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Vice President Harris to talk about unions and meet with labor leaders Tuesday in Philly

PHILADELPHIA — Vice President Kamala Harris is coming to Philadelphia on Tuesday to speak about labor organizing and collective bargaining, part of the White House’s push to prioritize blue-collar workers.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Maskless Political Elites Party in D.C. While Bringing Back Mandates for the Commoners

Kamala Harris is only human, says Jen Psaki.

Reason

Much ado about Doug: second gentleman takes spotlight at Shakespeare debate

Doug Emhoff, Kamala Harris’s husband, argues in a mock trial hosted by the Shakespeare Theatre Company and presided over by Stephen Breyer

The Guardian - US

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White House plans to blunt medical debts for veterans and home borrowers

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris announced new steps designed to reduce the cost of federal home loans for Americans saddled with medical debt and make it easier for veterans to have health care bills forgiven during an event Monday at the White House.

Tribune News Service

Erika D. Smith: On the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson will be a symbol. But she's also human

Vice President Kamala Harris didn't need to show up at the Capitol on Thursday to preside over the final vote confirming Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

Los Angeles Times

The 47th, Old Vic review: A hideously transformative turn from Bertie Carvel as Trump

Mike Bartlett’s blank-verse drama about Trump running for president (again) is eloquent and clever, but has surprisingly little to say

Evening Standard

The 47th review – Bertie Carvel is devilishly good but this Trumpian satire feels too soon

Mike Bartlett’s script turns US politics into Shakepearean comedy but falls oddly flat despite magnetising performances

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Jackson's speech highlights US race struggles, progress

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's speech at the White House went to the heart of both the triumphs and struggles of Black Americans in her lifetime

The Independent UK

Durbin, Lightfoot, Raoul, Moseley Braun: At Ketanji Brown Jackson White House Supreme Court fete

Said Mayor Lightfoot: “Being a Black woman and ascending to the heights” that Jackson “has gotten to” means “you’ve been through it all, through every fight, you know, every trick, and you know how they don’t want us to succeed.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Jackson confirmation speech notes US race struggle, progress

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's speech at the White House on Friday went to the heart of both the triumphs and struggles of Black Americans in her lifetime

The Independent UK

Mood as light as spring air as Ketanji Brown Jackson delivers words to remember

After 232 years, a Black woman is on the supreme court – and the atmosphere on a sunny Washington day was celebratory

The Guardian - US

More politicians test positive for COVID-19 as virus spreads among DC power players

Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock both tested positive for COVID-19 late Thursday after casting their vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, making them the latest in a string of Washington D.C. power players to contract the virus.

Tribune News Service

‘We have come a long way’: Justice-to-be Ketanji Brown Jackson

Jackson, the first Black woman ever confirmed to the US Supreme Court, says her appointment is ‘honour of a lifetime’.

Al Jazeera

Biden: Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation "a moment of real change"

"We're going to look back and see this as a moment of real change in American history," Biden said.

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The Independent UK

Biden blasts ‘verbal abuse’ from Republicans during Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings

President Joe Biden blasted Republican attacks against Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at her confirmation hearings during a celebration of her ascent to the Supreme Court on Friday.

Roll Call

Ketanji Brown Jackson nods to history in first remarks after Supreme Court confirmation - Roll Call

The event celebrated a historic moment for the country, and Jackson spoke of civil rights struggles that got her there.

Reason

"Should We Regulate Foreign Speech?"

Some thoughts for me responding to Rick Hasen's, in a Balkinization symposium on Rick's new book, "Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics—and How to Cure It"

Tribune News Service

Pelosi’s infection brings COVID-19 closer than ever to Biden

President Joe Biden spent an hour with Nancy Pelosi in the two days before she tested positive for COVID-19, including an embrace and a kiss on the cheek — yet the White House insisted Thursday he doesn’t qualify as a “close contact” of the House speaker.

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The Guardian - US

‘It means the world to us’: Black lawmakers’ euphoria greets Jackson confirmation

Congressional Black Caucus hails ‘historic pick’ of Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman in the supreme court’s 232-year existence

The Independent UK

Lydia Wilson: ‘People slightly take the brakes off their misogyny when they talk about Ivanka Trump’

Eight years after playing Kate Middleton in a ‘future history’ play, the British actor is now playing Donald Trump’s ‘ambiguous’ daughter Ivanka in another. She speaks to Isobel Lewis about offensive casting, disgusted audiences, and why theatre actors need to get their hands dirty

Chicago Sun-Times

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson gives us reason to hope

Her confirmation was expected but still a joy to behold.

Tribune News Service

Democrats revel in history during Supreme Court confirmation vote

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris couldn’t hold back a broad smile and a crack in her voice as she guided the Senate’s final steps to confirming the first Black woman to the Supreme Court Thursday.

The Independent UK

Obamas, students cheer high court's 1st Black female justice

Lawmakers erupted in cheers after Vice President Kamala Harris announced the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

Evening Standard

Jackson confirmed as the first black woman in US Supreme Court

Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed as the first black woman to sit on the US Supreme Court in its 233-year history.

Salon

Abbott's border stunt blows up

Rep. Dan Crenshaw went a step further, suggesting that migrants be sent to Kamala Harris' house

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