December 03, 2021 - Page 2

They’ve read the briefs and heard oral arguments. Here’s what the Supreme Court justices do next.

Published on December 3, 2021

By Ariane de Vogue, The nine Supreme Court justices will gather in their private conference room Friday, if they follow general practice, to cast initial votes in a case that could determine the future of Roe v. Wade and radically transform — after a half century — the landscape of women’s reproductive health nationwide. The justices spent

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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 13: The Capitol dome is seen early Wednesday morning before Amb. William Taylor And Deputy Assistant Secretary Of State George Kent testify at the first public impeachment hearing before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill November 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. In the first public impeachment hearings in more than two decades, House Democrats are trying to build a case that President Donald Trump committed extortion, bribery or coercion by trying to enlist Ukraine to investigate his political rival in exchange for military aide and a White House meeting that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky sought with Trump. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)

Politics

Congress averts shutdown after party leaders resolve GOP standoff over vaccine mandate

Published on December 3, 2021

By Clare Foran, Manu Raju, Ted Barrett and Ali Zaslav, Congress averted a government shutdown Thursday evening when both chambers voted to pass a stopgap bill to extend funding through mid-February after party leaders brokered a deal to overcome GOP brinkmanship over vaccine mandates. The final tally in the Senate was 69-28. Passage of the stopgap bill

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