Are Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings All Politics?
Wednesday was the third day of Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation hearings, but senators spent much of their time rehashing familiar lines of questioning. Republicans doubled down on c...
24 Maalis 202214min
Ketanji Brown Jackson Vows To Be An "Impartial" Supreme Court Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's Supreme Court pick, faced questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday. In a marathon hearing, Jackson said she decides cases "from a position of neut...
23 Maalis 202214min
Ketanji Brown Jackson Begins Historic Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings
On her first day of Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson told senators that she "stands on the shoulders" of those who came before her and that she decides cases "from a ne...
21 Maalis 202214min
The Senate Surprised Itself By Passing A Bill To Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent
On top of aid to Ukraine and a trillion-dollar budget, Congress reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act and passed legislation which makes lynching a federal hate crime.They also voted to make Day...
18 Maalis 202227min
Ukrainian Refugees Could Convince Biden To End Pandemic Asylum Restrictions
For more than a year, immigration activists have been frustrated that the White House has used the pandemic as a reason to turn away hundreds of thousands of migrants before they can make a request fo...
17 Maalis 202213min
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine's President, Addresses Congress
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a video address before Congress Wednesday, in which he asked for additional support to protect the country's citizens against Russian military brutali...
16 Maalis 202214min
Politics And America's Loneliness Epidemic
Even before the pandemic, three in five Americans reported feeling like they are left out, poorly understood and lacking companionship.Communities with low social connectedness have higher rates of cr...
15 Maalis 202213min
From A Basement In Lviv, The Latest On Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
The UN says more than 600 civilians been killed, though the true number is likely far higher. Russia's attacks have begun to reach the westernmost parts of the country, including on a military install...
14 Maalis 202212min
