WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening statement on July 23, 2026, at an executive business meeting highlighting Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's law-and-order track record ahead of next week's vote: * * * On today's agenda, we're going to address an organizational issue. This is our newest colleague, Senator Graham's, first markup. I'll have a few words on that in a moment. We'll be making it of  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The White House sent to the Senate the nominations of seven individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * D. Adam Candeub, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General. Nicholas Checker, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Rwanda. William Gerald Hardy, of Alabama, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Alabama for the term of four years. J  more