Tulsi Gabbard went back on her previous position against section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ahead of her confirmation hearing in the U.S. Senate.
A slew of New York lawmakers called for the ouster of MTA Chairman Janno Lieber, the subway chief appointed by Gov. Hochul, for allegedly downplaying subway crime in a push for congestion pricing.
Democratic members of congress were less reactive to the sentencing of President-elect Trump on Friday, where he was sentenced with no penalty in the New York criminal trial.
The Biden administration on Friday announced that it is extending Temporary Protected Status for Salvadoran nationals ahead of the incoming Trump administration.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas renewed Temporary Protected Status -- an amnesty from deportation -- for hundreds of thousands of migrants on Friday, rushing to lock in protection before the next Trump administration takes office.
TikTok's fate now rests in the hands of the Supreme Court, which grappled Friday with whether the company's ties to a foreign adversary are so deep that national security concerns outweigh the company's and its users' First Amendment free speech rights.
Prosecutors say former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez should be imprisoned for 15 years, after the Democrat from New Jersey became the first to be convicted of abusing a Senate committee leadership position and the first public official to be convicted of serving as a foreign agent.