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Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson listens to a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

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GOP questions for Jackson in her hearings were about midterm messaging — 4 takeaways

7:20pm March 23, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

If Biden's Supreme Court nominee gets any GOP votes, it's pretty clear by the bitterness displayed during her confirmation hearing they likely won't come from Republicans on the Judiciary Committee.

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a government meeting via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on Wednesday. Putin said Russia will only accept payments in rubles for gas deliveries to "unfriendly countries," which inclu

Putin demands 'unfriendly countries' pay for Russian gas in rubles

6:34pm March 23, 2022

by NPR Staff

President Vladimir Putin issued a new directive as he attempts to leverage Russia's in-demand fuel to counter a barrage of Western sanctions.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright testifies during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in 2017 in Washington, D.C.

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Madeleine Albright, the first woman to become U.S. secretary of state, has died

6:12pm March 23, 2022

by Fernando Alfonso III

Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, who served under the Clinton administration, has died.

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Former President Donald Trump welcomes Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., a candidate for U.S. Senate, to the stage during a rally in Cullman, Ala., on Aug. 21, 2021. Trump on Wednesday pulled his endorsement of Brooks, who's been struggling in polls.

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Trump yanks endorsement of Alabama Senate candidate Brooks, who said to get past 2020

4:30pm March 23, 2022

by Don Gonyea

Mo Brooks' Republican Senate campaign has been struggling, and now the former president has pulled his endorsement, citing a dispute over the 2020 election.

NATO and G7 leaders to meet in Brussels to discuss the war in Ukraine

4:28pm March 23, 2022

by Jason Beaubien

Leaders of NATO and the G7 will hold an emergency summit in Brussels to talk about the war in Ukraine. But Ukrainian officials are hoping for more than speeches — they want weapons and sanctions.

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Biden heads to Europe this week, more sanctions against Russia on the table

4:28pm March 23, 2022

by Tamara Keith

President Biden will travel to Brussels and Warsaw this week to meet with allies about support for Ukraine and their efforts to impose costs on Russia for invading Ukraine.

A procedure room at Planned Parenthood in Meridian, Idaho, one of the few clinics in the state to offer abortions. Access to abortion is about to become even less available in the state as a six-week ban became law.

Idaho prepares to ban most abortions in the state as governor signs Texas-style law

4:08pm March 23, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

Barring legal challenges, Idaho's law is scheduled to take effect in about a month. It bans most abortions after about six weeks and allows health care providers to be sued.

Advocates rally outside the Ohio Supreme Court on Dec. 8, 2021, in Columbus. Justices have struck down three versions of Republican-drawn state legislative maps for being unconstitutional.

With 6 weeks until Ohio's primary, many voting districts still haven't been decided

9:29am March 23, 2022

by Andy Chow (Statehouse News Bureau)

The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected legislative maps three times. With weeks to go until the primary, voters don't know who their candidates are and candidates don't know where their districts are.

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President Biden departs the White House on Wednesday for his trip to Brussels and Poland, where he plans to work to keep allies unified on their response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Biden and U.S. allies plan to step up sanctions on Russia over its war in Ukraine

9:22am March 23, 2022

by Tamara Keith

President Biden will meet with NATO allies and G-7 leaders on Thursday before heading to Poland — a nation grappling with millions of Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia's war in their country.

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News brief: Biden to Brussels, Judge Jackson's record, Ohio's redistricting

7:05am March 23, 2022

NATO holds an emergency summit in Brussel. Biden's Supreme Court nominee faces a second day of questions from a Senate panel. Legal fights over Ohio's redistricting are about to come to a head.

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