The Senate Judiciary Committee's top Democrat, Richard Durbin, says he'll hold up nominations over a "precedent" set by VP JD ...

Durbin derailed the Trump administration's hopes of quickly confirming U.S. attorney nominations this week, by announcing he would block the confirmation of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of ...

The resolution passed in advance of the Committee’s executive business meeting on Thursday, where eight bipartisan bills in ...

John Squires, President Trump’s nominee for Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) testified ...

The Senate minority whip argued that the vice president — formerly a senator — set a new precedent with his own hold on ...

A new battle is stirring on Capitol Hill as Senate Democrats have threatened to not move forward with confirmations of ...

A bipartisan group of senators introduced a resolution this week calling for the return of abducted Ukrainian children from ...

Dick Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary ... Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley on Friday called the block by Durbin an “aggressive, unprecedented attack” on the criminal ...

Ed Martin's nomination hit a roadblock after Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., came out in opposition over Martin's support for Jan.

In the Senate, which must approve a president's nominees for U.S. attorney, at least two Democrats are prepared to invoke a ...

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) is employing a tactic previously used by the GOP as he holds up the confirmation process for one of ...