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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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Examining 2 days of Senate confirmation hearings for Biden's Supreme Court nominee

7:01am March 23, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Tomiko Brown-Nagin, dean of Harvard Radcliffe Institute, about Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson's judicial philosophy.

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Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, tests positive again for COVID

5:11am March 23, 2022

by Franco Ordoñez

President Biden's press secretary Jen Psaki has COVID-19 again. It's the second time a positive test will keep her from going on a foreign trip with Biden. He tested negative and will carry on.

Confirmation hearings for Biden's Supreme Court nominee continue for a 3rd day

5:11am March 23, 2022

President Biden's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, faces a second day of questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies on her nomination to become an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court during the Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearing on Tuesday.

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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings: What happened on Tuesday

10:32pm March 22, 2022

by Barbara Sprunt

Judge Jackson defended her record of sentences she handed down in child pornography cases after several Republican senators alleged she was soft on crime.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, shown here at the 2022 New York State Democratic Convention in February, says she has tested positive for COVID-19.

Hillary Clinton says she's tested positive for COVID-19

6:56pm March 22, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

The former secretary of state said Tuesday that she is experiencing "some mild cold symptoms but am feeling fine."

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House on March 17, 2022, in Washington. Psaki announced she recently tested positive for COVID-19.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki tests positive (again) for COVID-19

5:54pm March 22, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

In a statement posted to Twitter, Psaki says she had two "socially-distanced meetings" with President Biden on Monday and said he was not considered a close contact. His most recent test was negative.

Sywasz Elizabeth, Samarska Ludmyla and Pylypenko Arsenij wait on a bus after arriving safely on a train in Lviv, Ukraine, from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which has been under heavy Russian military attack, on Tuesday. Trains carried hundreds of evacu

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 22)

5:01pm March 22, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A radio station in Missouri continues broadcasting Kremlin-funded Radio Sputnik

4:51pm March 22, 2022

by Kavahn Mansouri

A Missouri radio station is airing Russian state-funded broadcasts. In a rare move, the National Association of Broadcasters called for stations to cease airing state-sponsored programming.

Sen. Graham grilled Judge Jackson on day 2 of Supreme Court confirmation hearings

4:35pm March 22, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

Judge Katanji Brown Jackson faced a marathon day of questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is considering her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.