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Dick Durbin slams Roberts for failing to make sure SCOTUS doesn't have the 'lowest ethical standards'
"I'm sorry to see Chief Justice Roberts end the term without taking action on the ethical issues pl…
Brent D. Griffiths
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The trips Justice Clarence Thomas took with Harlan Crow — that we know of
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has taken several vacations with GOP mega-donor Harlan Crow, …
Erin Snodgrass
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin wants GOP senators to 'show a little kindness' toward Dianne Feinstein as they appear unlikely to help Democrats temporarily replace her on the panel
Durbin wants his GOP colleagues to give Feinstein "a dignified departure" from the Judiciary panel.…
John L. Dorman
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Dick Durbin said calls to impeach Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas are 'not realistic'
"I would think that Justice Thomas should recuse himself from any decisions that relate to the Janu…
John L. Dorman
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The Senate just announced a hearing 'to explore the grim reality of a post-Roe America' as the Supreme Court revokes abortion rights
"Millions of Americans are waking up in a country where they have fewer rights than their parents a…
Bryan Metzger
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Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey presses senators for action on gun safety
McConaughey has made his case directly to top lawmakers as Congress weighs legislative action in th…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Key Democrats and Republicans are reviving immigration reform talks. Advocates see hope for action before pro-Trump hardliners like Jim Jordan take charge if they win the midterms.
"I've always been sympathetic to giving them some certainty," Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn tol…
Warren Rojas
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6 major takeaways from Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic Supreme Court confirmation hearings
Democrats praised Jackson's nomination and judicial record, while Republicans aired past grievances…
Oma Seddiq,Sonam Sheth
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Sen. Ted Cruz repeatedly defies Sen. Dick Durbin's pleas to stop questioning Ketanji Brown Jackson after his time expired
"You can bang it as loud as you want," Cruz said after a visibly frustrated Durbin hit his gavel tw…
Oma Seddiq
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Sen. Lindsey Graham interrupted SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson so many times that Sen. Dick Durbin intervened to let her speak
"She's had nothing to do with the Kavanaugh hearings," Durbin told Graham after he asked Ketanji Br…
Oma Seddiq
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Top Democrat slams Mitch McConnell as the 'one living senator who has effectively changed the size of the Supreme Court' over his blocking of Obama nominee Merrick Garland
Republicans have renewed their concerns over "court packing" as they consider the Supreme Court nom…
Oma Seddiq
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Durbin swats back at Josh Hawley over attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson's record on sex offenders, even using the National Review to make his point
Durbin quoted a conservative publication that called Hawley's attack "meritless to the point of dem…
Brent D. Griffiths,Oma Seddiq
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The embattled Trump-era head of federal prisons is stepping down under political pressure
Michael Carvajal, a Trump-era head of the Bureau of Prisons, is stepping down. Democrats have calle…
C. Ryan Barber
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Reversing Trump policy, Biden's DOJ says federal inmates released into home confinement during COVID won't need to return to prison when the state of emergency ends
Thousands of inmates sent home to avoid spreading COVID-19 won't be required to return to prison af…
C. Ryan Barber
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Top Democrat calls on Biden administration to fire the Trump-era head of federal prisons, citing inmate abuse and the death of Jeffrey Epstein
Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal has "shown no intenti…
Charles Davis
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Democrats reveal their criticisms and frustrations with Biden's attorney general Merrick Garland
Biden allies tell Insider they're growing frustrated with Attorney General Merrick Garland's judge-…
C. Ryan Barber
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Student-loan borrowers 'who have no other place to turn' should be able to get rid of their debt in court, a top Democratic senator says — but Biden continues to stall those efforts
Biden's Education Department has repeatedly opposed student-loan borrowers' efforts to cancel their…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden's Education Department must continue to 'undo the harm' Trump caused student-loan borrowers by wiping out debt for an additional 3,600 defrauded students, a top Democratic senator says
"It is evident that Illinois students have waited far too long for relief," Sen. Durbin said, refer…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Top Democrat Dick Durbin says Senate won't discuss gun control measures until after holiday weekend
Sen. Chuck Schumer also blamed Republican colleagues for being "unwilling to do what it takes to ke…
Jake Epstein
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The second-ranked Senate Democrat isn't sure Biden's big spending bill will pass at all with Manchin sending mixed signals: 'I've been burned by this stove enough times'
Sen. Dick Durbin has all but given up on passing Biden's economic agenda, blaming Manchin and Sinem…