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

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

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.

The office of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is defending a reported deal where Democrats ceded four appeals court nominations in favor of confirming more of President Joe Biden’s lower-level ...

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

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 ...

Their agreement, which has angered progressive groups, means more of Biden’s district court picks will get votes, but none of ...

In an op-ed on 'the plan to fight back' against the incoming Trump administration, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Thursday provided a pep talk to anguished supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris as ...