Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche faced bipartisan scrutiny Wednesday during his Senate confirmation hearing, where lawmakers questioned his role in a controversial settlement tied to President Donald Trump, the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and the agency’s independence under the second Trump administration. Appearing before the Senate …
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The Senate committee that oversees the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold a high-profile hearing next week after the abrupt firing of former CDC Director Susan Monarez, who was pressured to resign but refused. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, chaired by Sen. Bill Cassidy …
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Casey Quinlan, Nevada Current U.S. Senators grilled the executives of three major credit reporting bureaus Thursday on whether their practices are transparent and fair to consumers, with Democrats frequently pressing the CEOs to remove medical debt from the reports. Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, chair of the Senate Committee on …
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