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IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel testified on the 2024 tax filing season and President Biden’s fiscal year 2025 budget request for the agency during a hearing before the Senate Finance Committ…

The commanders of U.S. Strategic Command and U.S. Space Command testified on nuclear deterrence and space security before the Senate Armed Services Committee. The hearing focused on the need…

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown, and Defense Comptroller Mike McCord testified on President Biden’s 2025 Pentagon budget request before th…

Secretary Xavier Becerra testified on President Biden’s fiscal year 2025 budget request for the Health and Human Services Department. He said the budget includes expansions in Medicaid-like …

Defense Department officials and policy advocates testified on traumatic brain injury and blast exposure care before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel. The witnesses spoke …

“Over the past three years, the Biden administration has driven an historic recovery,” said Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during her testimony on the Financial Stability Oversight Council’…

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell outlined the Federal Reserve’s Semi-annual Policy Report before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. He outlined the state of t…

The Senate Aging Committee examined the state of the assisted living industry. One of the witnesses was Patricia Vessenmeyer, whose late husband lived in an assisted living facility due to d…

Athens, Ohio, Mayor Steve Patterson (D) and the CEO of Greater New Orleans Inc., an economic development agency, were among those testifying at a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs C…

The Senate approved (77-13) the House-passed continuing resolution to extend government funding in two stages, until March 8 and 22, to avert a looming partial government shutdown at midnigh…

The Senate confirmed two U.S. District Court nominations: Julie Sneed, District of Middle Florida; and Melissa Damian, District of Southern Florida. Members also advanced Marjorie Rollinson’…

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee holds an annual oversight hearing of Wall Street firms, with CEOs from Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and …

“I was a part of the problem. I am here now standing as a man that wants to be a part of the solution,' said musician Jason "Jelly Roll” DeFord as he testified before the Senate Banking, Hou…

The Senate voted to invoke cloture on Christopher Koos' nomination to be a director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a five-year term.

The Senate Aging Committee held a hearing to examine how scammers are using artificial intelligence to create voice clones and deepfakes to target older Americans. Philadelphia attorney Gary…

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) promoted President Biden’s economic policies at the Center for American Progress' annual IDEAS conference in Washington, D.C. She credited the American Rescue…

Witnesses with rare diseases, advocates for medical ethics, and therapeutic industry professionals discussed access to research and treatment for rare diseases before the Senate Special Agin…

The Senate confirmed the nomination of Jerry Edwards Jr. to be a U.S. District Court judge for the Western District of Louisiana, and voted to limit debate on the nomination of Brandon Long …

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on how to better combat financing for terrorism. This occurred amid Hamas' recent attack on Israel and Iran’s long-stan…

The Senate confirmed the nomination of Nathalie Rayes to be U.S. ambassador to Croatia. Republicans blocked consideration of legislation providing emergency aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwa…