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Congressional earmarks are back! Illinois delegation — except for one member —hauls in federal cash

The push to bring earmarks back was bipartisan. Said Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., “Republicans want to be relevant in their districts too.”

Chicago Sun-Times

South Side Irish Parade returns after two-year hiatus: ‘We are normal finally!’

“God’s smiling on the South Side for this great coming out party,” Sen. Dick Durbin told reporters near the start of the parade route.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sen. Dick Durbin: Senate Judiciary Committee to hold hearing on baseball’s antitrust exemption

Major League Baseball, exempt from antitrust laws for nearly 100 years, has led to “an attitude of many of these baseball clubs that they are above the law,” Durbin said.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Sen. Dick Durbin wants hearing to look into baseball antitrust exemption despite new labor deal

Even as Major League Baseball reached an agreement Thursday to end a 99-day lockout of its players, one of the highest-ranking members of the U.S. Senate said he intends to look into a century-old Supreme Court ruling that enables the league to operate as a lawful monopoly.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Jackson off to swift start on Supreme Court confirmation

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson has taken the first step toward confirmation in the Senate

The Independent UK

Durbin pushing to confirm Biden’s Supreme Court pick by April 8

The Illinois senator, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the committee will start its "formal investigation" on Friday with a confirmation hearing to be held "within the next several weeks."

Chicago Sun-Times

White House confirms plans for direct sanctions on Putin and Lavrov – as it happened

Psaki confirms sanctions on Russian president and foreign minister – follow all the latest news

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Graham becomes early player to watch in Supreme Court drama

Sen. Lindsey Graham is among a handful of Republicans declaring a willingness to back President Joe Biden's yet-to-be-announced Supreme Court nominee

The Independent UK

Biden hosts GOP, Dem 'good friends' seeking court support

President Joe Biden is meeting with Senate Judiciary Committee leaders as Democrats work to gain significant GOP support for the president’s Supreme Court nominee

The Independent UK

Russia is the ‘aggressor’, says White House, but Biden open to more talks with Putin – as it happened

White House dismisses Putin’s criticism of US and allies while Blinken urges Russia to pursue diplomatic path in Ukraine

The Guardian - US

With 108 of 115 Supreme Court justices white men, Biden’s Black woman justice pick is about time

Biden’s potential picks are "extraordinary people," who have already been ground-breaking "firsts," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Chicago Sun-Times

Supreme court: Stephen Breyer ‘did not want to die on bench’, says brother

Pressure campaign was fired by fear of repeat of disaster when Republicans replaced Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The Guardian - US

US calls for UN security council meeting to discuss Ukraine crisis – as it happened

The group has not been able to take any action in its previous meetings as Russia is a veto-wielding member of the security council – follow

The Guardian - US

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