The Latest Breaking News from Senate Judiciary Committee

Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey made an appearance at the White House Tuesday to call on Congress to "reach a higher ground” and pass gun control legislation in honor of the children and teachers killed in last month’s shooting rampage at an elementary school in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas.…

‘Imagine the faces of your mothers, as you look at mine and ask yourself, is there nothing that we can do?’

WASHINGTON — A group of more than 100 law enforcement leaders on Tuesday endorsed President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the White House said, bolstering the nominee less than a week after his Senate confirmation hearing.

Two key senators said the decision not to prosecute FBI agents who did not act on reports of abuse by Larry Nassar was "infuriating."

WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced the nomination of Judge J. Michelle Childs for the influential federal appeals court in Washington, in a bipartisan 17-5 vote that sets up a later final confirmation vote on the Senate floor.

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Judge J. Michelle Childs for the influential federal appeals court in Washington.

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.

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, a majority of police officers face a risk of alcohol abuse, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder, and one in four have considered suicide.

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

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers this year set out to advance bills that would require COVID-19 vaccines for more people and would make them easier to access.

If you thought Republican attacks on incoming Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson were over, you were wrong