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When Gov. Gavin Newsom named then-California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to fill Kamala Harris’ seat in the U.S. Senate after she was elected vice president, it was the right choice — and not only because it was high time that this state, where 39% of residents are Latino, had…

A bipartisan group of senators has resumed efforts to revise the U.S. immigration system.

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Monday advanced the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee.

WASHINGTON — An evenly split Senate committee deadlocked Monday along partisan lines on a vote to advance Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Alex Padilla’s flight troubles could delay the Senate’s timeline for confirming Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson had me at “Whoa!”

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Advocates see Jackson, who would be the first Black woman to serve on the high court, as an ally on critical civil rights issues.