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The U.S. Senate late Wednesday confirmed Magistrate Judge Matthew P. Brookman to the Southern District of Indiana by voice vote, giving a quick and unanimous approval to one of President Joe Biden's nominees who had support from two home-state Republican senators.
The Senate voted Wednesday to nullify the Biden administration's recent rule defining the scope of the federal government's jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act, sending the resolution to President Joe Biden's desk despite the White House's veto threat.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office fired back Thursday at demands from congressional Republicans for testimony and documents regarding his ongoing investigation of former President Donald Trump, calling it unprecedented and an "unlawful incursion" into local sovereignty.
Judge Thomas M. Durkin of the Northern District of Illinois is taking senior status in December, giving President Joe Biden another vacancy to fill on a trial court that already has three pending nominees who have been announced this year.