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by Medill News Service | Sep 27, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – On Saturday, President Donald Trump nominated federal appeals court judge Amy Coney Barrett as his pick for the Supreme Court, setting up a swift confirmation process promised by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that could lead to her taking the...
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by Jay Silver | Sep 27, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – In accepting President Donald Trump’s nomination Saturday for a seat on the Supreme Court, federal judge Amy Coney Barrett acknowledged the late Justice Antonin Scalia, for whom she clerked, solidifying the view that she is likely to emulate his view of...
by Megan Sauer | Sep 27, 2020 | Featured, Politics
There are few members of Congress as critical about Washington politics as Rep. Justin Amash, the Libertarian from Michigan. In fact, he thinks both sides of Congress place more emphasis on theatrical “performance” than the quality of their legislation. In the last...
by Kathleen Livingstone | Sep 24, 2020 | Politics
WASHINGTON—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she was confident there would be a peaceful transition of power after the upcoming presidential election despite President Donald Trump’s refusal a day earlier to make the same commitment. “You are in the United...
by Dalia Faheid | Sep 24, 2020 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department has prevented minorities from voting under the guise of protecting against voter fraud, the chairman of the House Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee said Thursday. The chairman, Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn.,...
by Julia Benbrook | Sep 22, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s pick for a Supreme Court judicial nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be “an extremely qualified woman,” but did not discuss specific candidates for the...
