Mar 22 Utah’s Republican governor becomes latest to veto transgender sports ban By Lindsay Whitehurst, Sam Metz, Associated Press Utah's governor vetoed a ban on transgender students playing girls' sports on Tuesday, becoming the second Republican governor to reject such legislation this week. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 8:24 Dissecting the questions senators are asking Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson spent hours on defending her representation of Guantanamo Bay detainees and denying she'd been too lenient in child pornography cases. Saikrishna Prakash, a University of Virginia law professor and former clerk to Justice Clarence… Continue watching
Mar 22 WATCH: Sen. Ted Cruz presses Ketanji Jackson Brown on critical race theory By Associated Press Displaying a stack of books on racism from the reading list at Georgetown Day School, a prestigious private campus where Jackson serves on the board, Cruz grilled the nominee for her views on the topic. Continue reading
Mar 22 SEC claims authority to subpoena Elon Musk over tweets By Tom Krisher, Associated Press The SEC disclosed publicly in documents filed Tuesday that it is investigating Musk's Nov. 6, 2021 tweets that asked followers whether he should sell 10 percent of his Tesla stake. Continue reading
Mar 22 WATCH: Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson defends work as an attorney for Guantanamo Bay prisoners By Jessica Gresko, Mark Sherman, Associated Press Four men once held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center — men Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson never met — were central to some of the questions she fielded Tuesday during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Continue reading
Mar 22 WATCH: Abortion rulings Roe and Casey are ‘settled law,’ Jackson says By Associated Press During the Senate Judiciary Committee's Supreme Court confirmation hearings Sen. Dianne Feinstein asked Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson about abortion and gender equality in the judicial system. Continue reading
Mar 22 WATCH: Pentagon press secretary John Kirby holds news briefing amid Russian attacks on Ukraine By Associated Press Pentagon press secretary John Kirby is expected to hold a news briefing amid Russia's continued attack on Ukraine. Continue reading
Mar 22 White House press secretary Jen Psaki has COVID, won’t travel to Europe By Darlene Superville, Associated Press White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that she has tested positive again for COVID-19 and will not accompany President Joe Biden to Europe for meetings on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading
Mar 22 WATCH: Sen. Dianne Feinstein questions Jackson on abortion during confirmation hearing By Hannah Grabenstein Feinstein, who was the first female senator on the committee to question Jackson and one of just four women on the 22-person committee, asked Jackson about achieving near gender equity on the high court. Continue reading
Mar 22 WATCH: Sen. Patrick Leahy questions Jackson in Supreme Court confirmation hearings By Hannah Grabenstein Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on March 22 as the Senate Judiciary Committee continued its Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Continue reading