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Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans voted on Thursday to advance the nomination of Emil Bove, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, to a federal judgeship, over the loud protests of Democrats.
Bove, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, has been accused by a whistleblower of suggesting the feds could say ‘f— you’ to federal judges who rule against Trump.
National Republicans have cut an ad for Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska as former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola weighs a Senate bid.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Republicans will vote on a Russia sanctions bill once Trump approves it, as pressure mounts on Moscow to negotiate peace in Ukraine.
In voting for President Trump’s cancellation of $9 billion in spending they had already approved, Republicans in Congress showed they were willing to cede their power of the purse.
President Donald Trump secured approval of his first judicial nominee of his second term, as the U.S. Senate confirmed a former law clerk to three members of the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority to a seat on a federal appeals court.
The House and Senate are poised to consider switching back to some of the names of military bases that the Trump administration reversed.
Senate Republicans are warning President Trump that it would be a big mistake to follow through on his threat to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, saying it would likely send a “shockwave”