Politics A.M.: Biden meets NATO leaders in emergency effort to pressure Russia – and keep alliance unified

Trump endorsements slow and prompt a scramble by candidates, advisers; These Trump judges failed Hawley's sentencing test for Jackson ; Biden and Europeans to announce major plan to redirect gas to Europe; Prosecutor who resigned over stalled Trump probe says ex-president committed felonies; Ketanji Brown Jackson defends sentencing decisions, says she would recuse from affirmative action case in final contentious day of Senate questions; Supreme Court nominee Jackson says she would recuse herself from Harvard affirmative action case; Russia trade bill stalls in Congress as senators quarrel over sanctions; Supreme Court sides with Wisconsin Republicans, throws out Democratic-drawn legislative maps favorable to Black residents; 5 takeaways from Day 3 of the Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings; Where senators stand on confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court; Democrats want to teach kids sex education. Republicans want to teach them patriotism.; Photos: Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of state, dies at 84; A senator reminds America that core rights exist at the Supreme Court's pleasure ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Try four weeks FREE, then $4 every four weeks for one year  Sign up for this newsletter Read online The most important politics stories today.     (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) Biden meets NATO leaders in emergency effort to pressure Russia – and keep alliance unified Biden's packed schedule includes meetings with NATO, G-7 leaders, and the European Council. By Ashley Parker, Tyler Pager and Emily Rauhala ●  Read more »   Trump endorsements slow and prompt a scramble by candidates, advisers The endorsement frenzy has brought lucrative paydays to more than a dozen Trump consultants and advisers working for Senate candidates, many of whom have lobbied the former president for his support. By Michael Scherer and Josh Dawsey ●  Read more »   These Trump judges failed Hawley's sentencing test for Jackson Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) faulted Judge Jackson for not following the prosecutor's recommendations in child porn cases, but many GOP-nominated judges also did not. Analysis ●  By Glenn Kessler ●  Read more »   Biden and Europeans to announce major plan to redirect gas to Europe Biden, in Europe this week, plans to announce new sanctions, tighten up existing ones and take action to bolster Europe's energy independence. By Tyler Pager, Ashley Parker, John Hudson and Jeff Stein ●  Read more »   Prosecutor who resigned over stalled Trump probe says ex-president committed felonies In a strongly worded resignation letter, Mark Pomerantz said he left the Manhattan district attorney's office over Alvin Bragg's reluctance to indict former president Donald Trump. By Shayna Jacobs, Josh Dawsey and Jonathan O'Connell ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Ketanji Brown Jackson defends sentencing decisions, says she would recuse from affirmative action case in final contentious day of Senate questions Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson sparred with Republican senators Wednesday in a series of charged, sometimes caustic encounters over their assertions she was a judicial activist who is soft on crime, insisting that she would not be a policymaker on the bench. By Ann E. Marimow, Seung Min Kim and Robert Barnes ●  Read more »   Supreme Court nominee Jackson says she would recuse herself from Harvard affirmative action case Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee got another another opportunity to question Jackson, who would be the first Black woman to serve on the nation's highest court. By Felicia Sonmez, John Wagner, Amy B Wang, Mariana Alfaro and Eugene Scott ●  Read more »   Russia trade bill stalls in Congress as senators quarrel over sanctions A bill ending normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus hit a snag in the Senate this week as a prominent Republican sought to attach language banning Russian oil imports. It's the latest example of how Congress has found it difficult to pass legislation dealing with the crisis in Ukraine. By Mike DeBonis ●  Read more »   Supreme Court sides with Wisconsin Republicans, throws out Democratic-drawn legislative maps favorable to Black residents In a separate case, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to block a new congressional map that Wisconsin's high court had selected. By Robert Barnes ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   5 takeaways from Day 3 of the Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings Tension grew, and Republicans finally broached the idea that Jackson's past rulings were anti-Trump. Analysis ●  By Aaron Blake ●  Read more »   Where senators stand on confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court A visual page to track where Republican and Democratic senators stand on the Supreme Court confirmation vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson. Analysis ●  By JM Rieger and Madison Dong ●  Read more »   Democrats want to teach kids sex education. Republicans want to teach them patriotism. New polling shows where members of the two parties agree — and where they don't. Analysis ●  By Philip Bump ●  Read more »   Photos: Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of state, dies at 84 Madeleine K. Albright, who came to the United States as a refugee from Czechoslovakia, decades later was an ardent and effective advocate against mass atrocities in Eastern Europe while serving as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and secretary of state. By Washington Post Staff ●  Read more »   A senator reminds America that core rights exist at the Supreme Court's pleasure The court is indifferent to public opinion, even as it is shaped by it. Analysis ●  By Philip Bump ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Plant Powered by Voraciously for our 12-week guide to cooking more plant-forward meals. Recipes, techniques and tips on Tuesdays. Sign up »

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