Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, one of the leading contenders to be Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket, apologized this week for something he said in lambasting Ohio Sen. JD Vance as inauthentically Appalachian - but the apology wasn't to Vance.

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said this week the Supreme Court should have a mechanism to enforce its ethics code that was adopted last November.

Democratic lawmakers called again this week to expand the Supreme Court, specifically to add four seats to the bench.