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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s state House will soon have its first Black speaker in its more than 400-year history after the chamber’s incoming Democratic majority on Saturday chose Del. Don Scott to serve in the post. Scott was unanimously elected speaker-designee by the House Democratic Caucus, the group said in a news release. The […]
SARAH RANKIN, Associated Press 13 mins ago FILE – House Minority Leader, Del. Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, gestures during the start of a special session of the 2022 Virginia General Assembly to consider budget amendments, Friday June 17, 2022, in Richmond, Va. Virginia’s state House will soon have its first Black speaker in its more than […]
[1/6]House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), a prime contender in the race to be the next Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, arrives for a House Republican Conference meeting as Republicans work to restart their effort to pick a new leader for the U.S. House of…
WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following four individuals for key roles within the U.S. military. Each are highly decorated naval officers with extensive operational experience. They will help ensure that the U.S. Military, and in particular the U.S. Navy, remain the most powerful and capable forces in the […]
July 21 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden plans to nominate a former state transportation official to head the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) as the agency oversees a massive jump in spending, a White House official told Reuters. Biden will nominate Shailen Bhatt, who is a senior vice president at engineering firm AECOM
During a press conference in Delaware in June 2020, President Joe Biden said that he hoped to appoint a Black woman to the Supreme Court if the opportunity presented itself. Now, in wake of the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer, Biden
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called President Joe Biden’s promise to nominate a Black woman to the U . . .
Follow live coverage on Stephen Breyer’s retirement from the Supreme Court. WASHINGTON — President Biden and his legal team have spent a year preparing for this moment: the chance to make good on his pledge to name the first Black woman to the Supreme Court at a time of continuing . . .
President Joe Biden will nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, elevating an African American woman for the first time to a seat on the high court bench, ABC News has learned. Judge Jackson, 51, currently sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to which she […]
WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden planned to nominate federal appellate judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, a source familiar told Reuters on Friday. The move makes good on a campaign promise and sets up a confirmation battle in the evenly divided […]