The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will put to a vote the nomination of former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to be ambassador to India after his nomination languished in the chamber for over 600 days while senators grappled with Garcetti’s possible knowledge about a sexual harassment scandal in his office.  President Biden nominated Garcetti in July 2021.

A largely friendly race between the Republican candidates vying to oust vulnerable Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear took a turn this week as allies of former U.N. Ambassador Kelly Craft took aim at state Attorney General Daniel Cameron, describing him as a “soft establishment teddy bear.” The group, Commonwealth PAC, launched the ad, titled “Teddy,” on Monday, just one day ahead of the first Republican primary debate of the race.

Massachusetts Auditor Diana DiZoglio announced Tuesday that her office has launched an audit of the state Legislature — the first such review in a century. The Democrat, who previously served as both a state representative and senator, had pledged to review the Democrat-controlled Legislature’s operations during her campaign for the auditor’s office last year.

Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who made waves as a witness during the first impeachment proceedings of former President Donald Trump, is now being accused of trying to profit off the war in Ukraine by pitching lucrative defense contracts through his private company. In a statement to Fox News Digital, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.

Democratic Montana Senator John Tester dedicated part of his re-election campaign launch last week to railing against “multi-millionaires” who he said didn’t “understand what a hard day’s work looks like,” despite federal financial disclosures revealing he is actually a millionaire himself.