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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was welcomed there Friday with a traditional investiture ceremony attended by President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses. Jackson’s formal swearing-in for her lifetime appointment as the first Black woman on Supreme Court came three months after Chief Justice John Roberts conducted her first, official swearing-in.

U.S. President Joe Biden makes remarks about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s comments on the military conflict in Ukraine after delivering remarks on the federal response to Hurricane Ian at the White House in Washington, September 30, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden sharply warned Russian President Vladimir Putin against making any threat to

House impeachment manager Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) delivers part of the impeachment managers’ opening argument in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, on charges of inciting the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, on the floor of the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 10, 2021. U.S. Senate TV via

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) confer before addressing reporters following the weekly senate party caucus luncheons at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. July 9, 2019.  Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The U.S. Senate voted 72 to 25 on Thursday to pass legislation funding the federal government through mid-December

A sign of Fort Bragg is seen in Fayetteville, North Carolina September 26, 2014. Chris Keane | Reuters A U.S. Army major doctor and her physician wife have been charged with a criminal plot to give confidential medical information related to members of the U.S. military and government to the Russian government, court records show.

Russian President Vladimir Putin with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization leaders’ summit in Samarkand on Sept. 16, 2022. “Today’s era is not an era of war, and I have spoken to you on the phone about this,” Modi said to Putin in a televised meeting. Alexandr Demyanchuk

Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin sits down with CNBC Senior Congressional Correspondent Ylan Mui at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha conference Wednesday. Youngkin previously was the co-chief executive officer of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s most influential private equity firms, where he worked for 25 years before retiring. As governor, Youngkin has declared Virginia “open

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is postponing its next public hearing due to a major hurricane, the leaders of the panel announced Tuesday. The hearing, which was scheduled for Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET, will now be held at a later date to be announced, Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson,

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton leaves the U.S. Supreme Court following arguments over a challenge to a Texas law that bans abortion after six weeks in Washington, U.S., November 1, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fled his home to avoid being served a subpoena Monday in a federal lawsuit filed

U.S. President Joe Biden pictured in London on September 18, 2022. Biden said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that U.S forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, his most explicit statement so far on the issue. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images President Joe Biden announced his administration’s plans

New York Attorney General Letitia James said Wednesday her office believes it has uncovered federal crimes by former President Donald Trump and others, including bank fraud and lying to financial institutions. James said her office has sent a criminal referral to federal prosecutors in Manhattan and the IRS. The revelation of possible federal crimes by

An aerial view of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home after Trump said that FBI agents raided it, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. August 15, 2022. Marco Bello | Reuters A bombshell lawsuit against former President Donald Trump filed Wednesday contains a head-spinning amount of detail about real estate, loans and other financial arrangements

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the Kharkiv region for the first time since Russia started the attacks against his country on February 24, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine on May 29, 2022.(Photo by Ukrainian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Ukrainian Presidency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images [The stream is slated to start at 5

View of a sailboat dragged to the shore by strong waves in the Bay of Samana, after the passage of Hurricane Fiona, in Samana, Dominican Republic on September 20, 2022. Erika Santelices | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden announced Thursday that the federal government would cover costs related to Hurricane Fiona relief in

President Joe Biden vowed Friday that Democrats will codify the right to an abortion into law if two more are elected to the U.S. Senate in the upcoming midterm elections. “If you give me two more senators in the United States Senate, I promise you, I promise you, we’re going to codify Roe and once

U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) looks on during an “America First” rally in Dalton, Georgia, U.S. May 27, 2021. Dustin Chambers | Reuters Federal prosecutors have recommended not to bring charges against Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz as part of a sex trafficking investigation, The Washington Post reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The

Former President Donald Trump assailed New York Attorney General Letitia James as “racist” and “grossly incompetent” in an indignant social media post Thursday, one day after she filed a sweeping fraud lawsuit against him and his family members. Trump’s post on the Twitter-like platform Truth Social called James “a terrible A.G. when it comes to

Barbados-flagged general cargo ship Fulmar S is pictured in the Black Sea, north of the Bosphorus Strait, in Istanbul, Turkey August 5, 2022. Mehmet Caliskan | Reuters UNITED NATIONS — As world leaders gather for the third day of high-level meetings at U.N. headquarters in New York City, seven vessels carrying precious crops quietly departed