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Jeffrey Epstein, Senate and Democrats

CBS News on MSN · 1d

Senate Democrats seek to force release of Jeffrey Epstein files with rarely used "Rule of Five" law

Senate Democrats are trying to force the Justice Department to release the Epstein files using a little-known law.

FOX6 News Milwaukee · 1h

Democrats invoke rare Senate rule to demand DOJ release Epstein files

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he was compelling the Justice Department and FBI to release the Jeffrey Epstein files though a century-old law.

The Washington Post on MSN · 18h

Live updates: Senate Democrats say they are prepared to sue Trump administration over Epstein files

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) said Wednesday that Senate Democrats are prepared to sue to force the Justice Department to disclose material related to Jeffrey Epstein. Schumer sent a letter to the Justice Department on Wednesday invoking a rarely used 1928 law to demand that the administration make public the records involving the disgraced financier who died in federal custody in 2019 after his arrest on sex trafficking charges.

Trump, Senate GOP and Democrats

CBS News on MSN · 19h

Senate GOP threatens confirmations rule change amid Democrats' "path of obstruction" on Trump's nominees

Senate Republicans are mulling a possible rule change to allow them to more swiftly confirm President Trump's nominees amid Democrats' efforts to slow the process in protest to the president's policies.

Reuters on MSN · 23h

US Senate confirms Trump nominee Susan Monarez as CDC director

The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday night 51-47 along party lines to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee, Susan Monarez, as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, charged with leading the response to threats against public health.

Fox News · 22m

Senate GOP eyes rules revolt as Dems stonewall Trump nominees

Senate Republicans mull shortening debate time or packaging together nominees to speed up the confirmation process, but Senate Democrats warn that they too could take advantage of any precedent changes.

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Democrats got a top Senate recruit in North Carolina. Now they’re trying to find more

Democrats landed the biggest recruiting win of the 2026 midterm elections to date when former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper ...

MSNBC Democrats mock Cory Booker's political 'theater' stunt on the Senate floor

Democratic panelists on "Morning Joe" derided Cory Booker's bombastic Senate performance, calling it political theater that ...

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'Willing to be complicit': Booker yells at fellow Dems on Senate floor

New Jersey Democrat Sen. Cory Booker yelled at his colleagues on the Senate floor, arguing they were “complicit” with ...

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US Senate committee approves Trump's UN envoy pick, nomination heads to full vote

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday voted narrowly in favor of Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump's pick ...

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune readying Russia sanctions as deadline for Ukraine cease-fire shortens to 10 days

He’s somebody who is animated largely by trying to get to a peaceful solution,” the Republican leader said of Trump. “We want ...

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Senate hearing on critical minerals reveals U.S. strategy in Africa

Senators turned their attention Wednesday to securing U.S. access to critical minerals in Africa, an increasingly urgent ...

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Lara Trump skips North Carolina US Senate race, clears way for Cooper versus Whatley

President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump on Thursday said she would not run for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina ...

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Student senate scholars get lessons in democracy at Kennedy institute

Twenty-seven 10th-graders are the first group of the Kennedy-Breyer Civic Scholars at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the ...

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