U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker will not support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, “because of her left-wing, activist judicial philosophy,” he said in a statement today. Wicker did not elaborate on his issues with the judge’s record. She would be the first Black woman to sit on the nation’s highest court.
“The free world deserves better than this modern-day Adolf Hitler,” Sen. Roger Wicker said. “If Vladimir Putin’s recent words and deeds have a haunting familiarity, it is because they are directly out of the Nazi madman’s notebook.”
Mississippi Free Press’ contextual and follow-up coverage of D’Monterrio Gibson’s allegations about Brookhaven men shooting at him is an example of how impactful journalism should work. The goal is not a “scoop,” Editor Donna Ladd writes.
The first Black woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court in history will be a “beneficiary” of affirmative action, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker said.
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, the second-highest ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the United States cannot rule out any options for responding to Russian aggression in Ukraine—including sending in ground troops or even a nuclear strike.
Michael S. Regan, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is touring Jackson today and addressing topics on the environment with an emphasis on the city’s longstanding water infrastructure woes.
Mississippi leaders reflected this morning on the life of Colin Powell, the four-star general who served as the nation’s first Black secretary of state, after news of his death broke this morning. U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Democrat who represents Mississippi’s Second Congressional District and chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, called Powell “the best example of a true patriot.”
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker says he has “recovered fully” from COVID-19 and has a “clean bill of health.” The senior Mississippi Republican announced the news in a tweet today, 12 days after he first confirmed his diagnosis on Aug. 19.
Mississippi’s senior U.S. senator, Roger Wicker, has tested positive for COVID-19, his office announced today. “Senator Wicker tested positive this morning for the COVID-19 virus after immediately seeking a test due to mild symptoms,” his office said.
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