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TheGrio was at a Senate roundtable, where concern was expressed about how COVID-19 could impact the Supreme Court confirmation vote.
After Manchin said he'd vote in favor of Jackson for Supreme Court, Doug Jones said he wants to see her…
Legal experts praised Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, with a top group saying she has a “sterling” reputation and “exceptional” competence.
A.J. Kramer, who assigned Brown Jackson’s cases as a public defender, joins chorus defending her record in an interview with…
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Shalanda Young as the first Black woman director of the White House’s Office of Management…
Black women leaders appear in a new ad as urging the U.S. Senate to quickly confirm Supreme Court nominee Ketanji…
Sources described nomination process for the first Black woman Supreme Court justice as more of a vetting than a search…
The Senate passed a stopgap spending bill Thursday that avoids a short-term shutdown and funds the federal government through Feb.…
Activists led by Martin Luther King III are pressing the Senate to act on voting rights legislation amid Republican voter…
"Madam President, I am so excited," said Sen. Cory Booker of the amendment vote, clapping his hands. "This is a…
GOP ignorance led by America's biggest fool, Donald Trump, leads them to mistakenly believe they can just swap Warnock for…
Warnock, Georgia’s first Black senator, is avoiding talk of his reelection already looming months after he won a January special…
Democrats' sweeping voting rights bill, For The People Act, suffered a setback in the Senate by a filibuster wall of…
Val Demings, if successful, would bring a Black woman's voice back to the Senate, and she has all the right…
Kristen Clarke, poised to make history as the first Black woman to lead the DOJ Civil Rights Division, faces opposition…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to bring a marijuana legalization bill before the Senate, regardless of President Biden's support.
The Senate filibuster, which has been making headlines as of late, has existed to disenfranchise Black voters.
In a speech on the Senate floor Tuesday, Sen. Bob Menendez described the GOPer's talk-show remarks as "like rubbing salt…
Malcolm Kenyatta, the history-making Pennsylvania state representative, has announced that he is running for U.S. Senate in 2022.
Enough senators have cast “not guilty” votes to acquit Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.…