Republican pushes Biden to remember campaign promises on filibuster, packing Supreme Court

In a January 2020, then-candidate Joe Biden was asked if he, like his Democratic primary opponents, supported any of expanding the Supreme Court, abolishing the filibuster, abolishing the Electoral College or setting term limits for Supreme Court justices. Biden responded to the question, asked by The New York Times Editorial Board, with an emphatic, “None.” “Because that structural…

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Psaki says police ‘too often’ use ‘unnecessary force’ that results in ‘Black and brown deaths’

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a daily briefing Friday that “too often” law enforcement uses “unnecessary force” that results in the death of “Black and brown Americans.”  Psaki had been asked if President Biden had watched footage of the police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo.  “I have not spoken with him this…

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Montana's judicial branch at center of power struggle

Power over us-regions judicial branch is at the center of a debate over the constitutionality of a new law that gives the governor more options to fill midterm vacancies on the state bench. Senate Bill 140, which Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed into law last month, eliminated the Judicial Nominating Commission, an unelected body that greatly limited the governor’s nominating power…

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Mike Pompeo, wife misused State Department resources for personal needs, federal watchdog says

Former foreign-policy Mike Pompeo and his wife, Susan, violated ethics rules by misusing federal resources for personal benefit, according to the findings of an investigation by the foreign-policy internal watchdog. The report compiled by the Inspector General’s office in response to a whistleblower complaint found the Pompeos made more than 100 requests of State Department…

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Democratic Sen. Menendez rips Biden for keeping Trump's 15K refugee admissions limit

Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez ripped joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden< for fiscal 2021, warning in a letter that the move “threatens U.S. leadership on forced migration.” The White House said Friday that Biden would sign an emergency determination to keep the 15,000 refugee cap first imposed by former President Trump in place. The decision marked…

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Russia bars entry to DNI Haines, FBI Director Wray, DHS Secretary Mayorkas, others, in response to sanctions

Russia barred top U.S. security officials from entering the country, just one day after President Biden launched sweeping sanctions and expelled 10 Russian diplomats. The Russian Foreign Ministry claimed the move was not in reaction to Thursday’s sanctions, but rather sanctions instated on March 2 for the poisoning and imprisonment of Aleksey Navalny. BIDEN INVITES RUSSIA TO…

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