“This should be a straight forward and prompt confirmation should be very easy. Good luck,” Trump said with a grin. “It’s going to be very quick. I’m sure it’s going to be extremely non-controversial.
The nomination kicks off what is expected to be a tempestuous Senate confirmation battle less than six weeks before the November presidential election.
The president’s choice demonstrates he did not waver from the idea of choosing Barrett to replace Ginsburg with another woman on the Supreme Court.
It’s a great show
The big question is, Can they get it done before Election Day?
Montreal writer John Buell’s haunting novels foreshadowed current furors.
COVID-19 has pulled back the veil on the insularity, elitism, and laziness of far too many museums, which are forgetting that their main purpose is to serve the public.
In short, the future of American government.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death on Sept. 18 has sparked a fiercely partisan battle over whether President Trump should replace her vacant seat with his own pick just weeks before the presidential election or if whoever is elected Nov. 3 should be able to appoint a new justice.
The Justice Department on Friday called on San Francisco Mayor London Breed to increase the allowable capacity in houses of worship, accusing the city of impeding on “religious freedom” amid the coronavirus.
The campaign trail is starting to heat up between President Trump and Joe Biden days before the first presidential debate is scheduled to take place in Cleveland.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that Judge and prospective Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is “a fucking nut” and remarked that he was right about religion. Maher said Barrett is “a fucking nut.
Louisville, Kentucky, police clashed with hundreds of protesters, some armed, participating in a “peaceful” gathering deemed unlawful by authorities.
Critics of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ order lifting restrictions on restaurant capacity despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic “are ignorant about Florida,” the Republican told “The Ingraham Angle” Friday night.
Democrats began smearing Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Friday night before President Donald Trump even nominated her to become the next Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, which he is expected to do on Saturday afternoon.
Hundreds of protesters streamed through downtown Boston on Friday night, protesting a grand jury decision on a police officer-involved shooting of Breonna Taylor earlier this year.
President Trump blasted Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam at a rally on Friday, attempting to portray the Democrat as representing the type of governance Virginians can expect if they vote for Joe Biden in November.
Several media outlets are reporting that President Donald Trump will, on Saturday, announce that he will nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be the next Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, replacing the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
It was reported Friday that the president had selected Barrett ahead of Trump’s official announcement, which is expected to come on Saturday.
Republicans are dodging the health-care question instead of leveling with the voters.
The House speaker doubled down on the comments she made last month.
Election volatility, lockdown lunacies, reining in the Fed, and more.
Here’s what we know
‘Today, I have seven days’
He called the silence another example of how deeply divided the country is.
Kazak reportedly acted as Kolesnikova’s messenger from jail
‘He knows me so well that he had Popeye’s catered’
