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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Country star Brad Paisley visited Ukraine with a bipartisan delegation of centrist U.S. senators and sang in front of destroyed Russian military equipment in Kyiv’s Mikhailovsky Square, and on a nearby sidewalk. He performed solo acoustic versions of his own recent Ukraine-themed single “Same Here” as well as well as a Ukrainian-language folk song. Paisley was part of the trip undertaken by Democratic senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, Republican Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia, all of whom attended a news conference in the square. “I’ll bet you’ve never heard Brad Paisley sing in Ukrainian,” tweeted former presidential advisor Igor Novikov, posting video of the singer performing in the rain as reporters looked on.

The DGA and IATSE are praising Congress for passing the Respect for Marriage Act, which ensures federal recognition of same-sex and interracial unions.

Incumbent Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is in danger of losing the seat she has held for two decades to a challenger from her own party backed by former President Trump.

Faced with the likely possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to take away the constitutional right to marry for same-sex couples’, Congressional Democrats this week reintroduced legislation designed to forestall potential fallout of a reversal of the court’s landmark 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.

Ketanji Brown Jackson said her confirmation as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court “is a moment in which all Americans can take great pride.”

Jada Pinkett Smith took to Instagram on Thursday to congratulate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson after the Senate confirmed her to the Supreme Court. Pinkett Smith shared two images of Jackson along with the caption, "She did it! Congrats #ketanjibrownjackson." Jackson's confirmation by the Senate fulfilled President Biden's campaign promise to appoint the first Black woman to the high court. The vote was bipartisan, 53-47, with Republican Sens.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday, cementing her place in history as the first Black woman to serve on the nation's highest court.Jackson's confirmation as the 116th justice in U.S. history received bipartisan backing, with a final vote of 53 to 47 in the upper chamber. Three Republicans, Sens.

Update (4/7/22): Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to become a Supreme Court Justice on Thursday April 7. The Senate voted in favor of confirming her with a 53-47 majority vote. Her two daughters were seen showing their support for her throughout the confirmation hearings. She will likely be sworn in at the end of June or beginning of July, per CNN. 

The Senate voted to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday, clearing the way for her to become the first Black woman to serve on the high court.

WASHINGTON -- ABC’s “This Week” — National security adviser Jake Sullivan; Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas.——NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sullivan; Marc Short, former chief of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence.———CBS’ “Face the Nation" — Sen.

Senate Republicans are putting a stop to a bill.

Senate Republicans on Friday blocked an effort to form a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection, despite pleas from the family of a police officer who died after the riot.

investigated Tshibaka, a conspiracy theorist and Trump supporter who is running against Murkowski in the 2022 election, and found an article by the former federal government lawyer arguing that gay people can “work through the process of coming out of homosexuality.”Published in the Harvard Law Record, Tshibaka celebrated “National Coming Out of Homosexuality Day” in the article, which she said was “dedicated to helping homosexuals overcome their sexual tendencies and move towards a healthy

Senator Lisa Murkowski, is a far right wing, pro-Trump religious extremist who believes being gay is “a choice” but being conservative is not.Tshibaka has written in years past in support of so-called “ex-gay” groups like the now-defunct Exodus International, supported psychologically-damaging “conversion therapy,” said gay people were “molested” as children, and opposes separation of church and state, according to a CNN investigative report.Tshibaka, a pastor who co-founded a Pentecostal

President Trump of inciting the January 6 riot at the Capitol in his second impeachment trial. Seven Republicans joined all Democrats in voting «Guilty» for a majority of 57 votes – but Democrats failed to get the two-thirds majority needed to convict.The Republicans who joined with the Democrats were: Richard Burr of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. Mr.

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R, called on President Trump to resign Friday and questioned her future within the Republican Party.  "I want him to resign.

Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) have introduced a bill that would strengthen federal hate crime law, according to a press release.

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) co-introduced a bill calling for strengthening the enforcement of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. (Blade file photo by Michael Key)

The Senate narrowly rejected a vote to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of president Donald Trump on Friday, paving the way for an expected vote of acquittal next week.

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