How Ginni Thomas jockeyed for influence in Trump’s orbit
One week after the 2018 midterms, President Donald Trump hosted a private lunch with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, conservative activist Virginia "Ginni" Thomas.
‘Birtherism’ to the ‘Big Lie’: Inside Obama’s fight to counter disinformation
Former President Barack Obama is urgently throwing himself into the fight against disinformation, taking a yearslong private fascination into the open as he makes addressing the issue a key pillar of his post-presidency.
The many joys of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic confirmation
It's impossible to overstate how joyously layered this moment is. On Thursday, Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to the US Supreme Court, after a bipartisan group of senators voted earlier this week to advance her nomination.
Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman to sit on Supreme Court
The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday in a historic vote that paves the way for her to become the first Black woman to serve on the highest court in the nation.
Here’s what the ‘shadow docket’ is and how the Supreme Court uses it
Chief Justice John Roberts turned heads this week when he criticized how the Supreme Court's conservatives used the emergency docket, referred to by some as the shadow docket.
Top US general: Potential for ‘significant international conflict’ is increasing
The top US military officer told lawmakers Tuesday that the world is becoming more unstable and the "potential for significant international conflict is increasing, not decreasing."
Jackson’s confirmation proceedings show that historically partisan Supreme Court fights are the new normal
The legal stakes around Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation may be lower than they have been in the past decade of Supreme Court fights. But that did little to defuse the partisan atmosphere that has now come to define nominations to America's highest bench.
Images of dead civilians in Ukraine shake the world
"This is genocide."
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson expected to be confirmed this week
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is expected to be confirmed as the first Black woman Supreme Court justice this week, after a bipartisan group of senators voted on Monday to advance her nomination.
Here’s how war crimes prosecutions work
Shocking atrocities in Ukraine, allegedly at the hands of Russian forces, have amplified calls to pursue war crimes charges against Russian President Vladimir Putin.