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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer s retirement gives President Joe Biden a chance to make his first nomination to the high court.... It's also a chance for Biden to fulfill a campaign promise to nominate the first Black woman to be a justice. Some things to know about the women seen as leading candidates: KETANJI BROWN JACKSONKetanji Brown Jackson has known Breyer for decades.... President Barack Obama nominated her to be a federal trial court judge in the District of Columbia in 2013....

The disappearance and death of Florida woman Gabby Petito has been dubbed as the “ missing white woman syndrome ” by television host Joy Reid who questioned the lack of similar attention in cases involving people of colour. Petito, 22, who was on almost a two-month-long cross country road trip with her boyfriend, went missing last month and a body matching her description was found in Wyoming on Sunday.... And I guess, that’s the issue, isn’t it?... It’s systemic racism, ” said Ms Bull. Petito

City officials, teachers and parents depicted two vastly different versions of how schools are operating at full capacity during the pandemic at a seven-hour D.C. Council oversight hearing Tuesday.In one, city leaders said they have reopened schools adhering to strict safety protocols.... There had also been 120 positive cases among the system’s 7, 500 employees.... Kihn said that officials are not currently considering a policy change, but that does not mean the city will never change its app

close Video Tucker: Biden only talks about skin color Tucker Carlson discusses how President Biden chooses his nominees based off of affirmative action and how identity politics always ends with tribal warfare.... So here's a weird story-so many of those these days-if you were anywhere near the Supreme Court in Washington this past spring, you may have seen a black box truck with New Jersey plates and a billboard on the side parked by the side of the road.... You wonder that about a lot of peo

As Democrats regroup with an eye on maintaining a tenuous grip on Congress after November's midterm elections, the prospect of naming Breyer's replacement offered an opportunity to pause from those bruising battles.... James Clyburn, D-S.C., who made a crucial endorsement of Biden just before South Carolina’s presidential primary in 2020. The exact timing of Breyer’s retirement remains unclear, but Senate Democrats who control the confirmation process plan to begin the proceedings as soon as po

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who toured the area early this week, told Congress on Tuesday that the conditions in Del Rio were a “ human tragedy ” that officials were racing to address.... Under U.S. pressure, Mexican authorities won’t let them leave. The letter did not address photos and videos that emerged earlier this week that appeared to show Border Patrol agents on horseback in Del Rio charging migrants as they crossed the Rio Grande.... Democrats have been particularl

The prospect of the historic Supreme Court nomination takes place at a crucial political moment for the Biden White House.... With the 2022 midterm elections on the horizon and a myriad of policy battles playing out in Washington, the confirmation of a liberal justice could be the major win Democrats need to fire up their base this November.... While confirmation timelines vary, Democrats have signaled thus far that a prospective Supreme Court justice's confirmation process would take place sw

A rush transcript of" This Week with George Stephanopoulos" airing on Sunday, July 2, 2023 on ABC News is below.... This copy may not be in its final form, may be updated and may contain minor transcription errors.... JAMES COMER( R-KY): This was a win for fairness, a win for the Constitution. KARL: Limiting anti-discrimination protections. LORIE SMITH: Colorado can't force me or anyone to say something we don't believe. REP....

Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., tweeted that" Biden has deployed his Needle Nazis," while a prominent conservative youth leader called Biden's vaccination push an" apartheid-style open-air hostage situation." Even those not as far on the fringes, such as Gov.... No one is being jabbed against their will, and the federal government is sending an epidemiologist and a communications specialist – that's it – to Missouri, where vaccination rates are lagging.... Evelyn Hockstein/ Reuters President Joe Bide