Mar 22 WATCH: Sen. Coons praises Jackson during Supreme Court nomination hearing By Associated Press Senator Chris Coons of Delaware praised Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson during her day of questioning in the Senate Judiciary Committee, reinforcing her impartiality, as a judge who rules based on law and not a political agenda. Continue reading
Mar 22 WATCH: Sen. Cotton asks Jackson questions about policing during the confirmation hearing By Associated Press Republican Senators questioning Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson sought to characterize the Supreme Court nominee's judicial views as extremist and soft on crime, using her confirmation hearings to air a line of conservative grievances. Continue reading
Mar 22 WATCH: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearings — Day 3 By Mary Clare Jalonick, Mark Sherman, Associated Press Jackson faced a barrage of Republican questioning Wednesday about her sentencing of criminal defendants, as her history-making bid to join the Supreme Court veered from lofty constitutional questions to attacks on her motivations as a judge. Continue reading
Mar 22 WATCH: State Department spokesman Ned Price calls Navalny trial ruling a 'sham' By Associated Press Navalny was sentenced to nine more years in prison in a move that was seen as an attempt to keep Putin’s biggest foe behind bars for as long as possible. Continue reading
Mar 22 Hillary Clinton tests positive for COVID By Associated Press The former Democratic presidential candidate said Tuesday on social media she was "feeling fine" and that former President Bill Clinton had tested negative and is quarantining until their household was fully cleared. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 9:59 Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson defends her judicial record in Senate hearing By John Yang, Lisa Desjardins, Marcia Coyle, Kyle Midura Tuesday was the second day of the U.S. Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. John Yang reports, and congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins and our legal analyst Marcia Coyle, of the National Law Journal, join Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
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