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Former attorney general William Barr, President Trump's nominee to head the Justice Department, will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. Eastern on his nomination.
Barr's prepared testimony is available here.
Watch the testimony below (via the Washington Post):
In the last fifty years, Congress has three times investigated potential criminal activity by a sitting president. A new white paper from Protect Democracy examines lessons from those investigations for the new Congress.
As legislators seek opportunities for bipartisan agreement, one area where this may happen is federal legislation to protect personal information privacy.
The new Congress should dust off its constitutional powers, exercise the prerogatives of the legislative branch and serve as appropriate check on the president.
A new law threatens to cut-off key U.S. foreign assistance to the Palestinians. Here’s how Congress can prevent that from happening.
Congressional reforms implemented in the years after Nixon’s resignation hold important lessons for the present day.
More members of Congress are interested in seats on the House intelligence committee, reflecting a surge in attention toward a body that has recently transformed into a partisan battleground.
There will be a report from the special counsel’s office, though the public won’t see it. The question is what happens after that.
President Trump has signed a massive new National Defense Authorization Act. What does it mean for U.S. national security?
After several months of back-and-forth, the Senate and House of Representatives agreed on a consensus version of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) on July 23. FIRRMA reforms the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) process currently used to evaluate and address national security-related concerns related to foreign investment into the United States.