
Jackson's historic confirmation confronts a partisanship that threatens to tear America apart
CNN
Ketanji Brown Jackson's shattering of a racial glass ceiling, in a week also marked by the naked ambition of the Republicans who smeared her, the delusional demagoguery of an ex-President and a touch of the bizarre, reflected an historic and extreme Washington age.
Like everyone else, those in the nation's capital will never forget the wrenching horror of images depicting atrocities perpetrated by Russian President Vladimir Putin's troops against defenseless Ukrainian civilians.
Yet Washington's self-absorption, and spot at the confluence of the profound and opposing political forces rocking the United States, meant that life went on as normal in the nation's capital, in all its polarized and often absurd glory.

Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.












