President Joe Biden is nominating two Hispanic women who are sitting judges to federal appeals courts, including a nominee who would be the first Hispanic woman to ever sit on the Fifth Circuit, the White House announced Friday.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, subpoenaed Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan Wednesday for documents related to the commission's probe of Twitter, arguing that its voluntary compliance with congressional oversight requests had been "woefully insufficient."
Two top Republican lawmakers pressed the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday for documents related to the agency's mergers and acquisitions policy, reiterating a request from a handful of their GOP colleagues last month and saying the FTC has so far not complied.
Democratic senators are aiming to use Supreme Court funding through the appropriations process this year to force the justices to adopt a code of ethics, according to a letter from more than a dozen senators and a statement from a key subcommittee chair.
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's office sharply criticized House Republican committee chairs Friday for their inquiries into his probe and indictment of former President Donald Trump, calling their accusation that his work is politically motivated "baseless and inflammatory" and refusing to turn over to Congress details about the ongoing case.