Senate Judiciary Committee

Kentucky judges could soon have the ability to dismiss lawsuits designed to intimidate and censor speech.

A third of people held in federal prisons have received the vaccine already. But federal inmates make up just 10% of people incarcerated in the U.S. For others, vaccine timing is uncertain.

The Senate Rules and Homeland Security committees will hear from top military officials on their role in the insurrection. This, as a House panel weighs new Capitol security spending.

Louisville’s new civilian review board would be able to subpoena for police records if approved by a local judge, under a bill advancing in the state…

The former Supreme Court nominee will face the Senate this week as President Biden's pick to lead the Justice Department. If confirmed, he'll inherit a department reeling from political scandals.

The Senate Judiciary Committee held confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, this week.

Thursday was the fourth and final day hearings for President Trump's nominee. Next up in the process is the committee vote on Oct. 22.

President Trump's nominee deflected answering most questions, citing precedent that she can't weigh in on issues she may rule on. Weeks before the election, Democrats largely honed in on health care.

Questioned by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Barrett also said scholars "say that doesn't mean that Roe should be overruled, but descriptively it does mean that it's not a case that everyone has accepted."

The latest cases highlight the absence of a widespread testing program for Congress more than seven months after the World Health Organization declared a pandemic.