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‘It means the world to us’: Black lawmakers’ euphoria greets Jackson confirmation

Congressional Black Caucus hails ‘historic pick’ of Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman in the supreme court’s 232-year existence

The Guardian - US

Lydia Wilson: ‘People slightly take the brakes off their misogyny when they talk about Ivanka Trump’

Eight years after playing Kate Middleton in a ‘future history’ play, the British actor is now playing Donald Trump’s ‘ambiguous’ daughter Ivanka in another. She speaks to Isobel Lewis about offensive casting, disgusted audiences, and why theatre actors need to get their hands dirty

The Independent UK

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson gives us reason to hope

Her confirmation was expected but still a joy to behold.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Democrats revel in history during Supreme Court confirmation vote

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris couldn’t hold back a broad smile and a crack in her voice as she guided the Senate’s final steps to confirming the first Black woman to the Supreme Court Thursday.

Tribune News Service

Obamas, students cheer high court's 1st Black female justice

Lawmakers erupted in cheers after Vice President Kamala Harris announced the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

The Independent UK

Jackson confirmed as the first black woman in US Supreme Court

Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed as the first black woman to sit on the US Supreme Court in its 233-year history.

Evening Standard

Abbott's border stunt blows up

Rep. Dan Crenshaw went a step further, suggesting that migrants be sent to Kamala Harris' house

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Crowd, cheers, history as Senate confirms Supreme Court pick

Moments before the Senate began Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation vote to become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, the chamber filled with the swell of history

The Independent UK

‘Judge Jackson stands on the shoulders of giants’: women of color on a day to celebrate

Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first Black female justice on US’s highest legal body after her confirmation passes 53-47

The Guardian - US

Democrats revel in history during Supreme Court confirmation vote - Roll Call

Democrats marked Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation to the Supreme Court with smiles, tears and cheers.

Roll Call

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tests positive for COVID-19

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, the latest in a string of high-ranking officials in Washington to receive the diagnosis this week.

Los Angeles Times

Vice president's staffer, others test positive for the coronavirus after weekend gathering

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris' communications director tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday, the second close contact of the vice president to become infected in less than a month.

Los Angeles Times

The D.C. Public Charter Schools Where Masks Are Still Mandatory

"People's irrational fears are taking over these policy decisions," says one parent.

Reason

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Vice president missed her chance

This could have been Vice President Kamala Harris’ night. But instead, it was Gov. Chris Sununu’s.

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The Guardian - US

Back to the future as Obama sprinkles some stardust on Biden White House

The 46th president and the 44th got the old gang back together to celebrate the Affordable Care Act and seek a midterm boost

Los Angeles Times

Obama, returning to Biden White House, touts his signature health care law’s anniversary

WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama returned to the White House on Tuesday for the first time since leaving office to celebrate the 12th anniversary of his landmark health care law — and to provide a political lift to President Joe Biden and Democrats.

The Guardian - US

Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation vote is ‘making history’, says senator – as it happened

The Senate judiciary committee meets today, beginning a week expected to conclude with the confirmation of the first black female supreme court justice

Los Angeles Times

Why Ketanji Brown Jackson and Kamala Harris idolize civil rights lawyers like Constance Baker Motley

As Kamala Harris made history in her speech accepting the vice presidential nomination in 2020, she broke into a broad grin as she invoked the name of her hero: Constance Baker Motley, the first Black woman to serve as a federal judge.

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The Independent UK

Biden called Fox News ‘destructive’ and Murdoch ‘the world’s most dangerous man’, new book claims

Biden said media mogul was ‘even more toxic’ than Fox News, authors said

Chicago Sun-Times

Fact-check: Sen. Tammy Duckworth over-hypes specifics of gender pay gap study

The annual Equal Pay Day Coalition study does not separate out white women, and does not examine the same professions nor the qualifications of either gender. The U.S. senator joins a growing number of Democratic politicians who have incorrectly cited the national study of the gender pay gap to…

Los Angeles Times

Kamala Harris, daughter of a Jamaican immigrant, meets with island’s prime minister

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris — whose father emigrated from Jamaica —met Wednesday with the island nation’s prime minister, Andrew Holness, at the White House, marking another historic moment for the first Black and South Asian vice president.

Los Angeles Times

Kamala Harris, daughter of a Jamaican immigrant, to meet with island’s prime minister

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris — whose father emigrated from Jamaica — will meet Wednesday with the island nation’s prime minister, Andrew Holness, at the White House, marking another historic moment for the first Black and South Asian vice president.

The Guardian - US

Joe Biden signs landmark law making lynching a hate crime

Kamala Harris and relatives of Ida B Wells and Emmett Till attend ceremony marking Emmett Till Antilynching Act

Tribune News Service

Biden signs federal anti-lynching bill into law

President Joe Biden has signed legislation to finally define lynching as a federal hate crime.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Jamaica PM to meet with VP Kamala Harris as White House works on Caribbean relationships

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris will host Jamaica’s prime minister at the White House on Wednesday as part of an effort to improve the United States’ relationship with Caribbean nations.

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