The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to postpone a scheduled Thursday vote on Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general as two Republicans on the panel are not yet prepared to support him.
A witness to a fatal shooting in Houston by a federal immigration agent was released from a detention center Wednesday after spending weeks in custody following the deadly encounter.
Senate negotiators worked Wednesday to resolve thorny differences with leaders of the Southeastern and Big Ten Conferences over revisions to a bill designed to regulate college sports that sponsors want a vote on before the chamber goes on summer break next week.
Federal officials involved in the prosecution of James Comey misled judges, submitted documents containing false statements and withheld key facts during the course of the investigation, according to new defense filings that seek the dismissal of a case charging the former FBI director with threatening President Donald Trump on social media.
Wisconsin voters who have already returned their absentee ballots for the state's primary are not allowed to void those and request a new one, a judge ruled Wednesday.
The Senate on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution expressing opposition to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell receiving a presidential pardon.
NYC Dem congressional nominee Claire Valdez on Puerto Rico: "I come to this with a decolonial organizing history and lens. And so making sure that Puerto Rico has real representation in Congress ... until it is no longer a colony is really, really important."
Democratic socialism may be the flavor of the month, but centrist Democrats in the toughest House races warn that their more-moderate brand of candidate is what the party needs to win over Republican voters and gain control of the chamber.
Top White House officials visited Capitol Hill on Wednesday to convince hesitant Senate Republicans to back the House's $95 billion plan for a filibuster-proof budget reconciliation package and to kickstart the process before leaving for August recess.
