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Ketanji Brown Jackson may be Biden's last justice

Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first — and possibly the last — Supreme Court justice to be confirmed under President Biden.

Axios

Nancy Pelosi tests positive for COVID after White House events with US President Joe Biden

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is currently asymptomatic, according to her spokesman, despite testing positive for COVID-19 a day after appearing unmasked at a White House event with President Joe Biden.

ABC News

Black women now lead 3 of Penn’s prestigious law journals. They talk about what other change they’d like to see

PHILADELPHIA — When Chayla Sherrod learned she had been selected as the next editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review — the oldest and one of the most prestigious law journals in the country — she was thrilled.

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‘He kept a promise’: How Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation boosts Biden’s legacy

WASHINGTON — White House allies say they’re confident Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court will shape President Joe Biden’s legacy long after he leaves office — even if the appointment does not offer Democrats a political boost in time for November’s midterm elections.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

My NBC Article on the Confirmation of Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

It explains why many of the reasons GOP senators gave for opposing Jackson were ridiculous, but also that there is nothing inherently wrong in opposing a qualified "mainstream" nominee based on differences over judicial philosophy.

Reason

At the Races: Historic confirmation, then recess - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

Roll Call

Jaylen Brown highlights: Star forward gets 25 points, 7 boards, 4 assists, 4 steals in Bulls blowout

Brown led all scorers in a road trouncing of Chicago in front of former US President Barack Obama.

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Democrats Criticize Revival of Iran Nuclear Deal

A year after the Vienna negotiations, lawmakers are strongly voicing their opposition against US President Joe Biden's quest to return to the nuclear agreement. The opposition came this time from the Democratic Party, which has significant implications, although it has not effectively affected any potential deal with Iran. Democrats held…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden news – live: Ketanji Brown Jackson to be confirmed today as US escalates Russia sanctions

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The Independent UK

Former President Barack Obama warns Chicago audience of ‘anger-based’ journalism and social media cashing in on conflict

The former president said he believes platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube “appear to have some insight into what’s more likely to prompt insurrectionists, white supremacists, misogynist behavior and internet bullying.”

Chicago Sun-Times

In Chicago, Obama warns that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is a warning of how ‘flabby’ and ‘feckless’ democracy has become

CHICAGO — Russia President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is a warning that world democracy has gotten “flabby and confused and feckless” at a time of growing boldness and misguided support for authoritarianism, former President Barack Obama told a Chicago audience Wednesday.

Chicago Tribune

Biden has appointed most federal judges through April 1 of a president’s second year

President Joe Biden (D) has appointed and the Senate has confirmed 58 Article III federal judges through April 1 of his second year in office. This is the most Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidencies since 1981. The Senate had confirmed 29 of President Donald Trump’s…

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DNC chair calls GOP Sen. Tom Cotton a “little maggot-infested man”

More of this, please!

Mic

Jimmy Kimmel on Obama at the White House: ‘To help Joe set up his Roku’

Late-night hosts talk Obama’s first visit to the White House in five years and Disney’s opposition to Florida’s don’t say gay law

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President Obama on the Twelfth Anniversary of the ACA

The namesake of Obamacare took a victory lap at the White House.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: US and allies to hit Russia with new sanctions

US, G7 and EU to target Moscow with new measures as Ukraine says 4,400 incidents of alleged ‘war crimes’ being investigated. Plus, unseen photos of rock history

Tribune News Service

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Vice president missed her chance

This could have been Vice President Kamala Harris’ night. But instead, it was Gov. Chris Sununu’s.

Evening Standard

Barack Obama jokingly refers to Joe Biden as ‘vice president’ on return to White House

Barack Obama jokingly referred to Joe Biden as “vice president” on his return to the White House for the first time since leaving office.

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The Independent UK

Conservatives seize on out-of-context videos of Obama ‘ignoring’ Biden on White House return

‘Literally no one wants to talk to Joe Biden,’ says Republican National Committee

Financial Times

Weaponisation of finance: how the west unleashed ‘shock and awe’ on Russia

The sanctions on Russia’s central bank use the omnipresence of the US dollar to penalise an American adversary

The Independent UK

Biden news – live: President knocks Matt Gaetz over Ukraine criticism while touting new Russia sanctions

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The Independent UK

Fox News skips covering Barack Obama at the White House

The former president joined Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to celebrate passage of Affordable Care Act

The Guardian - US

Back to the future as Obama sprinkles some stardust on Biden White House

The 46th president and the 44th got the old gang back together to celebrate the Affordable Care Act and seek a midterm boost

Los Angeles Times

Obama, returning to Biden White House, touts his signature health care law’s anniversary

WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama returned to the White House on Tuesday for the first time since leaving office to celebrate the 12th anniversary of his landmark health care law — and to provide a political lift to President Joe Biden and Democrats.

The Independent UK

White House reunion is latest sign of Biden-Obama friendship

In the final days of his presidency, Barack Obama surprised then-Vice President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom and moved his No. 2 to tears by evoking the poetry of W

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