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Activists went without food near the border in Texas, protesters banged pots outside an immigration agency office in Washington, and Congress prepared to go on break after rejecting a potential fix as the saga of migrant children in federal custody dragged on Wednesday for another day without resolution. The Supreme Court's swing justice plans to retire a decision that will give President Trump the ability to shift the court toward the right.

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announces his retirement

Betsy Ross Hall, Pierce County's first residence for homeless female veterans, held an open house at the Washington State Soldiers' Home in Orting recently. Friends, family, and local Lakewood community members rally to support Jose Robles at Lakewood Police Department and City Hall in getting an official signature on his U visa form that would stall his deportation that is currently set for Thursday.

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'I had my own personal terrorist': Ex-wife of Arizona serial killer reveals she TRAINED for the day he would confront her, before he murdered a JonBenet Ramsey psychiatrist and FIVE others over their links to his divorce Trump makes Supreme seat an election issue: President says Kennedy's retirement makes control of the Senate 'a vital issue of our time', and warns Democrats will push judges who will rewrite the Constitution and abolish the Second Amendment Trump reveals he has a list of 25 possible picks as he decides who to nominate as crucial Supreme Court Justice as swing vote Anthony Kennedy retires aged 81 Senate Democrats demand Republicans wait until NEXT YEAR to confirm Trump's Supreme Court pick because the GOP blocked Obama's final election-year nominee 'We have a historic chance to take down Roe v.

Supreme Court battle lines being drawn as Trump searches for Kennedy successor

Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement is setting off a momentous confirmation battle for US president Donald Trump's next Supreme Court nominee. Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement is setting off a momentous confirmation battle for US president Donald Trump's next Supreme Court nominee.

For the record: Supreme Court nominees considered in ‘election years’

There's nothing like Supreme Court nomination to get the political spin going at full speed. In 2016, The Fact Checker awarded a bushel of flip-flops to lawmakers , Democrat and Republican, who conveniently changed their position on Supreme Court nominations depending on who was in power at the time.

The Latest: Biden urges Americans to a rise upa

The Latest on the looming battle to choose a successor for retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy : Former Vice President Joe Biden is urging Americans to "rise up" to demand President Donald Trump nominate a "consensus candidate" to the Supreme Court. Biden sided with Democrats who have said the Senate should postpone the confirmation process until after the mid-term elections.

Court’s ruling hits teachers unions, but how hard is unclear

Teachers unions are hoping that recent grass-roots protests over pay and working conditions will blunt the impact of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on union fees and help persuade dues-paying members not to abandon them. The court said in a 5-4 ruling Wednesday that government workers can no longer be required to pay fees to labor organizations that represent them in collective bargaining.

Donald Trump says he wants Supreme Court justice who can serve 40-45 years

Hours after Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement announcement set off a political earthquake, President Donald Trump told supporters in North Dakota he wants to pick a replacement who can serve for more than four decades and cement a conservative majority on the high court. "We have to pick a great one, we have to pick one that's going to be there for 40 years, 45 years," Trump told a rally during at a hockey arena in Fargo, N.D. "We need intellect, we need so many things."

Week’s Events Draw Deeper Partisan Lines

Justice Kennedy's retirement comes as parties already are in emotional fights over recent immigration policy and Supreme Court rulings on travel ban and unions Recent events have rubbed emotions raw in both parties. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said she was booted from the Red Hen Restaurant in Lexington, Va., upsetting Republicans.

From guns to gay rights, Justice Anthony Kennedy was the Supreme Court’s swing vote

Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, the ideological fulcrum of the high court whose support for gay rights culminated in his 2015 decision striking down state bans against same-sex marriage , is retiring at the pinnacle of his career. Kennedy's retirement will leave a hole for President Donald Trump to fill smack in the middle of the deeply divided court, where all nine justices tend to vote the way the presidents who nominated them expected.

Supreme Court deals big setback to labor unions 15 hours ago

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that government workers can't be forced to contribute to labor unions that represent them in collective bargaining, dealing a serious financial blow to organized labor. The justices are scrapping a 41-year-old decision that had allowed states to require that public employees pay some fees to unions that represent them, even if the workers choose not to join.