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Tearful Ketanji Brown Jackson celebrates with Biden at White House: 'We've made it'
Oliver Contreras/for The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden celebrated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic confirmation to the Supreme Court at the White House on F...
Apr 08, 2022
Despite railing against Big Tech and Big Pharma, records show Dr. Oz has invested millions in both
Tristan Wheelock/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, has a considerable financial stake in major pharmaceu...
Apr 08, 2022
Is Trump's hold on the GOP waning? We’re about to find out.
Tristan Wheelock/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A former president who famously claimed he would win so much that his followers would be "sick and tired of winning" faces the prospect of so...
Apr 08, 2022
Jackson's road to confirmation reveals divergent paths for 2022 and 2024
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Supreme Court confirmation battles are typically remembered for a few searing or pithy exchanges -- or, just as likely, not at all. The memories of and les...
Apr 07, 2022
Alabama legislature passes 'Don't Say Gay,' trans care and bathroom ban bills
Julie Bennett/Getty Images, FILE(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) -- The Alabama legislature has passed two bills focusing on transgender youth: SB 184, which would ban gender-affirming care, and HB 322, which would...
Apr 07, 2022
Washington elite faced with a growing resurgence of COVID-19 infections
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With masks no longer required and mitigation measures seen by some as a thing of the past, a coronavirus resurgence is spreading among the tight circ...
Apr 07, 2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson live updates: Senate nears confirmation vote
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in its 233-year history, is poised for Senate confirmation on Thursday a...
Apr 07, 2022
Nancy Pelosi tests positive for COVID-19
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for COVID-19, her deputy chief of staff Drew Hammill tweeted Thursday. This positive test comes after testin...
Apr 07, 2022
Senate confirms Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court in historic vote
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, paving the way for her to become the first Black woman to sit on the nation...
Apr 07, 2022
House votes to hold 2 Trump White House officials in contempt
Phil Roeder/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to hold Trump White House officials Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply wi...
Apr 06, 2022
