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Biden lays out 3 main goals after meeting with leaders about Ukraine

4:57pm March 24, 2022

by Scott Detrow

President Biden spoke to reporters after wrapping up meetings with NATO and G-7 leaders about Russia's invasion of Ukraine. allies have had three goals: to help Ukraine, to economically punish Russia,

Some Republican senators may have grilled Judge Jackson as part of a larger campaign

4:57pm March 24, 2022

by Deirdre Walsh

Some of the most contentious moments in this week's Supreme Court confirmation hearings came during questions from Republican senators believed to be harboring ambitions to run for president.

Judge Jackson, Madeleine Albright and the legacy of being 'first'

4:57pm March 24, 2022

The first female secretary of state Madeleine Albright died Wednesday. She was known for her advice, specifically to working women and mothers as they navigated new and sometimes unfriendly spaces.

President Biden attends a G7 leaders meeting during a NATO summit on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, on Thursday.

Biden promises Western allies would respond if Russia uses chemical weapons

3:46pm March 24, 2022

by Franco Ordoñez

Western allies would respond if Russia uses chemical weapons against Ukraine, President Biden said after an emergency meeting with NATO allies. "It would trigger a response in-kind," he said.

Vice President Harris speaks during a meeting with Native American community leaders about voting rights together with Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (left) in July 2021.

Politics & Government

Native Americans face more barriers in voting. The White House suggests these changes

3:39pm March 24, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

The report was commissioned by President Biden in March 2021 as part of an executive order he signed to protect voting rights.

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson arrives to the office of Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet for meeting Thursday in Washington, D.C. On Wednesday, Jackson concluded her final day of questioning during her confirmation hearings with the Senate

Politics & Government

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings: What happened Thursday

3:25pm March 24, 2022

by Barbara Sprunt

At the fourth and final hearing, representatives from the American Bar Association lauded Jackson's resume and career. GOP panel members continued their focus on her handling of child pornography.

U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright smiles as she shakes hands with Russian acting President Vladimir Putin, right, in Moscow's Kremlin, in 2000. Albright has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday.

Madeleine Albright had a lot to say about Putin — and she didn't mince words

1:19pm March 24, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The former U.S. secretary of state recalled the first time she met Russian President Vladimir Putin back in 1999 during the Clinton administration.

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Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson wipes away tears during her confirmation as Sen. Cory Booker quotes Langston Hughes in support of her.

The history behind the Langston Hughes poem used in the Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing

1:09pm March 24, 2022

by Andrew Limbong

Sen. Cory Booker quoted the lines to support Supreme Court nominee Judge Kentaji Brown Jackson during her confirmation hearing. Hughes' poem is a searing look at race and class in America.

The Briggle family is fighting back after the Texas governor and attorney general said transgender children receiving gender-affirming care are the victims of child abuse.

Politics & Government

Texas governor calls gender affirming care 'child abuse.' This family fights back

11:45am March 24, 2022

by Wade Goodwyn

Texas Child Protective Services opened an investigation into the Briggle family after the governor and attorney general called gender-affirming care child abuse.

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Albright delivered remarks during the Democratic National Convention in July, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Madeleine Albright kept up her trailblazing work long after being secretary of state

11:38am March 24, 2022

by Barbara Sprunt

Albright, who arrived in the U.S. as an 11-year-old refugee, became the first woman to serve as secretary of state. She died on Wednesday at the age of 84.

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