Democrats are barreling forward with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation after she emerged from two days of high-profile questioning largely unscathed.
Former President Trump's criticism of efforts to change an arcane election law are adding new urgency and uncertainty into bipartisan negotiations in the Senate.
Sen. John Thune (S.D.), the No. 2 Senate Republican and a close ally of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), on Saturday announced he will run for reelection in 2022.
Republicans are hoping that a short-term debt extension takes some of the Democratic pressure off Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) to reform the filibuster.