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Basement talk, virtual handshake led to Manchin-Schumer deal

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin had been wrestling for more than a year over President Joe Biden’s big rebuilding America package

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Ocasio-Cortez holds off backing Biden for 2024 as too early

A top congressional ally said he expects President Joe Biden to seek a second term in 2024, while a prominent progressive Democratic lawmaker stopped short of supporting his re-election.

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Senators derailed Biden from dumping head of Nobel-winning World Food Program

Biden wanted to replace Republican David Beasley at the UN.

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Funding mostly absent from Supreme Court security discussion

WASHINGTON — Threats against the nation’s highest court are being taken seriously at the uppermost levels of government in the aftermath of this month’s leak of a draft Supreme Court ruling that would overturn Roe v. Wade.

Tribune News Service

Funding mostly absent from Supreme Court security discussion - Roll Call

Renewed focus on threats to justices comes as calls to beef up lower court security funding have gone largely unheeded.

Roll Call

Garcetti's nomination remains stalled in Senate

WASHINGTON — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's nomination to be ambassador to India is dangling by a thread in the Senate, with several Democrats continuing to express hesitation over the nomination.

Tribune News Service

Prepare for McCarthy-era crackdowns on pro-choice protesters

Conservatives and corporate media pundits want to use a Red Scare statute to arrest people demonstrating against the looming anti-abortion victory

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Ukraine aid vote pushed to next week amid Senate snarl - Roll Call

Senators headed home for the weekend without clearing a $40.1 billion emergency spending package for Ukraine.

Roll Call

Congress excludes protections for Afghan evacuees in Ukraine bill

WASHINGTON — Congress left out of a Ukraine-focused supplemental spending bill a White House proposal to grant Afghan evacuees permanent protections in the U.S., leaving roughly 36,000 of them in legal limbo.

Tribune News Service

Quick Senate OK ahead for House-passed $40B aid for Ukraine

Final congressional approval of a $40 billion Ukraine aid bill seems certain within days

The Independent UK

Ukraine aid bill faces familiar Senate procedural obstacles - Roll Call

The Senate finds itself in a familiar position after a $40.1 billion emergency funding package for Ukraine passed the House.

Roll Call

Congress excludes protections for Afghan evacuees in Ukraine bill - Roll Call

The Biden administration and advocates sought to win permanent protections for some 36,000 Afghan evacuees in the United States.

Roll Call

House passage of $40B Ukraine aid bill expected, Senate next

The House is debating a fresh $40 billion Ukraine aid package that beefs up President Joe Biden’s initial request

The Independent UK

Sending U.S. Troops to Ukraine Would Be a Massive Mistake

But politicians like Sen. Chris Coons are still flirting with the idea of direct American military intervention.

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Garcetti gave ‘unintentionally blended numbers’ on sex allegations involving adviser, rep says

LOS ANGELES — As U.S. senators weigh the veracity of sexual harassment allegations lodged against Mayor Eric Garcetti’s former adviser and the mayor’s handling of the alleged claims, Garcetti twice made an inaccurate statement to reporters about witnesses in the case.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

‘He kept a promise’: How Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation boosts Biden’s legacy

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.

Tribune News Service

Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson for upcoming Supreme Court vacancy

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.

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Senate set to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson for upcoming Supreme Court vacancy

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Senate set to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson for upcoming Supreme Court vacancy

WASHINGTON — The Senate is expected to confirm 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.

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Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson for upcoming Supreme Court vacancy - Roll Call

After another contentious confirmation process, she will be the first Black woman and former public defender on the high court.

Tribune News Service

With ink barely dry, Biden budget put through the wringer

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies on Capitol Hill are in for another protracted standoff over fiscal priorities, based on Republicans’ reaction to Biden’s election-year budget released Monday.

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With ink barely dry, Biden budget put through the wringer - Roll Call

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

Tribune News Service

Hearing for court nominee Jackson veers into hot-button topics

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.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing veers into hot-button topics - Roll Call

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

Salon

QAnon supporter praises Putin

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

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