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WATCH: Senate Judiciary Committee holds ATF director nomination hearing as nation mourns Texas school shooting

By News Desk

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Steven Dettelbach as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The committee also considered the nomination of several federal judges.

WATCH: Senate sends $40 billion Ukraine aid bill to Biden for signature

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

The Senate has whisked a $40 billion package of military, economic and food aid for Ukraine and U.S. allies to final congressional approval.

Russian forces withdraw from Kharkiv region following weeks of bombardments

By Oleksandr Stashevskyi, David Keyton, Associated Press

Ukraine’s general staff said the Russians were pulling back from the northeastern city of Kharkiv and focusing on guarding supply routes, while launching mortar, artillery and airstrikes in the eastern Donetsk province in order to “deplete Ukrainian forces and destroy…

WATCH: Senate vote on federal abortion rights bill fails

By Associated Press

President Joe Biden has called on Democrats to enshrine the nearly 50-year-old Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade into law after the disclosure of a draft opinion that would overturn the landmark decision that declared a constitutional right to…

WATCH: Schumer vows to hold vote on abortion legislation, but stops short of filibuster changes

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer angrily denounced as an “abomination” the Supreme Court’s leaked draft decision that would overturn the nation’s landmark Roe v. Wade ruling.

WATCH: Senate debates bill to help build domestic technology supply chains amid shrinking economy

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

The debate comes amidst news that the U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of the year, and faces threats from high inflation and rising interest rates.

WATCH: Jackson ‘the justice we need now’, says Sen. Patrick Leahy in Supreme Court confirmation vote

By News Desk

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., spoke in support of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on April 7 during her Senate confirmation vote. Leahy cited her education and judicial experience, as well as the diversity she’d bring to the court, as…

WATCH: Judge Jackson ‘navigated the double jeopardy of racism and sexism’ to ‘stand in the glory of this moment’ says Warnock

By News Desk

Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., spoke in support of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Senate confirmation vote on April 7. He said he was “beyond thrilled” to vote for her confirmation.

WATCH: Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The Senate has confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his effort to diversify the court.