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Jackson’s confirmation leaves the court younger

The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday, a first for a Black woman or a public defender. Cheers rang out in the Senate chamber as Jackson, a 51 year-old appeals court judge with nine years experience on the federal bench, was confirmed 53-47, mostly along… Read More

Prosecutors: Big Secret Service gift scandal erupts

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged two men they say were posing as federal agents, giving free apartments and other gifts to U.S. Secret Service agents, including one who worked on the first lady’s security detail. The two men — Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 36 — were taken into… Read More

Jen Psaki already made enemies at her new job

Jen Psaki is planning to leave her position as Joe Biden’s press secretary for a job as an MSNBC host… and not everybody is happy about it. On Friday, NBC News President Noah Oppenheim even held an emergency phone call to assuage his staffers’ anger, according to a bombshell report… Read More

[Recipe] Classic Passover charoset made with apples, nuts, wine

It’s one of the six symbolic foods on the Passover seder plate — and it’s pretty delicious too. Charoset (also spelled haroset) is usually made from sweet fruits, nuts and some red wine, all nods to verses in the Bible. You can keep eating it, of course, once its role… Read More

State police investigate theft of sasquatch lawn ornament

Police are investigating the theft of a 7-foot-tall (2.13 meter-tall) metal sasquatch lawn ornament from a home in southern Michigan. The item crafted from sheet metal was stolen from a home in St. Joseph County’s Park Township on or after March 22, Michigan State Police said. Sponsored: What eggs do… Read More

Putin’s secretive daughters targeted by U.S.

The U.S. rolled out a new wave of financial sanctions on Wednesday against Russia that President Joe Biden said would place a lasting penalty on the country’s economy. The United Kingdom quickly followed suit, and more pain was coming from the European Union as the allies pressed forward with an… Read More

Trump scores Supreme Court win

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated, for now, a Trump-era rule that curtails the power of states and Native American tribes to block pipelines and other energy projects that can pollute rivers, streams, and other waterways. In a decision that split the court 5-4, the justices agreed to halt a… Read More

Masters’ irks some spectators with its no-phone policy

Mary Gray hadn’t even made it all the way to the first tee at Augusta National Golf Club when the reality of the protective bubble that settles over the course during Masters’ week fully set in. She knew the club’s “no phone policy” and dutifully left her cell in her… Read More

3 Republicans back KBJ, all but assuring her confirmation

Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney say they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic elevation to the Supreme Court, giving President Joe Biden’s nominee a burst of bipartisan support and all but assuring she’ll become the first Black female justice. The senators from Alaska and Utah… Read More