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The nomination of D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black female justice in the U.S. Supreme Court's 232-year history is in the hands of the full Senate after the Judiciary Committee on Monday deadlocked on the nomination. The panel voted 11-11 along partisan lines on her nomination to replace the retiring Justice Stephen Breyer and the full Senate voted 53-47 to discharge the nomination from committee and place it on the Senate calendar.

Senate Democrats voted Wednesday to move the nomination of Alvaro M. Bedoya, President Joe Biden's pick to join the Federal Trade Commission, out of committee, overcoming unanimous opposition from Republicans and bringing him one step closer to confirmation.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., announced Thursday that he would vote against confirming Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court despite backing her past judicial nominations, underscoring the limited Republican support for her nomination.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced she would vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the first Republican senator to back President Joe Biden's nominee and guaranteeing at least some bipartisan support for the confirmation.

Two dozen Democratic lawmakers have sent a letter urging U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from any cases concerning the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol following reports that his wife exchanged text messages with then-President Donald Trump's chief of staff in the weeks following President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory.