Amy Coney Barrett secured committee approval with only Republican votes, as Democratic senators boycotted the proceedings. The approval clears the way for Senate confirmation next week.
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Voters across the country have been lining up to cast their ballots. The Post sent teams of reporters and photographers to six cities to capture how people feel as they wait for their chance to be heard.
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Lower courts had said that local jurisdictions that want to offer accommodation to the elderly and disabled should be able to do so.
Former Republican Barbara Bollier is locked in a close race with Rep. Roger Marshall for a Senate seat that the GOP has held since the 1930s.
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National polling average
Biden is leading (+10) the national polling average.
Biden
53%
Trump
43%
Average of national polls since Oct. 4 that meet Washington Post standards for transparency and quality. Includes polls by CNN, Economist-YouGov, Fox, PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist, Pew, Post-ABC, NBC-WSJ and SurveyMonkey-Tableau.
The move ramps up the war between Republicans in Washington and tech giants in Silicon Valley less than two weeks before the election.
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