What to watch as Jackson's Supreme Court hearings begin

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What to watch as Jackson's Supreme Court hearings begin

By Mary Clare Jalonick, The Associated Press After meeting privately with almost half the members of the Senate, it's time for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to testify publicly […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — City leaders voted Wednesday to slash the Los Angeles Police Department budget by $150 million, reducing the number of officers to a level not seen for more than a decade amid nationwide demands to shift money away from law enforcement agencies during America’s reckoning over

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Florida sheriff says hell deputize gun owners in response to BLM protesters

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