Politics A.M.: How Russia’s aggression in Ukraine in 2014 and 2015 is shaping Biden’s actions today
| NYC's new mayor is caught between pledges over Rikers Island and rising crime; Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation hearing starts Monday. Here's what you need to know.; As Mariupol faces a Russian onslaught, the hope for negotiations becomes murky; Justice Clarence Thomas hospitalized with infection; Supreme Court says he'll miss some oral arguments this week; Durbin defends Supreme Court nominee Jackson's record on child pornography; Ahead of Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Ketanji Brown Jackson's stances on key issues; Russia tells Mariupol to surrender, but Ukrainian official is defiant; How Ketanji Brown Jackson's path to the Supreme Court differs from the current justices; Ray Lustig, longtime Post photographer on Capitol Hill, dies at 83 |
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| | | |  |  | | The most important politics stories today. | | | | | |  (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) Biden, as Obama's point man on Ukraine, wanted to ship more lethal weapons to Ukraine in 2014 but was overruled by his boss. That experience is directly informing his response to the crisis today. By Ashley Parker and Ellen Nakashima ● Read more » | | | | Candidate Eric Adams backed an $8.2 billion plan to shutter the long-troubled jails complex. Now that he's running the city, his support is no longer certain. By Rich Calder ● Read more » | | | Ketanji Brown Jackson will face the bright lights and the cameras at her four-day confirmation hearing beginning on Monday. Here are the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about Jackson's hearing and the rest of the confirmation process. By Seung Min Kim ● Read more » | | | | By Loveday Morris, Dan Lamothe, Annabelle Timsit and Kareem Fahim ● Read more » | | | The court said in a statement that Thomas, 73, is being treated with antibiotics and expects to be released "in a day or two." By Robert Barnes ● Read more » | | | | Sen. Richard J. Durbin, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, dismissed Sen. Josh Hawley's allegations that claimed "an alarming pattern when it comes to Judge Jackson's treatment of sex offenders, especially those preying on children." By Craig Timberg ● Read more » | | | | The nominee will face a panel of senators at her confirmation hearing this week. By Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow ● Read more » | | | | Russian efforts to seize Kyiv and topple Volodymyr Zelensky's government have so far been frustrated by Ukrainian resistance. By Loveday Morris, Siobhán O'Grady, Brittany Shammas, Kim Bellware, Miriam Berger, Jennifer Hassan, Rachel Pannett, Hannah Knowles and Reis Thebault ● Read more » | | | | In some ways, Biden's Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, followed a traditional trajectory to the Supreme Court: Harvard Law, Supreme Court clerk, federal appeals judge. But her time as a public defender would be unique among the justices. By Adrian Blanco and Shelly Tan ● Read more » | | | The longtime photojournalist was considered the dean of the Capitol Hill photo corps. By Matt Schudel ● Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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