Senate Republicans, kicking off a Supreme Court fight, plan to move the nomination quickly and Democrats have little chance to block the nominee, who would cement a conservative majority on the court for years. Barrett is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit and a favorite of conservatives.
A majority of Americans oppose efforts by President Trump and the GOP-led Senate to fill a Supreme Court vacancy before the election, according to a Post-ABC News poll.
Lawmakers, members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden paid tribute to the late Supreme Court justice whose trailblazing career changed the face of gender equality in the United States.
At issue are nine ballots found this month in an election office trash can in Luzerne County, Pa., that had been thrown out by a contractor, officials said.
They pilloried the decision not to prosecute any Louisville police officers in an emotional news conference in Jefferson Square Park, which has become a hub of protest activity since police killed Taylor in March.
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The White House’s involvement appears to go beyond the perfunctory review that agency officials had expected, and is likely to reinforce public concerns that a coronavirus vaccine may be rushed to benefit the president’s reelection campaign.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio pushed to reopen schools for working families. But even in the city's poorest neighborhoods, Black and Latino families, frightened of the virus, are keeping children home.
From the nation's capital to New York to Los Angeles, hopes of a quick recovery for deserted central business districts have sputtered and fear is rising that the long-term collapse of downtown economies could be irreversible.
Fewer than 1 in 10 Americans showed signs of past infection with the novel coronavirus as of late July, suggesting that most of the country may still be vulnerable to infection, according to one of the largest studies of its kind published Friday in the journal The Lancet.
Sweden’s state epidemiologist, world famous for anti-lockdown measures, warned that the country is heading in the "wrong direction."
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A prominent Democratic donor is urging groups to change course as the election nears.
Officials claimed she was given the award by “mistake,” but documents and interviews show discovery of her social media posts critical of Trump inspired the decision, the State Department inspector general found.
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The ACLU of Virginia claims officials have violated for a second time a May settlement of a lawsuit over coronavirus in prisons.
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