U.S. Senate Democrats and Republicans clinched a late-night deal on Wednesday trading trial court judges for appellate court ...

The lame duck period also provides the senators with their last opportunities to make requests of the outgoing president — ...

It was a historic Friday in Western New York, as Judge Meredith Vacca was officially sworn in to serve in the Western ...

Republicans are facing backlash after President Biden and Majority Leader Schumer scored judicial wins as a result of GOP Senate absences.

Congress is gone from Washington and won’t return until December and there’s a long list of things lawmakers still need to ...

Ten nominees to D.C.'s local courts are currently awaiting confirmation by the U.S. Senate, including one to fill a seat that ...

The Senate majority leader is staying out of Republican turmoil over the more contentious picks for strategic reasons.

President-elect Donald Trump has urged GOP senators to do everything possible to block further confirmation of judges ...

The Senate won’t hold votes on four of President Joe Biden’s appellate court nominees as part of a deal with Republicans to ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office defended a deal Thursday to trade four appeals court nominees for faster ...

I'm Trevor Shirley in Washington. Several Republican senators have skipped key votes this week, letting Democrats easily confirm several federal judges. I've got that story coming up just ahead.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) remains on track to match — or break — the Trump-era record of judicial ...