll Call

The Senate Judiciary Committee will likely split on party lines on the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court.

Roll Call

News briefs

DeSantis signs Florida ‘don’t say gay’ bill into law

Tribune News Service

Senate committee sets vote for Supreme Court pick Ketanji Brown Jackson

WASHINGTON — The top members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday foreshadowed each side’s arguments about Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, which is now officially set for a panel vote on April 4.

Tribune News Service

Committee sets vote for Supreme Court pick Ketanji Brown Jackson - Roll Call

The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled an April 4 vote on the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

Roll Call

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Roll Call

Photos of the week: Supreme Court confirmation edition - Roll Call

Photos of the week: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson endured three days of a public job interview conducted by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Tribune News Service

Parties close arguments over Supreme Court pick Jackson

WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee put Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on the path to confirmation to the Supreme Court after closing her nomination hearings Thursday with character witnesses and outside experts.

Roll Call

Parties close arguments over Supreme Court pick - Roll Call

The confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson concludes with testimony from character witnesses and outside experts.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court hearing gets heated, as the end is in sight

WASHINGTON — Ketanji Brown Jackson navigated cleanly through a second day of questioning at her confirmation hearing, despite several Republicans who ratcheted up their confrontations with the Supreme Court nominee.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Roll Call

Supreme Court hearing gets heated, as the end is in sight - Roll Call

The Supreme Court hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson got heated on Wednesday, but the overall political dynamics did not.

Roll Call

Competition bill could carry high-skilled immigration changes - Roll Call

Immigration provisions in a House bill to increase US global competitiveness, absent in Senate plan, may still make it into final version.

Tribune News Service

Hearing for court nominee Jackson veers into hot-button topics

WASHINGTON — Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday rolled unscathed through a marathon day of questioning for her nomination to the Supreme Court, as some of the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee spent time on outside issues peripheral to her qualifications.

Roll Call

Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing veers into hot-button topics - Roll Call

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson spent much of her first marathon day of hearings fielding questions unrelated to her judicial record.

Roll Call

Question and answer phase begins for Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearing - Roll Call

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson began answering questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Day 2 of her confirmation hearing.

Tribune News Service

‘We have never had this moment before’: Kentanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson spent more than four hours Monday with her hands folded in front of her at the witness table, often smiling broadly as members of the Senate Judiciary Committee spoke in turn about the coming days of the confirmation hearing.

Tribune News Service

Democrats, Republicans draw lines at opening of Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearing

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Ketanji Brown Jackson kicked off Monday with Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee using their opening statements to try to head off some Republican criticisms.

1 … 7 8 9 10

People

Ketanji Brown Jackson

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Senate Judiciary Committee

National Rifle Association

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.