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The Senate approved House-passed legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for two years. Section 702 allows the U.S. to monitor foreign citi…

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 …

U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Timothy Lenderking and Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for the Middle East Daniel Shapiro testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near E…

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…

Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young testified before the Senate Budget Committee on President Biden’s fiscal year 2025 budget request. She touted the successes of the adm…

U.S. Northern Command Commander Gen. Gregory Guillot and U.S. Southern Command Commander Gen. Laura Richardson testified on security challenges affecting the Western Hemisphere. Such challen…

Officials from the State Department, Defense Department, and U.S. Agency for International Development testified on U.S. strategy in the Pacific Islands region before the Senate Foreign Rela…

Witnesses, including a reproductive health professional, an economist, a “pro-life” advocate, and a mother who experienced a 20-week abortion, testified on abortion access and the economic c…

House and Senate Democrats speoke with reporters about efforts to pass an aid package for Ukraine. They were joined by former National Security Council official Alexander Vindman and several…

“We are aware of the many important lifesaving drugs that your companies have produced ... but I think as all of you know, those drugs mean nothing to anybody who cannot afford it,” said Sen…

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing on improving retirement plans for Americans. According to Chair Bernie Sanders (I-VT), almost 45% of Americans betwe…

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 continued work on legislation providing $95.3 billion in foreign aid to Israel, Taiwan, and Ukraine. Members took no votes.

The Senate voted in favor of advancing consideration of legislation providing security aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, and humanitarian aid for civilians in the Gaza Strip. This came aft…

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on foreign governments that repress dissenters abroad with intimidation and violence, and how the U.S. government can more effectively c…

The Senate Health Committee held a public hearing to examine the obesity and diabetes epidemics. Topics included how these diseases have turned into epidemics in the U.S., prevention and tre…

Stakeholders in technology, business and the regulatory sectors testified before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions subcommittee on the integration of artificial intelligence (AI…

Nathaniel Fick, ambassador-at-large for cyberspace and digital policy, and Matthew Graviss, chief data and artificial intelligence officer for the State Department, testified on strategic co…

The Senate voted in favor of tabling a resolution on Israel’s human rights practices. Members also voted to advance a temporary spending bill to avert a government shutdown on January 19. Th…