Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) has joined his Illinois colleague Sen. Tammy Duckworth‘s (D-IL) opposition to Nirav Shah seeking the Senate candidacy in Maine, with both lawmakers citing the hopeful’s role in a deadly 2015 Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that occurred while he was at the helm of the Illinois Department of Public Health. Duckworth voiced opposition to Shah […]

Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett made their case to a pair of panels in the House and Senate for increased security funding for the Supreme Court, but they also fielded other questions about their work during their rare jaunt to Congress. The Supreme Court’s security, emergency docket, code of ethics, and leaks were […]

The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced charges against a Louisiana man who allegedly killed a U.S. marshal on Monday during a standoff in the man’s bedroom. Clarence Frazier Jr., 48, was charged with the murder of Deputy U.S. Marshal Drew Hanson after Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office and U.S. marshals attempted to execute a warrant at […]

The House passed legislation Tuesday to make daylight saving time permanent, a measure that could end the yearly time change of “springing forward” and “falling back.”  Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) has introduced the Sunshine Protection Act every Congress since 2018 before it passed the House by a margin of 308-117 on Tuesday, with 95 Democrats […]