• Jackson prepares to meet with senators in swift start toward Supreme Court confirmation

    Jackson prepares to meet with senators in swift start toward Supreme Court confirmation

    Mar 01, 2022 07:02 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson has taken the first step toward confirmation in the Senate, answering written questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee as she prepares to meet with senators this week. President Joe Biden is expected to urge her swift confirmation in his State of the ...

  • Biden steps to State of the Union lectern at fraught moment

    Biden steps to State of the Union lectern at fraught moment

    Mar 01, 2022 02:15 PM EDT

    ... Republicans say the changes are not aimed at fairness but at giving Democrats an advantage in elections. Biden will also push the Senate to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. He nominated her last week. WATCH: How Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson could ...

  • WATCH: President Joe Biden’s 2022 State of the Union address - A PBS NewsHour Special

    WATCH: President Joe Biden’s 2022 State of the Union address - A PBS NewsHour Special

    Feb 28, 2022 07:31 PM EDT

    ... our communities.” In addition, Biden led Congress in a bipartisan tribute to retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and highlighted the biography of federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, his nominee be the first Black woman on the high court to replace him. Associated Press writers Darlene Superville, Fatima Hussein, Ricardo ...

  • WATCH: President Joe Biden hosts Black History Month celebration at the White House

    WATCH: President Joe Biden hosts Black History Month celebration at the White House

    Feb 28, 2022 05:41 PM EDT

    President Joe Biden welcomed Black leaders to the White House Monday for a Black History Month celebration where he called on Congress to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, and pass voting rights bills. Watch Biden's remarks in the player above. "Black History Month is more than ...

  • Senators to watch as Supreme Court fight unfolds

    Senators to watch as Supreme Court fight unfolds

    Feb 26, 2022 07:09 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats say they are hoping for a bipartisan vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. That won’t be easy, but some Republicans have expressed an openness to voting for Biden’s nominee, who currently sits on the U.S. Court ...

  • February 25, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    February 25, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Feb 26, 2022 01:04 AM EDT

    Friday on the NewsHour, as Russian forces close in on Kyiv and Ukrainians struggle to repel the invasion, we talk to the head of NATO about the West's response. Then, President Biden chooses federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill the coming U.S. Supreme Court vacancy. Also, new ...

  • Russia begins assault on Kyiv amid fierce fighting across Ukraine as U.S. sanctions Putin

    Russia begins assault on Kyiv amid fierce fighting across Ukraine as U.S. sanctions Putin

    Feb 25, 2022 11:55 PM EDT

    ... continues in the central, southern, and eastern reaches of Ukraine. Nick Schifrin reports. ... Judy Woodruff: We have two major stories tonight. President Biden has chosen Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. If confirmed, she would be the first Black woman to ...

  • Brooks and Capehart on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Biden's Supreme Court nomination

    Brooks and Capehart on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Biden's Supreme Court nomination

    Feb 25, 2022 11:25 PM EDT

    ... also, Republican leaders, those who say that they're Republican leaders, should be prepared to condemn those folks, because there is no question that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is qualified to be on the court, should be on the court, and is not some radical, but, as David said, is ...

  • 56 percent of Americans think Biden’s first year was a failure

    56 percent of Americans think Biden’s first year was a failure

    Feb 25, 2022 05:00 PM EDT

    WATCH: How U.S. lawmakers are reacting to the escalating Ukraine crisis Majority approves of Biden’s pledge to pick a Black woman Supreme Court nominee On Friday, Biden named Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his pick for the U.S. Supreme Court. WATCH: Why Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is ...

  • WATCH: US will join European allies in imposing sanctions aimed at Putin, White House says

    WATCH: US will join European allies in imposing sanctions aimed at Putin, White House says

    Feb 25, 2022 03:17 PM EDT

    ... wealth fund meant to draw capital into the Russian economy. The briefing also comes on the same day that Biden nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, the first Black woman selected to serve on a court that once declared her race unworthy of citizenship ...