SCOTUS nominee finishes Senate hearing
After three days of questioning, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearing ended with four hours of testimony from legal experts, government officials, and civil rights groups who supported her, along w...
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NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson admits to paying for abortion: 'No one is too far gone to be saved'
The pro-life lieutenant governor of North Carolina opened up Thursday about paying for his wife to get an abortion decades ago before they were married, maintaining that “no one is too far gone to be saved.”
Death row inmate can have pastor lay hands on him during execution: Supreme Court
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that an inmate on death row in Texas should be allowed to have a pastor lay hands on him and pray aloud when he is executed, reversing a lower court ruling.
Madeleine Albright, 1st Female US Secretary of State, Dies
Madeleine Albright, a child refugee from Nazi- and then Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe who rose to become the first female secretary of state and a mentor to many current and former American statesmen and women, died Wednesday of cancer, her family said. She was 84.
Madeleine Albright, first female U.S. secretary of state, dies
Her family confirmed that Madeleine Albright, 84, died of cancer on Wednesday afternoon. Former President Bill Clinton called her “an extraordinary human being … who saw her jobs as both an obliga...
Republicans Take More Shots at Ketanji Brown Jackson During Day 3 of Confirmation Hearings
Day three in the hot seat for President Biden's first Supreme Court nominee and the second round of questions from lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
5 highlights from Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson was grilled on the second day of her U.S. Senate confirmation hearings Tuesday on topics that include abortion, the definition of a woman and critical race theory.
Orthodox advocacy group, archbishop call for sanctions against Russian Orthodox clerics
The Orthodox Public Affairs Committee and a Ukrainian archbishop are calling for sanctions to be placed on the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church, alleging that they are “complicit” in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
California bill would create fund to help women from out of state seeking abortions
Lawmakers in California have introduced a bill that would set aside taxpayer money to help women residing outside the state obtain abortions there as concerns about significant changes to the United States abortion law loom.
Indiana’s GOP Eric Holcomb vetoes bill barring biological males from girls’ sports
The Republican governor of Indiana has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited biological males who identify as female to play in girls’ sports, expressing multiple concerns about the proposed legislation.
