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Members of the House select committee formed to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol laid out stark terms and, publicly for the first time, evidence that the violence that day was the result of weeks of coordinated efforts, stemming from false claims of election fraud, that the committee's chairman insisted was the "culmination of an attempted coup."

Members of the House select committee formed to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol laid out stark terms and, publicly for the first time, evidence that the violence that day was the result of weeks of coordinated efforts, stemming from false claims of election fraud, that the committee's chairman insisted was the "culmination of an attempted coup."

Two circuit court nominees with backgrounds as public defenders breezed through a Senate nominations hearing Wednesday, facing limited questioning from senators on the panel compared to most of President Joe Biden's appellate picks.

Senate Democrats are continuing to approve most of President Joe Biden's judicial nominees at a rapid pace, but while trial court judges have moved swiftly this year, there have been fewer circuit court confirmations as they prove more challenging.

Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee are calling for a second hearing for Nusrat Jahan Choudhury before her nomination to the Eastern District of New York moves forward, accusing her of having contradicted her own testimony and requesting the chance to question her again.

D.C. Circuit Judge David S. Tatel moved to senior status Monday, more than a year after announcing his intent to enter judicial semi-retirement and ahead of the confirmation of U.S. District Judge J. Michelle Childs, President Joe Biden's nominee to fill the seat he's leaving.

Democrats' push to codify abortion protections into law failed to advance in the Senate on Wednesday, leaving them without a clear path forward in the wake of a leaked draft opinion indicating the U.S. Supreme Court is prepared to overturn the decades-old Roe v. Wade precedent.

A federal judge nominated to the Seventh Circuit defended a past ruling upholding COVID-19 pandemic restrictions as Republicans pressed him during a Senate nominations hearing Wednesday on whether his decision undermined religious freedoms.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., made a procedural motion to move forward on Alvaro Bedoya's nomination to the Federal Trade Commission Monday, setting up a possible vote this week on the long-stalled nomination that would bring the FTC to full strength.

The Senate unanimously passed legislation Monday to extend security protections to immediate family members of U.S. Supreme Court justices in the wake of increased scrutiny and public protests following the leaked draft opinion indicating the court could be poised to overturn Roe v. Wade.