Politics

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is poised to be confirmed to the Supreme Court this week, making her the first Black woman to serve as a justice. Here’s what that means to Black women at her alma mater. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — To many of the women who belong to the Harvard …

The last Judge Jackson left the Supreme Court to go to Nuremberg and prosecute the case against the Nazis. This Judge Jackson might’ve gone there to defend them.” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) on Senate floor, RE: Ketanji Brown-Jackson Tom Cotton is a Harvard-educated lawyer, yes – another one of the …

WASHINGTON — As Russian troops retreat from northern Ukraine and focus operations on the country’s east and south, the Kremlin is struggling to scrape together enough combat-ready reinforcements to conduct a new phase of the war, according to American and other Western military and intelligence officials. Moscow initially sent 75 …

Capitol police Tuesday detained a red fox following an altercation in which the animal bit California Congressman Ami Bera. At least five others reported having been ambushed in guerilla-style attacks as well. Bera tweeted about the “unprovoked” episode joking: “What does the fox say? Last night, I found out…” Police …

Soon-to-be-former Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger shared a fake quote posted by fellow anti-Trumper Joe Walsh, suggesting Fox News host Tucker Carlson questioned whether Ukraine had staged deaths during the Russian invasion. Walsh, previously a Tea Party Congressman from Illinois turned virulent Never Trumper, posted comments he labeled as coming from …

According to Axios, Texas’s ever upward aspirational Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick sent out a campaign email this week promising a Texas-sized version of Florida’s commonly called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill. Texas doesn’t have anything on paper yet, but that almost seems beside the point. In today’s MAGA meme climate, a …

Executives of six large oil and gas companies will testify on Wednesday before a House committee, which is likely to ask them tough questions about whether they are exploiting the Russian invasion of Ukraine to make record profits by refusing to produce more energy. In remarks prepared for the hearing, …

Sixty-three House Republicans voted against a resolution supporting NATO and creating a center for democratic resilience. Manu Raju tweeted the list: 63 Rs voted NO on a non-binding resolution reaffirming “unequivocal support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as an alliance founded on democratic principles” and calling on Biden to …

Democrats who call for defunding the police may think twice about it if a new Republican proposal makes it through the chamber. The Daily Caller exclusively reported that Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) plans to introduce a House Resolution that would bar federal funds for any member of Congress who publicly …

Mr. Sussmann’s defense lawyers accused Mr. Durham of promoting a “baseless narrative that the Clinton campaign conspired with others to trick the federal government into investigating ties between President Trump and Russia,” asking the judge to block prosecutors from making arguments and introducing evidence related to the Steele dossier. “But …