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WATCH: Pelosi and House Democrats speak on abortion and the Supreme Court

By News Desk

House Democrats are address abortion and the Supreme Court's draft decision days after the Senate failed to agree on a federal law to protect abortion access.

WATCH: Abuse common at government boarding schools for Indigenous children, survivors say

By News Desk

The Indigenous House subcommittee holds a hearing on Thursday on the Indian Boarding School Act.

WATCH: Customs & Border Patrol head testifies on budget amid debate over Title 42

By News Desk and Associated Press

Customs & Border Patrol Commissioner Chris Magnus testifies before Congress on budget amid debate over Title 42.

House passes $40 billion Ukraine aid package

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

The measure sailed to passage by a lopsided 368-57 margin, providing $7 billion more than Biden's request from April and dividing the increase evenly between defense and humanitarian programs.

WATCH: Biden budget 'fiscally responsible,' says OMB Director Shalanda Young

By News Desk and Josh Boak, Associated Press

Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young testifies Tuesday before a House of Representatives' committee on President Joe Biden's 2023 budget.

WATCH: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson pledges to decide cases 'without fear or favor' in hearing opening statement

By Mark Sherman, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

Jackson, 51, addressed the Senate Judiciary Committee at the end of her first day of confirmation hearings, nearly four hours almost entirely consumed by opening statements from the panel's 22 members.

WATCH: Sen. Blumenthal's opening statement in Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearings

By Associated Press

"The appointment of a black woman to the United States Supreme Court, let's be very blunt, should have happened years ago," said Connecticut Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal. "This day is a giant leap into the present for our country and…

WATCH: Sen. Leahy's opening statement in Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearings

By Associated Press

“Judge Jackson is not anti-law enforcement. She’s not soft on crime,” Sen. Pat Leahy, D-Vt., said, noting that members of Jackson’s family have worked in law enforcement.

House votes to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The House has voted to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus.

WATCH: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds weekly news briefing

By Associated Press

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi plans to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day were scrambled Thursday after Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin tested positive for COVID-19.