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Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., presides over the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on online child safety on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

Top Senate Democrat knocks Supreme Court for not quickly deciding Trump immunity claim

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Oversight Committee Chair Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a hearing June 13, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman on Wednesday accused Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. of disregarding the separation of powers in Washington by intervening in legislative activity. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Democratic Sen. Durbin to the public: Focus on weight of Trump charges, not political forecasting

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Oversight Committee Chair Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a hearing to examine Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and related surveillance authorities, Tuesday, June 13, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Durbin says full steam ahead on Supreme Court ethics legislation

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Amanda Zurawski testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "The Assault on Reproductive Rights in a Post-Dobbs America" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 26, 2023, (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Senate Democrats, Republicans trade extremism charges on abortion bill to ‘codify Roe’

By Valerie Richardson - 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

The access road to President Joe Biden's home in Wilmington, Del., is seen from a media van on Jan. 13, 2023. Senior Democratic lawmakers turned sharply more critical Sunday of President Joe Biden's handling of classified materials after the FBI discovered additional items with classified markings at Biden's home. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Dems slam Biden’s handling of classified materials as crisis worsens

By Jeff Mordock and Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., joined at right by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., takes a question during a news conference following a closed-door policy lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Dick Durbin: Americans won’t accept political excuses on gun violence anymore

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., right, talks with Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member, left, before the start of a committee business meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 28, 2022, regarding Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senators request Justice Department inspector general review FBI agents’ rule-breaking

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Dems on defense, slam GOP for claims Judge Jackson is soft on crime, child porn

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson waits to meet with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., on Capitol Hill, March 8, 2022, in Washington. Judge Jackson's confirmation hearing starts March 21. If confirmed, she would be the court's first Black female justice. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Durbin hits GOP criticism of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson meets with Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley, R- Iowa, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in Washington. If confirmed, Jackson would be the court's first Black female justice. Mr. Grassley has expressed concern with the speed with which Democrats hope to move the confirmation process. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

GOP warns that Democrats are rushing Supreme Court confirmation process

By Alex Swoyer - 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 **

Parliamentarian rejects Democrats’ bid to stick immigration legalization in budget

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this file photo, committee chairman Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill. is shown at a Senate Judiciary hearing examining on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. Mr. Durbin is calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to dismiss Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal amid a report of rampant corruption and misconduct in the bureau. (Tom Brenner/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Sen. Durbin demands ouster of federal prison director

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

A caravan of migrants, most from central America, head north as they depart from Tapachula, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. Immigration activists say they will lead migrants out of the southern Mexico city of Tapachula Saturday at the start of a march they hope will bring them to Mexico City to press their case for better treatment. (AP Photo/ Edgar H. Clemente) **FILE**

Immigration activists blast Democrats over shrinking immigration plans

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally on the campus of Drake University, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Senate probe: Trump pushed DOJ on election fraud but had ‘no impact’ on operations

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (Samuel Corum/Pool via AP)

Dick Durbin: Trump’s post-election actions were ‘leading up’ to a ‘coup’

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in this file photo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) **FILE**

Lawmakers press FDA to crack down on vaping, protect children

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., questions Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett during the third day of her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (Drew Angerer/Pool via AP)

Democrats eye restricting filibuster with ‘mini-nuke,’ ‘democracy carve-out’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 7, 2021, file photo, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Attorney General Judge Merrick Garland speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Merrick Garland’s confirmation hearing pushed back until after Trump’s impeachment trial

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is sworn in during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Alex Edelman/Pool via AP)

Dick Durbin: Amy Coney Barrett’s faith won’t be issue in Supreme Court hearings

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times