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Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast McKayla Maroney went on the attack Wednesday as she testified about the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.

Tuesday on FNC’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson questioned how Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was not using his position of the Senate Judiciary Committee to stop Biden’s judicial picks from sailing through the confirmation process.

The framework for a $3.5 trillion Democrat budget resolution includes plans to provide amnesty to millions of illegal aliens living in the United States via the filibuster-proof reconciliation process.

On Thursday morning the Senate Judiciary Committee split evenly on advancing David Chipman’s nomination to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).

During opening comments in the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings Sen. Charles Grassley (R) suggested ATF nominee David Chipman appears to view ordinary American gun owners with “contempt.”

The Senate confirmed Kristen Clarke to head the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division with only one vote from Sen. Susan Collins.

Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee Chuck Grassley (R-IA) wrote an op-ed Tuesday, calling the Democrats’ current attempt to pack the Supreme Court “way off base.”

Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) said it was “absolutely outrageous” for Democrats to frame Georgia’s new election law as reminiscent of Jim Crow laws.

Sen. Ted Cruz hammered Vanita Gupta on the Senate Floor Thursday as one of the most “hard left” partisan radicals President Joe Biden has nominated.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) sent a letter Wednesday to the Justice Department and intelligence community asking that documents be handed over to Congress on any information tying Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, to Chinese government-connected foreign nationals he did business with.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) abruptly cut off Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) from finishing his remarks on nominee Vanita Gupta to immediately force her through Committee.

The Equality Act would essentially expand the definition of public accommodations to places of worship, redefining how they operate and subjecting them to discrimination suits, the Ethics and Public Policy Center’s Mary Rice Hasson told Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) during

Vanita Gupta, Biden’s nominee to be Associate Attorney General at the DOJ refused to say whether females should compete against males.

Judicial Crisis Network (JCN) launched Tuesday a $1 million ad campaign in hopes of preventing the confirmation of Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney General.

Durbin cast the January 6 breach of the Capitol Building as driven by white supremacy and not just protesting the 2020 election results.

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are refusing to hold hearings on Alejandro Mayorkas, President Joe Biden’s nominee to helm the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

On Tuesday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show,” Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) stated that she expects that if Republicans hold the majority in the Senate, the Senate Judiciary Committee will keep radical nominees off the bench, and that “if

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday praised Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) after the rising Republican Party star grilled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. 

Sen. Josh Hawley charged on Tuesday that “it is time” for America to take action against the big tech “robber barons.”

During a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee about tech censorship, Sen. Dick Blumenthal (D-CT) attacked the CEOs of Twitter and Facebook for not censoring enough conservative content, saying that the platforms had only taken “baby steps” to tackling “incendiary misinformation.”

Graham prevailed in the race for his U.S. Senate seat, despite a much-hyped challenge from DNC associate chairman Jaime Harrison.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) argued that social media CEOs should be subpoenaed to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee before the election. Hawley said, [relevant remarks

The Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Thursday for their censorship practices.

The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on Thursday to advance Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett out of the committee for a vote for full confirmation by the Senate next week.

Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats will boycott Amy Coney Barrett’s committee vote on her nomination to the Supreme Court.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) rushed to the defense of his colleague Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on Wednesday after leftists attacked the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee over her handling of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing, accusing her critics of being driven by “sexist” and “ageist” motivations.

During a press conference on Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) declined to say whether he plans on making any changes to the Senate Judiciary Committee in light of criticism that the committee’s Ranking Member, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) joined Breitbart News Saturday host Matthew Boyle on Sirius XM, where she discussed the email evidence of corruption surrounding former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.

The Washington Post, as well as several leftists, are criticizing Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) for her performance at the hearings this week for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, including Feinstein’s praise for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Feinstein is the ranking member on the committee.

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) has announced that he intends to vote to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Retired Judge Thomas Griffith noted that Amy Coney Barrett had ruled against a pro-life group and in favor of the death penalty, despite her Catholic beliefs.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) delivered a speech Thursday morning at the Senate Judiciary Committee in which he appealed for national unity — while calling supporters of President Donald Trump a “cult of personality.”

The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote next week to approve Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court on October 22. 

The Senate Judiciary Committee will start the fourth and final nomination hearing to confirm Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett.

Sen. Kamala Harris claimed on Wednesday that the Republican efforts to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court lack “legitimacy.” 

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) attempted to bait United States Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett into disavowing or approving of President Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy at the U.S.-Mexico border but ultimately failed.