Politics A.M.: Where senators stand on confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
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| | | |  |  | | The most important politics stories today. | | | | | |  (Andrew Harnik/AP) 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 » | | | The Republican congressman was convicted of lying to federal authorities about illegal contributions to his campaign from a foreign billionaire in 2016. By María Luisa Paúl ● Read more » | | | | At least 168 measures are pending in state legislatures across the nation that seek to erode protections for transgender and gay youth or to restrict discussion of LGBTQ topics in schools. By Kimberly Kindy ● Read more » | | | | The United States and its European allies reinforced their tough stand against Russia on Thursday, sharply warning Moscow against using chemical weapons in Ukraine and announcing new sanctions on Russians. The White House also announced the United States would accept 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine. By Ashley Parker, Tyler Pager and Emily Rauhala ● Read more » | | | And where would you draw the line? By Amber Phillips ● Read more » | | | | While Democrats proudly took turns reflecting on the historic example Jackson sets, some Republicans suggested she was soft on crime and questioned whether critical race theory influenced her thinking as a judge. By Seung Min Kim and Marianna Sotomayor ● Read more » | | | | The inmate, John Henry Ramirez, has sought to have his spiritual adviser in the execution chamber with him, to touch him and pray aloud for his soul. The state of Texas had said that the pastor can attend the execution, but only if he stays quiet and away from Ramirez. By Robert Barnes ● Read more » | | | | Jackson's confirmation will not be overwhelmingly bipartisan, but leaders of both parties agreed the long and often tense interrogation did not alter the fundamental dynamics around the nomination. By Mike DeBonis ● Read more » | | | | In this edition: Why the candidates for mayor of Los Angeles keep getting interrupted, what happened to Mo Brooks, and what the chair of the Wisconsin Elections Commission thinks of the campaign to put her in jail. Analysis ● By David Weigel ● Read more » | | | | Like many other former Trump White House officials, Dan Scavino and Peter Navarro have refused to comply with the Jan. 6 committee's subpoenas. By Amy B Wang ● Read more » | | | | The former president is seeking damages of $72 million in the lawsuit, which comes more than five years after he defeated Hillary Clinton in the November 2016 election. By Felicia Sonmez and Matt Zapotosky ● Read more » | | | | Misspellings and a bevy of false and previously debunked claims, all as part of another unserious lawsuit. Analysis ● By Aaron Blake ● Read more » | | | | The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine weighs in on Vladimir Putin's war against the country, as well as Donald Trump's past attacks on her character. Opinion ● By James Hohmann ● Read more » | | | | The Supreme Court unanimously threw out a lawsuit by a member of the Houston Community College System's Board of Trustees who said the formal reprimand he received from his colleagues was the kind of retaliatory action by a government body that the First Amendment forbids. By Robert Barnes ● Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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