International News (Page 212)

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Ketajnji Brown Jackson as the newest Supreme Court Justice.  The evenly-split chamber voted 53 to 47, with three Republicans voting alongside their Democrat colleagues.  Jackson is now the first black female to  be appointed to the Supreme Court, Just the News reports.  Kamala Harris presided over the vote and…Continue Reading

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday asked a state judge to hold President Trump in civil contempt over his refusal to hand over documents as part of an ongoing investigation.  In a 21-page filing, James also requested that Judge Arthur Engoron fine Trump $10,000 for each day he fails to produce the documents,…Continue Reading

“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion,” said former New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, “but not his own facts.” You can’t make up your own facts. Or can you? The Left is trying to make up its own facts about gender, and they seem to be getting away with it. A big issue facing America is…Continue Reading

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday voted to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council amid the country’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.  The final vote was 93 in favor, 24 against and 58 abstentions, Just the News reports.  The resolution said the body may “suspend the rights of membership in the Human Rights Council…Continue Reading

Ketanji Brown Jackson will be the 116th justice—and first Black woman—to serve on the Supreme Court.* The Senate confirmed the 51-year-old federal judge to the high court on Thursday in a historic 53–47 vote. Three Republican senators—Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski, Maine’s Susan Collins, and Utah’s Mitt Romney—joined a unanimous Democratic caucus to vote for her confirmation.Democratic…Continue Reading

Emmanuel Macron’s five-year term as president is drawing to a close. Most observers believe that Macron will be the first French president to win reelection since Jacques Chirac in 2002. That election is remembered, however, not for Chirac’s victory but for the shocking surprise that made it inevitable: Jean-Marie Le Pen, the far-right xenophobic demagogue…Continue Reading

Last fall, the House Oversight Committee convened to grill oil and gas CEOs about their funding of climate disinformation. Democrats asked the CEOs whether they would commit to lowering fossil fuel production for the sake of the planet. This week, less than 48 hours after the release of an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report…Continue Reading

In 2016, a critical mass of Americans chose to send a TV star to the White House, not in spite of but precisely because of his lack of previous experience in policymaking. Many of them thought they were voting for the character they had seen him play on The Apprentice for 14 seasons: a gruff,…Continue Reading

Barring some unforeseen catastrophe, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be confirmed to the Supreme Court this week. Her confirmation was all but assured Tuesday, when Senator Susan Collins announced her support for Jackson—with perennial Democratic waverer Joe Manchin already on board, even the arguably more mercurial Kyrsten Sinema couldn’t sink Jackson. Collins’s endorsement may not…Continue Reading