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Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., questions Colleen Shogan, nominee to be archivist of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee full committee hearing on Shogan's nomination on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Democrat’s bill to fight child sexual exploitation online picks up Republican support

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

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

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attends a press conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 29, 2022. Bolsonaro said he would only leave the Brazilian presidency when he was dead, jailed or ready for his second term. But Bolsonaro’s Oct. 30 loss to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva set off two months of relative silence for the self-styled standard-bearer of the Brazilian conservative movement. (AP Photo/Bruna Brado, File)

Dems move to strip Bolsonaro of U.S. visa, make him deportable

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that providing a pathway to legal status and citizenship for about 8 million illegal immigrants is not a budget-related matter, making it ineligible for the “reconciliation” process. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Senate rules keeper rejects Democrats’ ‘Plan B’ to get amnesty for illegal immigrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a Senate Judiciary hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Durbin dismisses overruling Senate parliamentarian on amnesty in $3.5 trillion spending plan

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Judge Merrick Garland, nominee to be Attorney General, testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judicary Committee, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Drew Angerer/Pool via AP)

Merrick Garland dodges questions about Durham probe of Trump-Russia connection

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett speaks during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP)

Amy Coney Barrett: ‘Racism persists in our country’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration, responds to testimony from Department of Homeland Security Acting Executive Associate Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations Nathalie Asher, during a Senate Judiciary Border Security and Immigration Subcommittee hearing about the border, Wednesday May 8, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Dick Durbin to ask Red Cross to monitor U.S. Border Patrol

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., leaves at the end of Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, with Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Richard Durbin: Donald Trump ‘doesn’t care’ about government shutdown consequences

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Dick Durbin D-Ill. questions Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen as she testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Washington. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Dick Durbin: ‘Not going to solve’ GOP’s border security this week

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

"I'm trying to create a process where all this bipartisanship has a place to go," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican. Now Sen. John Cornyn and Sen. Richard Durbin are leading the talks. (Associated Press)

Lindsey Graham no longer leading talks on immigration reform

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 10, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump listens during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump denies racism allegations

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Julia Paley, of Arlington, Va., with the DMV Sanctuary Congregation Network, holds up a sign that reads "DACA Don't Destroy Dreamers Dreams" during a rally supporting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, outside the White House, in Washington on Sept. 4, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

DHS says $18 billion border wall, more security must be part of Dreamer deal

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Al Franken has spent much of his nine years as senator trying to shed his funnyman image and digging into issues. That rising trajectory has been interrupted by allegations that he forcibly kissed one woman and squeezed another’s buttocks without their permission. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Sen. Richard Durbin: Sen. Al Franken acted ‘in a responsible way’ with ethics probe

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Democrat. (Associated Press/File) **FILE**

Dick Durbin responds to ‘Catholic bigotry’ charge against Trump’s appeals court nominee

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times