Senate confirms 12th LGBTQ lifetime judge under Biden, breaking Obama-era record

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the twelfth openly LGBTQ person to the federal bench since President Biden took office, the most of any presidential administration. The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 52-41 late Tuesday to confirm Mary Kay Costello, a U.S. Air Force veteran and former prosecutor who has served as an assistant U.S. attorney in Philadelphia since...