Patel was selected in November to replace Christopher Wray, who was picked by President Trump in 2017.
The Senate Judiciary Committee says confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson will begin March 21.
President Trump says he's still considering whether to sign commutation papers freeing former Illinois governor and one-time "Celebrity Apprentice" contestant Rod Blagojevich from federal prison in Colorado.
President Donald Trump says he is backing off a budget request to cut funding for the Special Olympics, after days of criticism.
Haiti says it is "deeply shocked and outraged" by President Donald Trump's reported vulgar remark on migration calling it "racist."
White House announces President Donald Trump has fired FBI Director James Comey.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid's decision to retire has sparked a very public feud between the No. 2 and No. 3 Senate Democrats, Dick Durbin of Illinois and Chuck Schumer of New York.The two are longtime colleagues and former housemates in a group home on Capitol Hill who have clashed for power in the past.This time, Durbin stood aside in the hours before Reid's retirement became public Friday morning, throwing his backing to Schumer and allowing the outspoken New Yorker to lock up support...
A top Democratic senator says the Obama administration only finalized the release of a U.S. prisoner in Afghanistan in exchange for five Taliban detainees at Guantanamo a day before the June 1 swap.