Senate Democrats are on track to confirm Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson this week, giving President Biden a domestic win and fulfilling his campaign promise of putting the first Black woman on the high court.
Several Republican senators cited Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s decision to sentence niece rapist Leo Weekes to half the prison time sought by prosecutors.
Federal Circuit Judge Alison Nathan denied former associate of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell’s request for a new trial on Friday after determining a juror testified “credibly and truthfully.”
Tennessee legislation that would withhold funding from school districts allowing transgender students to participate in sports, has advanced toward Gov. Bill Lee’s desk for signature after passing in the Senate Education Committee on March 29.
Pope Francis apologized and begged forgiveness Friday for the “deplorable” abuses suffered by Indigenous Peoples in Canada’s residential schools, saying he was ashamed and indignant at all they had endured at the hands of Catholic educators.
Just days after sparring with President Joe Biden’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court over her perceived leniency with child porn offenders, Sen. Josh...
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