Tag: Cory Booker
Joe Biden announces 2024 reelection bid: ‘Let’s finish this job’
President Joe Biden on Tuesday formally announced that he is running for reelection in 2024, asking voters to give him more time to “finish this...
Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed as first Black female high court justice
The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the...
Ketanji Brown Jackson on track for confirmation, but GOP votes in...
After more than 30 hours of hearings, the Senate is on track to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman...
Ketanji Brown Jackson pledges to decide cases ‘without fear or favor’
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson pledged Monday to decide cases “without fear or favor” if the Senate confirms her historic nomination...
Nancy Pelosi to call House back into session to vote on...
Pelosi is cutting short lawmakers' summer recess with a vote expected the Saturday after the Democratic National Convention on legislation that would prohibit changes at the agency as tensions mount.
Congress stalls on policing overhaul, despite public outcry
The standoff threatens to turn the nationwide protests over the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others into another moment that galvanizes the nation but leaves lawmakers unable to act.
Portraits of former Confederate leaders removed from Capitol
The portraits depict former speakers from three Southern states.
Senate GOP seeks policing changes, Democrats push for more
Two proposals are on a collision course as Congress seeks to show voters it hears the demonstrators marching in the streets.
Democrats propose sweeping police overhaul; Donald Trump criticizes
Before unveiling the package, House and Senate Democrats held a moment of silence at the Capitol's Emancipation Hall.
Joe Biden adds Michigan to win total, delivering blow to Sanders
It's a dramatic reversal of fortune for Biden, whose campaign appeared on the brink of collapse just two weeks ago.