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by Jacob Fischler, Missouri Independent March 22, 2022 WASHINGTON – Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday sharpened their criticisms of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, probing her work as a public defender on behalf of terrorism suspects, the judicial sentences she has handed down for child …

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has tested positive for COVID-19 and will no longer be heading to Europe with President Joe Biden. Psaki said she took a PCR test Tuesday ahead of the trip, and Biden had a negative PCR test the same day. “Today, in preparation for travel …

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas remains hospitalized with ‘flu-like symptoms,’ and is being treated for an infection. Court officials said Thomas was admitted to Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC, on Friday evening after having flu-like symptoms. He was tested, was diagnosed with an infection, and is being treated with …

President Joe Biden will visit Poland on Friday, March 25, according to a White House statement released on Sunday. After meeting in Brussels with NATO, G7, and EU allies, the President will travel to Warsaw. Biden will hold talks with Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda to “discuss how the United States, …

Candice Norwood, Terri Rupar Originally published by The 19th Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings began Monday, less than a month after President Joe Biden announced her history-making nomination. The Senate is charged with confirming nominees to federal courts, and it’s Jackson’s fourth Senate confirmation hearing but the first time …

The $1.5 trillion spending bill that President Joe Biden signed into law last week includes a $400 increase in the maximum Pell Grant. The increase, the largest in years, brings the maximum amount per year to $6,895. “The $400 increase to the maximum Pell Grant — the largest increase in …

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law last week doing away with the permitting restrictions to carrying concealed firearms in the state. Senate Bill 215, which will go into effect in about three months, states people 21 or older can carry a concealed gun without a permit if …

The confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s nominee to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, are expected to begin on Monday. The event is scheduled to start on Monday, March 21, at 11 a.m. ET. Watch the hearing in the player below. They are scheduled …

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson was informed Friday that the department is now able to carry out an execution by firing squad as required by law under S.C. Code 24-3-530, according to a release from the South Carolina Dept. of Corrections. The legislation became law May, 14, 2021. It …

Christopher Michael Faulkner, US Naval War College and Andrew Stigler, US Naval War College Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy virtually addressed the United States Congress on March 16, 2022, and, as widely expected, requested additional U.S. military assistance for Ukraine. Zelenskyy also asked for the U.S. to create a no-fly zone …

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein’s office told The News & Observer of Raleigh on Thursday that an investigation had been opened into whether former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows had committed fraud in his voter registration for the 2020 election. The allegation of voter fraud emerged after …

On Friday, the House of Representatives passed H.R.2116, the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act. The act would prohibit discrimination based on a person’s hair texture or hairstyle if that style or texture is commonly associated with a particular race or national origin. Specifically, the bill prohibits …

Don Young, who was Alaska’s sole congressman for more than three-fourths of his state’s existence, died Friday. “It’s with heavy hearts and deep sadness that we announce Congressman Don Young, the Dean of the House and revered champion for Alaska, passed away today while traveling home to Alaska to be …

by Jacob Fischler, Missouri Independent March 18, 2022 After more than two weeks of private meetings with nearly half the U.S. Senate, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, will field questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee in highly anticipated public hearings that begin …

by Jennifer Shutt, Idaho Capital Sun March 17, 2022 WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to revoke normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus, another step the federal government hopes will end the Russian war in Ukraine. The 424-8 vote sends the measure, which refers to Russian President …