The Latest Breaking News from Mitch McConnell

‘I don’t pick the Republican nominee for president,’ the top Republican says

"I think I have an obligation to support the nominee of my party," McConnell explained.

Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first — and possibly the last — Supreme Court justice to be confirmed under President Biden.

"I'm very comfortable with my moral red line."

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, the end of a historic nomination process streaked with acrimony even for a justice who will not alter the court’s current conservative tilt.

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, the end of a historic nomination process streaked with acrimony even for a justice who will not alter the court’s current conservative tilt.

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Jackson confirmed 53 votes to 47, and will become first Black woman to serve in court’s more than 200-year history

"Spouses are not members of Congress," he said on Ginni Thomas' activism to overturn the 2020 election.

McConnell had not previously been pressed on the contradiction.

WASHINGTON — The Senate is expected to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, the end of a historic nomination process streaked with acrimony even for a justice who will not alter the court’s current conservative tilt.