BY JOHN KRUZEL  © Getty The revelation this week that Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, attended the pro-Trump "Stop the Steal" rally that preceded the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol has renewed questions about Justice Thomas's impartiality.
Critics say the new detail is just the latest example of Ginni's political activity posing an ethically troubling overlap with her husband's judicial position.
BY MORGAN CHALFANT AND ELLEN MITCHELL Russia's grinding attack on Ukraine is threatening to drag on for weeks, worsening the death toll on both sides and exacerbating an already serious humanitarian crisis.
BY MIKE LILLIS The debate over whether the United States should facilitate the transfer of fighter jets to Ukraine is heating up on Capitol Hill, where a growing number of lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration to fulfill Kyiv's request for more air power.
BY MORGAN CHALFANT AND BRETT SAMUELS President Biden warned Chinese President Xi Jinping that Beijing would face consequences if it provides "material support" to Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine, the White House said Friday.
BY CRISTINA MARCOS House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Friday that one of his members, Rep. Madison Cawthorn (N.C.), is "wrong" for saying that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is a "thug."
BY LEXI LONAS Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday made his first public appearance since Russia's invasion of Ukraine at a rally in Moscow.
BY BRETT SAMUELS
BY RACHEL FRAZIN President Biden on Friday signed a bill that designates an internment camp where Japanese Americans were held during World War II as a national historic site.
BY LEXI LONAS White House adviser Anthony Fauci is warning that COVID-19 infection rates are likely to rise in the next few weeks in the United States after their dramatic drop following the omicron variant's rapid spread across the country.
BY JOSEPH CHOI Pfizer and Moderna have each asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to authorize a second booster dose of their COVID-19 vaccines — essentially a fourth COVID-19 shot — for certain adults.
BY TARA D. SONENSHINE OPINION | War is expensive; war criminals like Russian President Vladimir Putin wreak enormous damage on a fragile world.
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Saturday, March 19, 2022
Tipsheet: Ginni Thomas's activism sparks ethics questions for Supreme Court justice
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