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In a historic first, President Joe Biden will nominate the first black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. If confirmed, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, would become the second-youngest justice serving on our highest court. Fox News reports: Biden will make the announcement on Friday, marking the first Supreme Court pick of his presidency after Justice Stephen Breyer, 83, announced his retirement last month.Brown Jackson has faced heightened scrutiny over a judicial record that includes high-profile rulings later overruled by higher courts. While Democrats applauded the decision, Sen. Ted Cruz suggested…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has revoked the use of the Emergencies Act. WATCH: https://twitter.com/TrueNorthCentre/status/1496594670910124037 Trudeau made the announcement at a 4:00 pm (EST) news conference while his senior ministers and members of the press looked on. As The Financial Post reports: Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act, which replaced the War Measures Act in 1988, for the first time last week, saying police needed extra help to end blockades that had been ongoing in downtown Ottawa for weeks and had spread to key Canada-U.S. border crossings. Trudeau also used the Act to freeze bank accounts of ordinary citizens without a…

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) tore into his own caucus yesterday. Kinzinger slammed the House Republicans’ official Twitter account for calling President Biden weak following his administration’s new sanctions against Russia. https://twitter.com/HouseGOP/status/1496206645919105031 Kinzinger called the tweet, “damn awful.” The Hill adds: On Tuesday, Biden announced U.S. sanctions against Russian elites and their relatives, sovereign debt and two financial institutions in response to the Russian invasion into eastern Ukraine. He also announced that he authorized more U.S. troops to be moved to three European nations to bolster the eastern flank of NATO. Many Republicans have criticized Biden for his “first tranche” of sanctions, saying he should have…

While the Kremlin warns of a “painful” response to sanctions against Russia and members of Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, Ukraine has declared a state of emergency. The dramatic moves by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukraine’s parliament come as Russian forces move blood supplies to the Ukraine border, to seemingly treat military casualties in case of a full-blown war. (RELATED: Russia Invades Ukrainian Territory, While Zelensky Rules Out Ceding It) A war U.S. officials think is increasingly likely to happen. The Daily Mail continues: Sanctions appear not to be working. Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called them part of Washington’s ‘ongoing attempts…

U.S. officials and their western counterparts have warned for days that a Russian invasion of Ukraine was imminent. Following a bellicose television appearance blasting Ukraine for its Western ties, Russian leader Vladimir Putin ordered troops in pro-Russian Ukrainian provinces. The Kremlin falsely called Monday night’s invasion of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts a “peacekeeping mission” after Russia unilaterally recognized their independence. The regions geographically make up roughly 10% of the total area of the country and 15% of its population. U.S. and Western officials warn the violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and occupation of a large portion of the county could be…

The Canadian parliament has voted on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s unprecedented decision to invoke the Emergencies Act. As CBC News reports: A motion affirming the Liberal government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act passed a crucial House of Commons vote Monday, ensuring the expansive powers contained in the act remain in use by authorities thanks to parliamentary support from the New Democrats. While the powers contained in the Emergency Act took effect immediately, the Liberal government needed to seek approval for its decision to invoke the act from the House of Commons within seven days. If that vote had failed, the emergency declaration…

UPDATE: The White House said that President Biden will sign an executive order imposing sanctions on Ukraine’s pro-Russian territories after Russian President Vladimir Putin called for their independence. The Russian leader addressed his nation earlier today, saying he recognized the independence of Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. Putin called the oblasts (territories) by the names given to them by Russian-armed separatists: the Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic. Putin’s announcement is a significant escalation and effectively demolishes the never fully implemented Minsk Agreement. “To be clear: these measures are separate from and would be in addition to the swift…

Rep. Jim Hagedorn (R-Minn.) is dead. The two-term Member of Congress announced a reoccurrence of his kidney cancer last July. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester diagnosed Hagedorn with stage IV kidney cancer earlier in February 2019. Last month, the Minnesota Republican tested positive for COVID-19. Hagedorn’s wife, Jennifer Carnahan made news of his passing public this morning. No cause of death was mentioned in Carnahan’s Facebook post. Fox News continues: Hagedorn was elected to represent Minnesota’s mostly rural 1st Congressional District south of Minneapolis in 2018. Shortly after being sworn in, he was first diagnosed with kidney cancer….”Jim…

Judge Arthur Engoron has ruled on New York Attorney General Letitia James’ legal fight to force former President Donald Trump and two of his children, Donald Jr. and Ivanka, to comply with her subpoenas. Both Don Jr. and Ivanka worked as executives in their father’s business. Donald Trump continues to run the Trump Organization with his brother, Eric. As CNBC reports: The ruling came after a contentious hearing where lawyers for Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump attacked Attorney General Letitia James for conducting what they said was a probe tainted by political bias, and a violation of the…

We all know that CNN says it fired Chris Cuomo for publicly coaching his brother on how to fend off allegations of sexual misconduct. However, a serious accusation made to CNN’s lawyers in December may have played a bigger role. According to the New York Post, the younger Cuomo badgered an ABC News temp for sex during an office lunch. When she rebuffed his advances, Cuomo “attacked” her. The incident allegedly happened in 2011, when Cuomo worked at ABC. According to Debra Katz, the woman’s lawyer, the meeting was on the face of it a mentoring opportunity. However, she adds,…