Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Friday that a nominee from President Trump would get a vote in his chamber, while leading Democrats, including the party’s presidential nominee, Joe Biden, said a vote should not take place until the next president takes office.
Category: Politics
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Who Trump might pick for the Supreme Court
A look at Supreme Court nominee possibilities, starting with parlor game favorite Amy Coney Barrett.
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Trump says he will move ‘without delay’ to fill Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat
A ferocious political battle that could transform the court and alter the election await is looming.
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The Kavanaugh fight defined the 2018 election — until it didn’t
The most recent Supreme Court nomination fight ended up not changing the midterm results very much.
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Trump announces aid package for Puerto Rico in a campaign year reversal Democrats call brazenly political
The move underscores the importance of Florida in his reelection contest with Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
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Ginsburg’s death crystallizes the choice in November as no other issue can
More than the balance of power on the Supreme Court will be wrapped up in a confirmation battle.
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Biden, Trump wield class arguments as they vie for working-class voters in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest
The former vice president is trying to make inroads among a group that strongly favored Trump in 2016.
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Where GOP senators stand on quickly filling Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat
Mitch McConnell and President Trump both signaled their support for swiftly nominating a successor. Here’s where GOP senators stand.
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No TV ads, no presidential visits. Virginia’s era as a swing state appears to be over.
A state that was a critical battleground for the past three cycles gets less love in 2020.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87. The Supreme Court justice was a legal pioneer for gender equality.
She rose to the top of her class at Columbia Law School in the 1950s, helped battle gender discrimination as a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union and, in 1993, became the second woman on the high court. Her fierce opinions as a justice made her a hero to the left. On the court, […]
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All the aides, allies and even family who have spoken out against Trump
Given the growing onslaught of Trump’s internal critics, it can be difficult to keep them all straight.
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CDC reverses controversial coronavirus guidelines for testing people without symptoms
The move comes after the White House coronavirus task force directed the agency last month to make changes that limited testing, sparking an outcry among medical and public health experts.