Biden picks Ketanji Brown Jackson as historic U.S. Supreme Court nominee – Reuters

Jackson, 51, could serve in lifetime post for decadesBiden urges the Senate work to confirm Jackson quickly WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Friday nominated federal appellate judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman

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Biden taps Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court: AP Source – Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, the first Black woman selected to serve on a court that once declared her race unworthy of citizenship and endorsed

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Kayleigh McEnany, Pete Hegseth burn Biden for backpedaling on Russia sanctions: He is ‘simply not with it' – Fox News

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Biden expressed in a briefing Friday that sanctions imposed on Russia were never meant to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin which raised the eyebrows of former White House press secretary Kayleigh

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First on CNN: Biden to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman to sit on Supreme Court – CNN

Biden will deliver remarks on Friday afternoon announcing the selection, the White House said. CNN first reported Biden’s decision. She received and accepted Biden’s offer in a call Thursday night, a source familiar with the decision told CNN, but was

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Biden to reveal his Supreme Court nominee on Friday – CNN

Ketanji Brown Jackson, 51, who currently sits on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, is considered the front-runner. Biden is poised to extend the offer in a telephone call to the nominee Friday morning, a person

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Biden slaps sanctions on Nord Stream 2 pipeline firm months after waiver

President Biden announced Wednesday the US would impose sanctions on the Russian-owned company behind the construction of the controversial Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline linking Russia and Germany following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. In a statement, Biden described the sanctions as

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Bipartisan lawmakers want Biden to tell Europe to stop ‘unfairly’ targeting U.S. tech companies

A bipartisan group of 30 lawmakers is urging President Joe Biden to push European leaders to alter language in their proposed Digital Markets Act so that it does not unfairly target U.S. tech companies. In a letter sent Wednesday and

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Biden has met with at least three potential Supreme Court nominees

One source familiar with the three meetings — including the meeting with Jackson, who has long been considered the frontrunner — said the President has yet to make up his mind. Two other sources confirmed the meetings with Kruger and

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Ex-girlfriend tells Hunter Biden grand jury about lavish spending

The grand jury considering evidence in the Hunter Biden tax probe heard nearly five hours of secret testimony from an ex-girlfriend who’s furious she got dumped after urging him to get off drugs, The Post has learned. Zoe Kestan, 28,

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Biden to bar Americans from business with Ukraine rebels after Putin backing

The White House announced Monday that Americans will soon be barred from doing business in two separatist regions of eastern Ukraine recognized as independent by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin bemoaned the collapse of the Soviet Union as he recognized

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Biden abruptly cancels President’s Day trip to Delaware during Ukraine crisis

President Joe Biden on Sunday abruptly canceled plans to spend the Presidents Day holiday at home in Delaware amid the mounting crisis over what officials say is a planned Russian invasion of Ukraine. The White House had announced shortly after

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Biden extends the national pandemic emergency first declared in March 2020.

President Biden said on Friday that he would extend the national emergency that was first declared in March 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The additional authority had been set to expire on March 1. The decision, contained in

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Biden convenes National Security Council on Ukraine crisis

President Biden has warned Putin that the U.S. and its allies are willing to impose swift and severe costs on Russia. Courtesy: The White House WASHINGTON –President Joe Biden will convene a meeting of the National Security Council Sunday amid

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Biden signs stopgap funding measure into law, avoiding government shutdown | CNN Politics

CNN—   President Joe Biden on Friday officially signed into law the stopgap funding measure passed by the Senate Thursday night, averting a government shutdown for now. The funding for the federal government was set to expire on Friday. The

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Biden will announce $1 billion in infrastructure funding to clean up Great Lakes

The bulk of funding is targeted to restore what the Environmental Protection Agency has identified as severely degraded “Areas of Concern.” The administration projects that funding from the infrastructure law — combined with funds from annual Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

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