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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., listens as the Senate Judiciary Committee begins debate on Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination for the Supreme Court, in Washington, April 4, 2022. Democrats’ efforts to temporarily replace Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee met quick opposition Monday, April 17, 2023, from some Republicans, potentially complicating the plan even as some of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees remain on hold during her extended medical absence. Feinstein last week asked to be temporarily replaced on the Senate Judiciary Committee while she recuperates in her home state from a case of shingles. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP senators say they’ll reject Democrats’ plan to replace Feinstein on judiciary committee

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., arrives for the Senate Democratic Caucus leadership election at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. Feinstein's months-long absence from the Senate has become a growing problem for Democrats. Feinstein's vote is critical to confirm President Joe Biden's nominees to the federal courts, but Feinstein is away from the Senate indefinitely as she recovers from the shingles. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate Democrat: Sen. Feinstein ‘made the right decision’ to step off Judiciary panel amid absence

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, speaks during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 9, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

House Judiciary Committee members to include New York lawmakers in field hearing focused on crime

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., listens as the Senate Judiciary Committee begins debate on Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination for the Supreme Court, on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 4, 2022. Feinstein announced Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, that she will not seek reelection in 2024, signaling the end of a groundbreaking political career spanning six decades. Feinstein said in a statement that she intended to remain in Congress through the end of her term. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Dianne Feinstein to take break from key Senate committee so Biden judicial picks can advance

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio talks to Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on what Republicans say is the politicization of the FBI and Justice Department and attacks on American civil liberties on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg in the hot seat as Rep. Jim Jordan plans field hearing on crime

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

FBI Director Christopher Wray, speaks at the FBI Norfolk Field Office, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, in Chesapeake, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

FBI’s plan to spy on Catholic churches was shared with bureau field offices across U.S.

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, questions Postmaster General Louis DeJoy during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP)

IRS sent agent to Twitter Files journalist’s home on day of House weaponization committee testimony

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden, listens as Attorney General Merrick Garland, left, speaks during a virtual meeting with family and independent farmers and ranchers at the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, to discuss work to boost competition and reduce prices in the meat-processing industry. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

How local cops balked when Biden, AG Garland unleashed counterterrorism agents on school parents

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a press conference at Louisville Metro Hall in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, March 8, 2023. The U.S. Justice Department has found Louisville police have engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights following an investigation prompted by the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley

Biden admin used counterterrorism powers against parents without cause: House Judiciary report

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 5, 2016, photo, Mike Weinstein, director of training and security at the National Armory gun store and gun range, wears a Ruger 1911 handgun in a holster as he teaches a concealed weapons permit class in Pompano Beach, Fla. Florida might grant authority to 2 million civilians who can lawfully carry guns tucked in waistbands, under jackets or inside purses into restaurants, shopping malls and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) **FILE**

GOP senators push law to codify Supreme Court’s Second Amendment ruling

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., talks to reporters before leaving Capitol Hill in Washington, on Friday, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

House antitrust panel taking aim at Big Government instead of Big Tech

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Charles McGonigal, former special agent in charge of the FBI's counterintelligence division in New York, leaves court, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in New York. The former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official has been indicted on charges he helped a Russian oligarch, in violation of U.S. sanctions. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ** FILE **

Arrest of former FBI official revives Trump-Russia conspiracy theories

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - North Carolina state Rep. Destin Hall, R-Lenoir, speaks during the House session, Nov. 4, 2021, in Raleigh, N.C. The North Carolina General Assembly began a repeat effort on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, to enact a law requiring sheriffs to hold jail inmates whom federal immigration agents are interested in picking up. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP, File)

North Carolina lawmakers try again to make sheriffs help ICE

By Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press

Toddler with a phone. Using smart devices to calm or occupy toddlers during tantrums could stunt their healthy emotional development and make them more volatile over time, according to a new study. File photo credit: Norman Ong via Shutterstock.

Lawmakers rail against tech platforms’ alleged danger to kids, pledge new bills

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. President and Chief Financial Officer Joe Berchtold appears before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to examine promoting competition and protecting consumers in live entertainment on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senators browbeat Ticketmaster honcho but don’t offer a quick fix for complaints about the company

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks before former President Donald Trump at a rally in support of the campaign of Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance at Wright Bros. Aero Inc. at Dayton International Airport on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Vandalia, Ohio. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

House GOP sharpens knives for probes, tells senior Biden officials to get ready to testify

By Joseph Clark and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The FBI seal is displayed on a podium before a news conference at the agency's headquarters on June 14, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Ex-FBI agent declines interview with Judiciary Republicans over agency bias

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

The J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building is seen in Washington, March 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Whistleblowers reveal pattern of sexual harassment, sexual misconduct at FBI

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during a hearing with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

From ‘legislative terrorist’ to likely Judiciary chairman: The unexpected trajectory of Jim Jordan

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko testifies to a Senate Judiciary hearing examining data security at risk, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Twitter compromised by spies from China and India, whistleblower tells lawmakers

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times