Deal struck as lawmakers battle over who will control federal courts and whether to add more judgeships as Republicans take control of White House, Senate.

Senate leaders have reached a deal that will smooth the path for Democrats to confirm several of President Joe Biden’s district court nominees, averting Republican procedural tactics that significantly slowed down the process,

The Senate confirmed Quinnipiac Law School professor Sarah Russell’s nomination to a federal judgeship late Tuesday afternoon over opposition from Republicans trying to block the outgoing Biden administration’s lame duck appointees as they prepare to assume the majority in the chamber.

The Senate won’t hold votes on four of President Joe Biden’s appellate court nominees as part of a deal with Republicans to allow for speedier consideration of other judicial nominations

U.S. Senate Democrats and Republicans clinched a late-night deal on Wednesday that clears the way for votes on a group of President Joe Biden's nominees for federal trial courts in exchange for not pushing forward with four nominees to serve on appellate courts,

Senate Democrats have confirmed some of President Joe Biden’s picks for the federal bench this week in the face of President-elect Donald Trump’s calls for a total GOP blockade of judicial nominations – in part because several Republicans involved with the Trump transition process have been missing votes.