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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 471

Senate Judiciary Committee

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, center, joined by Sen. Lindsey Graham, left, the ranking member, at a hearing on how to stem the rise in hate crimes in America, at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
September 18, 2024, 6:17 pm
US senators spar over approach to tackling antisemitism in combative committee hearing
Democratic chair says types of bigotry shouldn’t be ranked, while panel’s top Republican says lawmakers must ‘act not just in general, but specifically’ on antisemitism
By Ron Kampeas
Eli Rosenbaum, director of the Human Rights Enforcement Strategy and Policy and counselor for War Crimes Accountability at the US Department of Justice, testifies about the war in Ukraine during a Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 28, 2022. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
September 29, 2022, 1:06 pm
US laws hamper efforts to prosecute war criminals, warns top Nazi hunter
Eli Rosenbaum tells Senate Judiciary Committee that Russian war criminals should not be able to find safe refuge in America, as many Nazi offenders did
By AFP
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, joined at right by Majority Whip Dick Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, speaks to reporters after a Democratic policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 14, 2021. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
January 27, 2022, 10:23 am
Democrats seek fast confirmation of new US Supreme Court seat, taking cue from GOP
Majority Leader Schumer, Judiciary Committee Chairman Durbin plan to move fast when Biden makes his pick – whom he’s said will be a Black woman – even before Justice Breyer retires
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO
Judge Merrick Garland, US President Joe Biden's pick to be attorney general, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 22, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
March 1, 2021, 11:50 pm
US Senate panel votes to advance Merrick Garland’s nomination to be AG
Confirmation vote could come within days; top Republican on judiciary committee to back the nominee, calls him ‘an honorable man’
By MICHAEL BALSAMO
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., questions Mark Zuckerberg, Chief Executive Officer of Facebook, and Jack Dorsey, Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Facebook and Twitter's actions around the closely contested election on Nov. 17, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
November 24, 2020, 4:41 am
Amid criticism, Dianne Feinstein steps down as top Judiciary Democrat
Veteran California senator under fire for handling of Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings; Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin to seek position
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and Matthew Daly
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, US President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, arrives for closed meetings with senators, at the Capitol in Washington, October 21, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
October 25, 2020, 10:34 pm
Senate votes to advance Barrett Supreme Court nomination; confirmation on Monday
Democrats set for last-ditch filibuster attempt, arguing that election winner should fill vacancy left by the late justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
US Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney on October 21, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
October 22, 2020, 6:48 pm
Senate panel advances Barrett Supreme Court nomination; Democrats boycott vote
Decision now to come before entire Senate ahead of final confirmation; Democrats, rather than showing, place posters at desks of those who stand to lose if court outlaws Obamacare
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
White House lawyer Steven Menashi, US President Donald Trump's nominee for US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, appears for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
September 12, 2019, 4:53 am
Senators blast Jewish Trump judicial nominee for silence at hearing
White House counsel Steven Menashi censured by members of both parties, grilled about his defense of Israel as both a liberal democracy and a Jewish state
By Matthew Daly
US President Donald Trump speaks during a "Make America Great Again" rally at Landers Center in Southaven, Mississippi, on October 2, 2018. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP)
October 3, 2018, 7:58 am
After days of restraint, Trump mocks Kavanaugh accuser
US president laments ‘scary time for young men in America’ where ‘you’re guilty until proven innocent;’ FBI accused of inaction over investigation into sexual assault claims
By Sebastian Smith and Issam Ahmed
Senate Judiciary Committee member Senator Jeff Flake, center, speaks with colleagues after a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on September 28, 2018. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski)
September 30, 2018, 6:26 am
Behind Kavanaugh probe, an emotional elevator pitch to a skeptical senator
GOP’s Jeff Flake appeared to change his mind and demand an FBI investigation after two women cornered him and recounted their experiences as sexual assault victims
By Colleen Long and Laurie Kellman
Activist demonstrate against US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in front of the court in Washington, DC, on September 28, 2018. (AFP/Eric BARADAT)
September 30, 2018, 5:26 am
FBI Kavanaugh probe won’t look at Jewish woman’s accusations — report
White House said to be controlling whom the agency can interview and will not include Julie Swetnick, who alleged that the Supreme Court nominee fondled girls, drank excessively
By ToI Staff and AP
Supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on September 27, 2018. (AFP/Pool/Michael Reynolds)
September 28, 2018, 10:03 pm
Senate committee backs Kavanaugh for Supreme Court vote with call for FBI probe
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake asks for one week investigation into sexual assault allegations against the high court nominee before full Senate vote
By Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to address the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York September 27, 2018. (AFP/Timothy A. Clary)
September 28, 2018, 2:54 pm
Bombshells instead of cartoon bombs: 9 things to know for September 28
Netanyahu is praised for a UN speech that is not just gimmicks, but some refuse to heed him; Abbas is seen as weak as Gaza girds for war, and Israelis are glued to Ford-Kavanaugh
By Joshua Davidovich
In this file photo taken on September 19, 2018, Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh leaves his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland. (AFP/ GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / WIN MCNAMEE)
September 23, 2018, 9:52 pm
Brett Kavanaugh accuser agrees to testify before Congress on Thursday
Christine Blasey Ford commits to open hearing as sides continue talks over testimony on accusations the Trump supreme court nominee sexually assaulted her in high school
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and Jonathan Lemire
Committee Chairman Senator Richard Burr (R), along with Vice Chairman Senator Mark Warner (L), listens to testimony by former FBI Director James Comey during a hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill June 8, 2017 in Washington, DC. (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)
November 24, 2017, 11:25 am
Congressional Russia probes likely to head into 2018
Emerging details in investigations into election meddling likely to keep three committees busy for months
By MARY CLARE JALONICK
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