The Judiciary Committee advanced 24 judicial picks to the full Senate Thursday in a marathon voting session that underscored Democrats' new advantage in their expanded majority and the potentially bitter partisan divide on nominations that could play out for the next two years.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has brought on Debevoise & Plimpton for legal services related to a possible impeachment inquiry against Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a DHS spokesperson confirmed to Law360 on Friday.
Former Twitter executives said Wednesday that they erred in temporarily blocking a story about the laptop of President Joe Biden's son Hunter during the 2020 election, but said there had been no coordinated government or campaign effort to pressure them into the decision and broadly defended their work on the platform's content moderation.
The Judiciary Committee advanced 24 judicial picks to the full Senate Thursday in a marathon voting session that underscored Democrats' new advantage in their expanded majority and the potentially bitter partisan divide on nominations that could play out for the next two years.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan issued his first subpoenas of Biden administration officials Friday, demanding documents concerning the administration's warnings about and responses to harassment and threats against school officials, which Republicans have castigated as intimidation of parents.