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Ketanji Brown Jackson spars with GOP in defense of record
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson took questions for nearly 13 hours before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, defending her record against an orchestrated Republican effort to brand [Read More…]
Ukrainian forces on offensive, Russian combat capability falls below 90%: Pentagon update
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon has been providing daily updates on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine’s efforts to resist. Here are highlights of what a senior U.S. defense official told reporters [Read More…]
Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings updates: Judge unflappable during questioning
Sha Hanting/China News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, faced over 12 hours of grilling Tuesday on Day 2 of her [Read More…]
Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings live updates: Judge gets emotional talking about family
Sha Hanting/China News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, faces up to 11 hours of grilling Tuesday on Day 2 of [Read More…]
Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings live updates: Jackson defends child porn sentencing record
Sha Hanting/China News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, faces up to 11 hours of grilling Tuesday on Day 2 of [Read More…]
Hillary Clinton tests positive for COVID-19
Melina Mara/Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Hillary Clinton said on Twitter she’s tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild cold-like symptoms, but added that she’s “feeling fine.” She said former President Bill Clinton tested negative. [Read More…]
Judge renders split verdict for ‘Cowboys for Trump’ founder charged in Jan. 6 riot
Jeenah Moon/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge delivered a split verdict Tuesday to the founder of the group “Cowboys for Trump” who was the second defendant to be tried for their role in the [Read More…]
FBI ‘concerned’ about Russian cyberattacks on critical US infrastructure: Wray
Alex Wong/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday the FBI is “concerned’ with the possibility of Russian cyberattacks against critical U.S. infrastructure in the wake of Russia’s war with Ukraine. “The [Read More…]
Texas court halts child abuse investigations into parents of trans kids
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — A Texas appeals court has again blocked the state from investigating gender-affirming care for their trans children as child abuse. In its decision, the court stated that it would [Read More…]
Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings live updates: Nominee responds to GOP attacks
Sha Hanting/China News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, faces up to 11 hours of grilling Tuesday on Day 2 of [Read More…]
White House press secretary Psaki has COVID, Biden tests negative
NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — White House press secretary Jen Psaki said she has tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, on the eve of President Joe Biden’s trip overseas. Psaki said she was [Read More…]
Experts say Biden’s risk-averse approach to Russian could create greater threat
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WARSAW, Poland) — President Joe Biden’s high-stakes summit with other NATO leaders on Thursday will be one of the most scrutinized meetings on the world stage in decades, and could have enormous [Read More…]
Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings live updates: Nominee responds to attacks
Sha Hanting/China News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, faces up to 11 hours of grilling Tuesday on Day 2 of [Read More…]
Eric Greitens, GOP Senate candidate and former governor, accused of abuse by ex-wife
Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Some GOP members of Congress are calling on fellow Republican and former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens to drop out of his Senate race [Read More…]
After Pentagon demurs, Biden confirms Russia fired hypersonic missile: Ukraine Day 26
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon has been providing daily updates on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine’s efforts to resist. Here are highlights of what a senior U.S. defense official told reporters [Read More…]
Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings updates: Questioning begins Tuesday
Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in its 233-year history, will appear on Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the first [Read More…]
Ketanji Brown Jackson faces 4th Senate grilling as Republicans preview attacks
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, the easiest part of a Senate confirmation hearing is over. Next come the questions — 19 hours [Read More…]
GOP blames Biden for gas prices after pushing for Russian oil ban
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House is set to vote as soon as Wednesday on a bill that would codify the Biden administration’s ban on the import of Russian oil and energy products into [Read More…]
GOP Sens. Cruz and Johnson meet with ‘People’s Convoy’ truckers
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Trucker protesters against COVID vaccine mandates and restrictions met Tuesday with a pair of Republican lawmakers for two hours on Capitol Hill. Republican Sens. Ron Johnson of [Read More…]
Putin ‘angry and frustrated,’ CIA director says, likely to ‘double down’ in Ukraine
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Top U.S. intelligence agency officials on Tuesday offered a sobering assessment of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s objectives in Ukraine, and how the invasion could affect the safety and security of [Read More…]