The Senate on Thursday advanced the controversial nomination of Emil Bove, teeing up a final vote on his lifetime appointment to an appeals court. Bove, who is currently serving in the No. 3 role at the Justice Department,

The Senate has moved one step closer to confirming Emil Bove, a controversial Trump administration official and Seneca Falls native, to a lifetime seat on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals following a razor-thin procedural vote.