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SENATE JUDICIARY -- 10:15 a.m. -- Holds a hearing to

consider the nominations of: Andrew Duva to assistant attorney

general for the DOJ's Criminal Division; Alexander Van Hook to a

U.S. District Court judge for the Western District of Louisiana;

and Louisiana Supreme Court Justice William Crain to be a U.S.

District Court judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The

nominees testify. G-50 Dirksen

Contact: Clare Slattery (Grassley), 202-224-0484 or

[email protected] or Hannah Akey (Grassley),

202-224-0472 or [email protected]

Note: For a webcast, go to: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/nominations-10-22-2025.

(HOUSE-SHUTDOWN-GOP/SCALISE) ADVISORY -- At 11:15 a.m.,

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and members of the

House Freedom Caucus hold a press call to discuss the ongoing

government shutdown.

Contact: Anna Adamian (Rep. Andy Harris),

202-225-5311

Note: Press RSVP to [email protected],

[email protected], and [email protected]

for the dial-in instructions.

(POLITICS-MEDIA-BASH) ADVISORY --- At 6 p.m., CNN chief

political correspondent Dana Bash discusses "the media and

American Politics," during a forum sponsored by the Institute of

Politics at Harvard Kennedy School and the Shorenstein Center on

Media, Politics, and Public Policy. Former Time magazine editor

in chief Nancy Gibbs, director of the Shorenstein Center on

Media, Politics, and Public Policy, interviews Bash.

Location: JFK Jr. Forum, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge,

Mass.

Contact: 617-495-1360

Note: For a webcast, go to: https://www.youtube.com/@HarvardIOP/streams.

9:30 a.m. -- (TRUMP-LEGAL-POLITICS) EVENT -- The Society

for the Rule of Law holds its Rule of Law Summit 2025. The group

was founded in 2018 by a group of "conservative lawyers and

jurists who have served at the highest levels of government in

previous Republican administrations" who share "a belief in the

rule of law, the integrity of the criminal justice system, and

the Constitution."

Highlights

9:30 a.m.: Alan Raul, former associate

counsel to president Ronald Reagan, participates in a discussion

on "New Challenges for the Rule of Law."

9:45 a.m.: Shannen Coffin, former general

counsel to former Vice President Dick Cheney, discusses "Should

Conservatives Rethink the Unitary Executive?"

10:45 a.m.: Greg Jacob, former legal

counsel to former Vice President Mike Pence, discusses "Norms,

Prudence, and Republican Virtue: Can Our Political Culture Still

Support Ordered Liberty?"

1:30 p.m.: Former Rep. Barbara Comstock

(R-Va.) discusses "Can Congress Still Check the Executive?"

4:45 p.m.: Former FBI agent Michael

Feinberg; former deputy attorney general Donald Ayer; and Peter

Keisler and Stuart Gerson, both of who served as assistant

attorneys general for the DOJ's Civil Division, discuss "How Bad

is the Damage to the DOJ and FBI?"

Location: Washington, D.C.

Contact: [email protected]

Note: RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVqabKVXaW4TjTnKe2CC_XGwpQpPosb7NokbzOnsTVty6wtA/viewform

for the event location.

10 a.m. -- (HOUSE-SHUTDOWN-GOP/JOHNSON) EVENT -- House

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Leader Steve

Scalise (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) and

House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) hold a

news conference to discuss the ongoing government shutdown.

House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman

(R-Ark.) and Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), chairman of the House

Appropriations Committee's Interior, Environment, and Related

Agencies Subcommittee, also speak.

Location: Capitol Visitor Center, HVC-Studio A (enter

through HVC 117)

Contact: Corinne Day, 202-225-4000 or

[email protected] or [email protected] or Taylor

Haulsee, [email protected]

Note: Editorial presence is limited to one person

from each press outlet. For a webcast, go to: https://www.youtube.com/@SpeakerJohnson/streams.

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The Reuters Daybook

October 22, 2025

REUTERS