Politics

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

WATCH: Sen. Chuck Grassley questions Jackson on racial justice during confirmation hearings

By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas

Jackson reflected on the significant social changes that have occurred since her parents were required to attend racially segregated schools in Florida, noting that she instead went to racially diverse schools in the state during her own childhood.

WATCH: Sen. Dick Durbin questions Jackson on child pornography cases in confirmation hearings

By Hannah Grabenstein

Kicking off a long day of questioning, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., asked Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson about her judicial philosophy as the Senate Judiciary Committee continued its Supreme Court confirmation hearings on March 22.

Official found guilty of illegally entering Capitol grounds on Jan. 6

By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press

A federal judge has convicted an elected official from New Mexico of illegally entering restricted U.S. Capitol grounds but acquitted him of engaging in disorderly conduct during the riot that disrupted Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential election victory.

WATCH: White House says Biden will announce new Russia sanctions while in Brussels

By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

Biden is traveling to Brussels and Poland — which has received more than 2 million Ukrainian refugees — looking to press for continued unity among Western allies as Russia presses on with its brutal invasion of Ukraine.