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The Senate Judiciary chairman wants to confirm President Biden’s pending judicial nominations before Republicans take control of Washington.

Democrats rush to approve judges, give Biden as many confirmations as Trump

Senate Republicans have a new leader for the first time in 18 years. Sen. John Thune will replace Mitch McConnell, Ky.

Thune, Barrasso, Cotton to make up Senate Republican leadership team

In four swing states Donald Trump won the presidential vote while the Republican Senate candidate lost. A pollster explains how.

How did Trump win states that Republican Senate candidates lost?

Failure for Congress to act will result in a government shutdown and a potential default on the nation’s debt.

Congress needs to fund gov and military, pass farm bill and raise debt ceiling

As of Monday afternoon, McCormick was up by approximately 40,000 votes with a little over 100,000 ballots left to be counted.

Casey hasn’t conceded PA Senate race, McCormick not invited to orientation

Donald Trump said Tom Homan, his new border czar will also be in charge of deporting all illegal aliens back to their country of origin.

Trump border czar Tom Homan says cartels to be designated terrorist orgs

The suit is asking for an injunction to stop the counting of Philadelphia ballots that may not be properly filed.

PA Senate candidate Dave McCormick files suit over ballots in Philadelphia

10 candidates who support the Texas Nationalist Movement were elected to the state legislature. They signed a pledge to support TEXIT.

Candidates who support Texas secession elected to state Legislature

There’s been speculation that Justices Clarence Thomas or Samuel Alito may retire during Trump’s second term, replaced by someone younger.

These are the judges Trump could nominate to the Supreme Court

Some Republican leadership positions in the House and Senate are going unchallenged, as the GOP hopes to take full control of Congress.

Republican leadership in Congress shaping up ahead of key vote

Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., won reelection, fending off a challenge from Republican Sam Brown.

Jacky Rosen wins Nevada Senate race, maintains Democrat’s seat

Harris is not the first VP to oversee Congress’ certification of a lost election, Al Gore did it in 2001 and Richard Nixon did it in 1961.

VP Harris will certify her own election defeat on Jan. 6

Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the filibuster is secure now that Republicans have won a majority in the chamber.

McConnell says filibuster is secure with Republican Senate majority

Massachusetts voters rejected a ballot measure to legalize natural psychedelic substances for those 21 and older.

Massachusetts voters reject measure to legalize psychedelics

Republicans who took part in Donald Trump’s fake elector scheme in 2020 are once again signed up to cast electoral votes for him in 2024.

Some of Trump’s 2024 electors facing felonies for fake 2020 elector scheme

President Biden’s press team changed the transcript of a comment he made to Latino voters, in which he called Trump supporters garbage.

White House changes transcript of Biden’s controversial ‘garbage’ remark

The committee investigating the COVID pandemic said he repeatedly lied and that they have witness testimony and documents to prove it.

House refers former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo to DOJ for lying to Congress

IRS whistleblowers said prosecutors demanded that they not ask questions about Joe Biden in an effort to affect that election.

FBI, IRS and DOJ all knew the Hunter Biden laptop was real: Whistleblowers

There’s a new statue in Washington D.C. located on the national mall across the street from the Capitol. It's poop on Nancy Pelosi’s desk.

Why is there poop on a desk in Washington, DC?

At least three counties in Pennsylvania are conducting investigations into potentially fraudulent mail-in ballot and voter registrations.

3 Pennsylvania counties investigating potential voter fraud

The Justice Department has opened 12 investigations into police departments since 2021 and determined four violated civil rights.

DOJ hasn’t reached settlements with police accused of civil rights violations

Mexico has been apprehending more migrants than the United States since May, as part of the country’s biggest migration crackdown ever.

Mexico is apprehending more migrants headed to America than US Border Patrol

It’s an important ruling because the trespassing statute was used to charge more than 1,400 people involved in the riot.

Appeals court upholds Jan. 6 defendant’s trespassing conviction

A group of Senate Republicans plan to introduce a bill that would cut off US funding for the UN if Israel loses its status as a full member.

Senate Republicans want to stop US funding for UN if Israel’s status is downgraded

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