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The Democratic Party has searched for a central message to get behind and potential leaders to emerge on the heels of the 2024 election loss.
Sen. Cory Booker's tense exchange with two fellow Democrats marked a rare moment of intraparty disagreement that played out on the Senate floor.
The Senate approved Emil Bove as a federal judge in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The vote will place Bove — who has been accused of intentionally misleading federal courts on behalf of the Trump administration and lying to Congress — in a lifetime appointment to one of the most powerful positions within the judiciary.
Susan Monarez, a federal scientist, was Trump’s second choice to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after he pulled former congressman David Weldon’s nomination.
Paul Dans, lead architect of a controversial conservative policy plan, faces a tough primary against the four-term incumbent in 2026.
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Emil Bove was one of President Trump's defense lawyers before joining the Justice Department earlier this year.
Senate Republicans are weighing a number of options to expedite the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nominees on the floor of the Senate in order to overcome Democratic filibusters, members warn.
WASHINGTON — The Senate on a party-line vote on Tuesday confirmed Emil J. Bove, President Trump’s defense lawyer and loyal ally atop the Justice Department, to a lifetime seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. The vote was 49 to 50.
A third whistleblower has new information about a Justice Department official the president has nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
President Donald Trump called on Senate Republicans to skip recess to hammer out his remaining nominees, but Senate Democrats' resistance to key picks has slowed the process.
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A heated Sen. Cory Booker tore into Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Amy Klobuchar over his objection to a package of bipartisan police bills.