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US Senate Democrats rush to confirm judges before Trump takes office

The U.S. Senate's Democratic majority began a crusade on Tuesday to confirm as many new federal judges nominated by President Joe Biden as possible to avoid leaving vacancies that Republican Donald Trump could fill after taking office on Jan.

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Roll Call · 3h

GOP considers handing Trump a path around Senate confirmations

Leadership hopefuls have flirted with giving President-elect Donald Trump power to avoid the confirmation process for his Cabinet nominees.

HuffPost · 1d

Trump Demands Next GOP Senate Leader Agree To ‘Recess Appointments’

Any Republican Senator seeking the coveted LEADERSHIP position in the United States Senate must agree to Recess Appointments (in the Senate!), without which we will not be able to get people confirmed in a timely manner,

Tom Cotton, Senate Intelligence Committee

New York Post on MSN · 8h

Tom Cotton poised to chair powerful Senate intelligence panel

Though Sens. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) outrank Cotton in seniority on the Intelligence Committee, they are expected to let Cotton leapfrog them to assume the chairmanship, senior Senate GOP sources confirmed.

U.S. News & World Report · 15h

Tom Cotton to Be Chair of Senate Intelligence Committee, Punchbowl News Reports

Tom Cotton is set to be the chair of the U.S. Senate intelligence committee, Punchbowl News reporter Jake Sherman said in a post on social media platform X on Tuesday. (Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru,

FOX News on MSN · 10h

Tom Cotton likely to succeed Marco Rubio in top Intelligence Committee post

Tom Cotton is expected to become the next chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence after President-elect Donald Trump appoints current Vice Chairman Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to the role of Secretary of State in his new administration.

AP Called the Arizona Senate Race for Ruben Gallego

Arizona Republic on MSN · 20h

Ruben Gallego wins US Senate race, making Arizona history

Gallego, 44, posted a message on the social-media platform X that simply said: "Gracias, Arizona!"Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Asked at a Monday night news conference to reflect on becoming Arizona's first elected Latino U.

The Washington Post · 18h

Democrat Ruben Gallego wins Arizona US Senate race against Republican Kari Lake

Democrat Ruben Gallego has been elected Arizona’s first Latino U.S. senator, defeating Republican Kari Lake and preventing Republicans from further padding their Senate majority. Gallego’s victory continues a string of Democratic successes for the Senate in a state that was reliably Republican for those seats until Donald Trump was elected president in 2016.

U.S. News & World Report · 20h

Why AP Called the Arizona Senate Race for Ruben Gallego

The Associated Press declared Democrat Ruben Gallego the winner of Arizona’s U.S. Senate seat after vote updates on Monday and over the weekend increased his statewide lead and closed off any remainin

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Lummis Uncommitted For Senate Majority Leader, Calls Report She's Backing Thune "Fake News"

With the U.S. Senate leadership elections coming up Wednesday, Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis says she’s uncommitted on who ...

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The Latest: More than a dozen races left to be called to determine control of Congress

Control over the U.S. House of Representatives still hangs in the balance, teetering between a Republican or Democratic ...

Trump’s Demand to Skirt Senate Confirmations Poses Early Test of a Radical Second Term

The once and future president is pushing Republicans to systematically abdicate the Senate’s constitutional role in vetting ...

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Trump looms large as Congress faces shutdown threat and ‘dizzying’ to-do list

Donald Trump won’t arrive back in the White House until January. But he’ll have fingerprints over every piece of the lame ...

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Trump calls on contenders for Senate GOP leadership to allow ‘recess appointments.’ Here’s what that means.

Congress makes its return to Capitol Hill this week ... “Any Republican Senator seeking the coveted LEADERSHIP position in ...

Trump's Republicans win control of US Senate, make gains in House

WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate with victories in Montana, Ohio and West ...

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Congress returns to Washington as GOP prepares to take control

Returning lawmakers will be choosing the leaders for the next Congress and finishing work on the remaining priorities of the ...

How common is unified government? What to know after GOP won Congress and White House

On Nov. 11, Decision Desk HQ projected that the GOP would win at least 219 seats in the House of Representatives, allowing it ...

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Congress returns to unfinished business and a new Trump era

Congress returns to a changed Washington. Lawmakers are back in town this week for the start of what's called the “lame duck, ...

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