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More than a century after such legislation was first introduced, President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill to make lynching a federal hate crime, condemning the "pure terror to enforce the lie that not everyone belongs in America, not everyone is created equal."

Padilla says bipartisan support for Jackson important for public trust in court

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) ended the fourth day of Jackson's confirmation hearings by calling for bipartisan support for Biden's nominee, even though she would be confirmed even if only Democrats voted for her.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is on the cusp of making history this year. If she is confirmed to the Supreme Court, she will be the first Black woman and the first former federal public defender to serve on the nation's highest court.

In a passionate opening statement, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, lauded Judge Jackson's record before the Senate Judiciary Committee and slammed what she called "unfair attacks" by Republicans -- though several GOP members on the committee weren't present to hear it.

WASHINGTON, D. C. -- Congressional Black Caucus chair Joyce Beatty, a Columbus Democrat, on Thursday told the Senate Judiciary Committee that confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court would "shatter a glass ceiling" that many Americans thought they'd never live to see broken.

The first day of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation hearings before the United States Senate is finally here.

Connecticut Democratic Rep. Jahana Hayes sounded off to critics of legislation that would allow individuals freedom to express themselves by how they wear their hair.

U.S. Congressman Gregory Meeks of New York is back from Poland with an update on the refugee crisis at the border that particularly impacts Black and Brown people trying to leave the war-torn country of Ukraine.