President Biden on Monday vetoed a bill that would have added 66 federal district judgeships over a span of more than a decade, a once-bipartisan effort designed so that neither political party ...

The president had threatened to veto the bill because he didn’t want to give the president-elect new appointment opportunities, according to one of the outgoing president’s closest allies.

Sen. Todd Young (R-IN), a Republican sponsor of the Senate bill, said he hoped Biden would reconsider the veto threat. “This is a common-sense solution to a long-standing challenge, and I hope ...

“Therefore, I am vetoing this bill,” Biden said, essentially dooming the legislation for the current Congress. Overturning Biden's veto would require a two-thirds majority in both the House ...