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Then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during his Senate confirmation hearings in 2018. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Matt McClain

May 4, 2022 at 8:26 pm

Draft abortion ruling puts new spotlight on confirmation hearings

WASHINGTON — Sitting before nearly two dozen senators and a national audience in September 2018, Brett Kavanaugh seemed abundantly clear on his views of the...

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March 10, 2022 at 1:30 pm

North Korean missile launches were a ‘serious escalation,’ official says

The new system has not shown the same capability or range as the three intercontinental ballistic missile tests by North Korea in 2017.

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March 2, 2022 at 10:44 am

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings to begin March 21

The hearings are set to follow the typical four-day schedule for a Supreme Court confirmation hearing.

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U.S. District Judge J. Michelle Childs smiles as she works in her chambers on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, at the federal courthouse in Columbia, S.C. Childs, 55, is under consideration for an open slot on the U.S. Supreme Court, which President Joe Biden has pledged to fill with a Black female jurist. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard) RPMK300 RPMK300

February 22, 2022 at 2:16 pm

Biden interviews at least three Supreme Court contenders as announcement nears

West Wing officials have begun telling people to prepare for an imminent announcement. Sources say President Biden has interviewed at least two candidates.

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February 10, 2022 at 6:00 pm

Biden talks Supreme Court timing with Democratic senators

The senators said they did not recommend particular candidates to replace departing Justice Stephen Breyer, despite the president's invitation to do so.

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FILE – Judge J. Michelle Childs, who was nominated by President Barack Obama to the U.S. District Court, listens during her nomination hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 16, 2010. President Joe Biden has already narrowed the field for his first U.S. Supreme Court pick. One potential nominee is Childs, currently a U.S. District Court Judge for Southern California, who has been nominated but not yet confirmed to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit,. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) WX112 WX112

January 28, 2022 at 7:36 pm

White House confirms SC judge is under consideration for Supreme Court

The White House confirmed that President Joe Biden is considering a South Carolina federal judge as a potential candidate for the Supreme Court.

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January 27, 2022 at 5:30 pm

Biden plans rapid Supreme Court push as Breyer announces departure

The quick mobilization suggests the White House sees the historic nomination of a Black woman as a way for the president to regain political momentum...

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The Contemplation of Justice statue on the steps to the main entrance to the Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 4, 2020. WX202

December 28, 2021 at 7:46 am

Supreme Court term limits are popular — and appear to be going nowhere

The public likes the idea of changing lifetime tenure for Supreme Court justices into a fixed term, but both liberals and conservatives in the Senate...

Barbara DuBrul of Long Island, N.Y., left, stands in the designated area for antiabortion supporters as an abortion rights supporter, who did not want to give her name, dances nearby outside the Supreme Court. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Matt McClain

December 2, 2021 at 10:15 am

Potential reversal of Roe rattles political landscape

After the Supreme Court arguments, Democrats signaled they'll push to make abortion rights a central focus in next year's midterms. "This is an attack on...

$FILE – Chinese President Xi Jinping and Vice President Joe Biden walk down the red carpet on the tarmac during an arrival ceremony in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Sept. 24, 2015. As President Joe Biden and Xi Jinping prepare to hold their first summit on Monday, Nov. 15, the increasingly fractured U.S.-China relationship has demonstrated that the ability to connect on a personal level has its limits. Biden nonetheless believes there is value in a face-to-face meeting, even a virtual one like the two leaders will hold Monday evening. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) WX215 WX215$

November 15, 2021 at 8:34 am

Agenda for Biden’s summit with Chinese leader includes Taiwan, trade

President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping were to meet Monday evening in a virtual summit that would put to the test the U.S....

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