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GOP Senator Cornyn dodges on whether Trump’s praise of Putin ‘unwise’

Trump’s praise has been talking point for Democrats eager to highlight former president’s warm relationship with Putin

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Jackie Calmes: Republicans hope the justices will keep rolling back rights after striking down Roe v. Wade

At a party of liberal activists to mark the end of the Senate confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, and her likely confirmation as the first Black female justice, the mood in the downtown Washington club this week was upbeat even before funk star Chaka Khan took…

Los Angeles Times

Panel vote likely split on Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court

The Senate Judiciary Committee appears on track for a tied, party-line vote Monday on whether to send to the Senate floor Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination for the Supreme Court, though that would not derail Democrats’ plan for a final confirmation vote later next week.

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Biden faces political pressure over border expulsion order - Roll Call

Most Democrats have pushed the administration to rescind the public health directive, but the CDC has yet to announce its call.

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Panel vote likely split on Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court - Roll Call

The Senate Judiciary Committee will likely split on party lines on the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court.

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GOP won't stop at "don't say gay" bill

Having conquered the Supreme Court, the GOP take aim at same-sex marriage, anti-discrimination laws, and even Pride

Salon

Ginni Thomas faces possible House interview over Jan. 6 texts

WASHINGTON — The House panel investigating last year’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is likely to seek an interview with Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, concerning her text messages with a top White House official about overturning the 2020 election, officials familiar with the matter…

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6 takeaways from Ketanji Brown Jackson’s final Supreme Court confirmation hearing

The Jackson hearing threw a spotlight on the national partisan divide and underscored how Republicans are trying to paint Democrats as soft on crime in the 2022 elections.

Chicago Sun-Times

Republicans ready to roll back SCOTUS

During Ketanji Brown Jackson's hearing, the GOP winked at plans to overturn Supreme Court precedents on marriage

Salon

Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court hearing is a flashback to how race and crime featured during Thurgood Marshall's 1967 hearings

U.S. Sen. James Eastland posed a question to U.S. Supreme Court nominee Thurgood Marshall during his August 1967 confirmation hearings.

The Conversation

Editorial: Make her Justice Jackson: The Senate should approve Ketanji Brown Jackson on a bipartisan basis

Give Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee credit for playing a clever double game. First, Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, John Cornyn, Josh Hawley, Marsha Blackburn and others looked Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in the eyes and said that, unlike the way nasty Democrats (including former Sen. Joe Biden) savagely vilified…

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court hearing gets heated, as the end is in sight

WASHINGTON — Ketanji Brown Jackson navigated cleanly through a second day of questioning at her confirmation hearing, despite several Republicans who ratcheted up their confrontations with the Supreme Court nominee.

Tribune News Service

John Cornyn digs in on claim that Judge Jackson called Bush and Rumsfeld ‘war criminals’

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) defended his assertion that Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson called then-President George W. Bush and his Pentagon chief “war criminals,” rejecting Democrats’ contention Wednesday that he distorted her petitions on behalf of militants detained at Guantánamo Bay.

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Supreme Court hearing gets heated, as the end is in sight - Roll Call

The Supreme Court hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson got heated on Wednesday, but the overall political dynamics did not.

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Competition bill could carry high-skilled immigration changes - Roll Call

Immigration provisions in a House bill to increase US global competitiveness, absent in Senate plan, may still make it into final version.

The Guardian - US

Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies at 84 – as it happened

Albright served as the senior US diplomat in the administration of Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001 – follow the latest

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‘We have never had this moment before’: Kentanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson spent more than four hours Monday with her hands folded in front of her at the witness table, often smiling broadly as members of the Senate Judiciary Committee spoke in turn about the coming days of the confirmation hearing.

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‘We have never had this moment before’: Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing - Roll Call

Ketanji Brown Jackson made remarks in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee as the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court.

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Supreme Court confirmation hearing starts with historic mark

WASHINGTON — The weeklong Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson starts Monday heavy on history and relatively light on political drama.

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Supreme Court confirmation hearing starts with historic mark - Roll Call

The Supreme Court confirmation hearing of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson gets underway on Monday. Here is what to look for.

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Biden touts veterans care in Fort Worth, defends ban on Russian oil, calls parents of jailed Marine

FORT WORTH, Texas — President Joe Biden ordered a ban on oil and gas imports from Russia on Tuesday to step up pressure over the Ukraine war, before heading to Fort Worth to meet with veterans and promote health care for those exposed to toxic fumes during overseas deployments.

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Republicans stress process for Supreme Court confirmation will be one of ‘respect’ - Roll Call

Senate Republicans have signaled their approach to the upcoming Supreme Court confirmation process will not be obstruction.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Congress Calls on US Administration to Keep Fighting to Free Tice from Syrian Captivity

The US Congress is exerting more pressure on the US Administration to continue pushing for the release of Austin Tice, a US journalist who is held hostage in Syria. US Senators Patrick Leahy, Robert Menendez, Jim Risch, and John Cornyn sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging his administration…

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