Facing a primary challenge from the right in Alaska, the moderate Republican had to choose between placating restive conservatives or courting the center. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Supreme Court Justices posing for a photograph last year. Judge Jackson will not take the required judicial oath and formally join the Supreme Court until Justice Breyer’s work is done. The last three justices to join the Supreme Court did…
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will help make the Supreme Court look like the nation but will have little power to halt its rightward trajectory. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is now in its second month with no end in sight to what is already widely recognized as the largest European conflict since World War II. Nevertheless, it is important for the European Union to…
Vice President Kamala Harris, the first Black woman to hold the position and one of just 11 Black senators in American history, presided over the vote. Vice President Kamala Harris, the first Black woman to hold the position and one…
New lawsuits target Representatives Paul Gosar and Andy Biggs, as well as Mark Finchem, a candidate for Arizona secretary of state, claiming they are barred from office under the 14th Amendment. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you…
The members of the Congressional Black Caucus are all Democrats and are tied to each other by social justice advocacy, but the group reflects the diversity of Black voters within the party. Dozens of members of the Congressional Black Caucus…
Elections took place in Serbia and Hungary, two countries with authoritarian leaders, on the same day, 3 April. In both elections, the autocrats, Aleksandar Vučić in Serbia and Viktor Orbán in Hungary, both personal friends of Russian President Vladimir Putin,…
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Nancy Pelosi was among the lawmakers who appeared maskless with President Biden at a ceremony at the White House earlier this week. Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California tested positive for the coronavirus, her office said on Thursday, the latest high-profile…