Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her first hearing since her confirmation.

Kash Patel returns to Capitol Hill for a House hearing on FBI reforms, Charlie Kirk’s assassination, and criticism from Democrats and Republicans.

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday showed the sharp divide between the left and the right on how justice in the US is being carried out.

Nerves were raw, and Bondi was clearly ready for a fight. Here are five takeaways from the hearing. Recent Trump administration officials, including Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and FBI Director Kash Patel, have relied on a clear playbook for testimony before hostile congressional committees.

Senators on Wednesday welcomed President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s pronouncement that the bicameral conference committee meeting tackling the national budget will now be livestreamed.

The House has not been in session for several weeks amid the shutdown. Some GOP lawmakers say it’s time for it to return.

Bondi, a Trump loyalist, largely deflected direct questions and attacked Democratic senators during her nearly five hours of testimony. Here’s how the hearing unfolded. Just before 2 p.m., the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing finally came to a close.

Kevin Rhodes received the Senate’s approval to lead the Office of Federal Procurement Policy on Oct. 2. He was one of dozens of nominees to be confirmed.

In a move that shows the government budget cycle is never truly over, appropriators in the Michigan Senate on Wednesday took their first steps toward instituting the House’s earmark transparency rules into state law.

A new joint Texas House and Senate committee has been launched to look into the deadly and devastating flooding that swept through the Texas Hill Country in July.

The Senate will return to Capitol Hill today as the shutdown hits the two-week mark with no indication there has been any progress made toward ending the stalemate.