Welcome to Post Politics Now, a new live experience from The Washington Post that puts the day’s political headlines into context. Each weekday, we’ll guide you through the news from the White House, Capitol Hill and campaign trail with assists from some of the best political reporters in the business providing insights and analysis you won’t get elsewhere.
Today, Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faces her first hurdle in the Senate, with the Judiciary Committee expected to deadlock 11-to-11 on President Biden’s pick. A tie will force an additional procedural vote to move the nomination forward in the full chamber, but Jackson remains on track to become the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court in its 233-year history. Look for her to be narrowly confirmed by the end of the week.
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New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, the Republican speaker at the Gridiron Dinner over the weekend, made headlines for describing former president Donald Trump as “crazy” (with an expletive thrown in beforehand). He walked things back a bit Monday, claiming it was said in jest at a roast-style event.
Regardless, The Post’s Aaron Blake writes that Sununu is playing as interesting a political game in the Republican Party as anyone and takes a look at where he might be going. Aaron writes:
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Turkish base fake news in Armenia For several days, a video has been circulating on social media claiming that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan allegedly signed a “secret agreement” with EU ...