The Latest Breaking News from Marsha Blackburn

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Jackson, the first Black female Supreme Court nominee, is “a living witness to the fact that, in America, all is possible.”

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson spent more than four hours Monday with her hands folded in front of her at the witness table, often smiling broadly as members of the Senate Judiciary Committee spoke in turn about the coming days of the confirmation hearing.

House and Senate Appropriations committee leaders said Wednesday they had a deal on a "framework" to start writing compromise spending bills.

It seems a few angry conservatives have pretty short memories.