Topic: Judicial Committee

Senator John Kennedy grills judicial nominee Dale Ho during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Kennedy focuses on Ho's past tweets, including one calling Republicanism an "anti-democratic virus," leading to a confrontation about the "coarseness" of political discourse and Ho's fitness for the federal bench.

A Zephyr train report from Austin, Texas, indicates a low count of six cars, while Bitcoin prices approach $13,000. Democratic senators walked out of the Senate Judicial Committee to protest the Supreme Court nomination process, leading to discussions on quorum requirements and Chairman Lindsey Graham's potential to suspend rules for a vote.