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Watch live: Senate hearing on gun violence

Senate Judiciary Committee hears testimony from Neil Heslin, the father of one of the Newtown shooting victims, and others on assault weapons. Watch live, broadcast via NBC News on Feb. 27. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…

Activists banned after protests stall CIA nominee Brennan’s hearing

Senate intelligence committee chairman Diane Feinstein (D-CA) on Thursday ordered protesters cleared from a Senate hearing on the nomination John Brennan to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). As Brennan entered the hearing room, demonstrators immediately began speaking out against the U.S. government’s practice of using…

Watch live: Senate hearing for Secretary of Defense nominee Hagel

The Senate Armed Services Committee holds a confirmation hearing for former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense. Watch live, broadcast via NBC News on Jan. 31. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…

WATCH LIVE: Senate hearing on ‘indefinite detention’

The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “The Due Process Guarantee Act: Banning Indefinite Detention of Americans” will discuss provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act. The hearing was scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Watch this live video from The U.S. Senate, broadcast Feb. 29, 2011.  …