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The Senate voted, 53-47, to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the 116th Supreme Court justice, making history in diversifying the bench while leaving unchanged the conservative tilt of a court preparing to tackle gay rights, environmental regulations and race in college admissions.
The White House press secretary is said to be at the final stage of talks with the MSNBC network
Nominee could become first black woman in supreme court’s history, and Biden is hoping for a smooth confirmation process
With gas prices reaching an all-time national average high, fewer rideshare drivers may be on the road." Source: Jack Gruber, USA TODAY
The national average price for gas continues to soar, breaking records in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The administration will need to secure enough funding to fulfill an array of plans
US President Joe Biden has told Congress that Vladimir Putin badly misjudged how the West would hit back once he invaded Ukraine.
US special forces have “taken off the battlefield” the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group in a raid in northwest Syria, President Joe Biden said on Thursday, adding that the operation had "removed a major terrorist threat".
The US East Coast is being battered by the first major blizzard to hit the region in four years.
A powerful nor’easter swept up the East Coast on Saturday.
Fears that subs from China, which claims the area, could be first to reach wreckage that plunged from deck of aircraft carrier
If appointed, she would be the first black woman to sit on country’s most powerful bench
After Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg's death gave former President Donald Trump a chance for a last-minute nomination, Democrats ramped up pressure for Breyer to retire. His retiring would eliminate the risk of his seat going to a conservative justice, swaying the court even farther to the right.
The poll was conducted from January 4 to 9 among 507 Black women voters nationwide and has a margin of error of plus or minus 5.04 percent.
US President Joe Biden has affirmed that he will appoint an African-American woman to the top US court for the first time in history.
An outlandish theory suggesting US Vice President Kamala Harris will soon find herself in a new job has been rubbished by experts.
Justice Breyer, who will leave at the end of the term, has championed the court’s independence from politics. The retirement opens the door for the president to deliver on his promise to nominate the court’s first Black woman.
Kamala Harris assumed office in historic fashion, becoming the first woman to serve "a heartbeat away from the presidency".
There's a reason African Americans, historically, have been drawn to the Baptist sect.
A winter storm is bringing heavy snow and ice to parts of the US and Canada, with millions under weather warnings.