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WASHINGTON — White House allies say they’re confident Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court will shape President Joe Biden’s legacy long after he leaves office — even if the appointment does not offer Democrats a political boost in time for November’s midterm elections.

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, the end of a historic nomination process streaked with acrimony even for a justice who will not alter the court’s current conservative tilt.

Democrats are in for another protracted standoff over fiscal priorities, based on Republicans' reaction to the budget released Monday.

WASHINGTON — Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday rolled unscathed through a marathon day of questioning for her nomination to the Supreme Court, as some of the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee spent time on outside issues peripheral to her qualifications.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson spent much of her first marathon day of hearings fielding questions unrelated to her judicial record.

Lauren Witzke, a far-right Christian nationalist and QAnon supporter, views Putin as a "symbol of Christian piety"

A leading Democratic senator says he thinks the Biden administration could ask Congress for $10 billion or more to finance the U.S. response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The top Senate Democrat overseeing foreign aid said Congress likely will pass emergency spending for Ukraine of at least $10 billion.

US Senator Chris Coons, member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, held talks with Sudanese General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the Commander-in-Chief of Sudan's Armed Forces. During the talks, Coons reiterated his concern and that of his colleagues in Congress regarding the political crisis in Sudan. He voiced concern over the…