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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson blasts 'let-them-eat-cake obliviousness' in Supreme Court affirmative action dissent
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson accused the Supreme Court's conservative majority of a "let-them-eat-cake obliviousness" on the issue ...
Jun 29, 2023
Biden, Obamas, Trump and more react to Supreme Court restricting affirmative action
Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Lawmakers, legal experts, presidential candidates -- past and present -- and others are reacting on Thursday to a landmark ruling ...
Jun 29, 2023
Justices Thomas and Sotomayor, who say they benefitted from affirmative action, divide on its future
Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court's most senior conservative, Justice Clarence Thomas, and its most senior liberal, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, both rose from humb...
Jun 29, 2023
Pence makes surprise trip to Ukraine, in move to set himself apart from GOP field: 'We are with you'
Guy Davies/ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- In a dramatic move to differentiate himself on a key foreign policy issue, former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday made a surprise trip to Ukraine, project...
Jun 29, 2023
Affirmative action: What to know about the Supreme Court cases
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday set new limits on affirmative action programs in cases involving whether public and private colleges and universities can conti...
Jun 29, 2023
Top Trump campaign aide identified as key individual in classified docs indictment: Sources
Tetra Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- One of the top advisers on Donald Trump's 2024 campaign is among the individuals identified but not named by special counsel Jack Smith in his indictment again...
Jun 29, 2023
DHS investigator takes over as acting director of ICE, nation's immigration agency
ICE.gov(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration has selected the new head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, sources confirmed to ABC News on Wednesday. Patrick "P.J." Lechleitner, a career ICE o...
Jun 29, 2023
Biden says Putin is losing 'war in Iraq' -- not Ukraine -- in latest gaffe
Scott Olson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Twice in 24 hours President Joe Biden misspoke when discussing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, referring to it instead as the war "in Iraq." The first app...
Jun 28, 2023
Kevin McCarthy calls Trump to clarify comment questioning his reelection chances: Source
Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As the 2024 election gets underway, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who hasn't yet endorsed anyone in the Republican presidential primar...
Jun 28, 2023
RNC won't present loyalty pledge to candidates until after they qualify for debate: Sources
OsakaWayne Studios/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Republican presidential candidates who qualify for the first primary debate will have to satisfy one final, somewhat controversial requirement, sour...
Jun 28, 2023
