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Elena Kagan's confirmation hearings begin Monday at 12:30 p.m.ET, and with it a week of special coverage from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and SCOTUSBlog. Read Kagan's opening statement. Judy Woodruff and the National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle…

Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, the longest-serving senator in U.S. history known for passionate rhetoric and insider knowledge of Washington's power corridors, died early Monday at age 92. Byrd was admitted to a Northern Virginia hospital late last week…