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McConnell Tries to Nudge Trump Toward Two Supreme Court Options - Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, told President Trump this past week that Judges Raymond M. Kethledge and Thomas M. Hardiman presented the fewest obvious obstacles to being confirmed to replace Justice Anthony M. Kennedy 'It's a Terrible Vote': Red-State Democrats Face an Agonizing Supreme Court Choice - WASHINGTON - Democratic senators running for re-election in Trump Country face an agonizing choice over President Trump's coming Supreme Court nominee: Vote to confirm the pick and risk demoralizing Democratic voters ahead Rep. Jim Jordan faces new accusation that he must have known about alleged sexual abuse at Ohio State - A seventh former Ohio State University wrestler said Saturday that he believes Rep. Jim Jordan knew about inappropriate behavior that allegedly took place in the school's athletic ... (more)
Anti-violence demonstrators shut down a section of the Dan Ryan Expressway with a spirited march Saturday, snarling traffic and igniting a war of words between Gov. Bruce Rauner and Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The protest march, organized by the Rev.
Washington, July 8 - Thousands of African-Americans marched through Chicago, where they shut down the Dan Ryan Expressway to denounce the wave of violence suffered by the community in this city. Saturday's march was led by the Reverend Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina Catholic Church, who said minutes before setting out that this was a non-violent protest for peace, reports Efe news.
Sen. Bernie Sanders campaigns with Randy Bryce at a rally on Feb. 24, 2018, in Racine, Wis. Bryce, a union ironworker, is hoping to defeat House Speaker Paul Ryan to represent Wisconsin's 1st district.
President Trump was closing in on his choice to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Saturday, making final deliberations from the privacy of his New Jersey golf club. Clearly relishing the mounting suspense, Trump tweeted early in the morning: ''Big decision will soon be made on our next Justice of the Supreme Court!'' The president, who is planning a Monday night announcement from the East Room in the White House, has told reporters that he was focused on four people and ''of the four people I have it down to three or two.'
Michael Pfleger, center, Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, and state Sen. Jacqueline Collins, right, led hundreds in a march down Michigan Avenue, carrying crosses for ... Protesters plan to shut down a major Chicago interstate on Saturday in an effort to increase pressure on public officials to address the gun violence that's claimed hundreds of lives in some of the city's poorest... Protesters plan to shut down a major Chicago interstate on Saturday in an effort to increase pressure on public officials to address the gun violence that's claimed hundreds of lives in some of the city's poorest neighborhoods.
The 'choke point': Terrifyingly narrow 15-inch passage trapped Thai football players must squeeze through to safety as two more elite international divers arrive on scene with half a ton of rescue gear Former NBA player and UCLA star, 27, 'shot at police and then killed himself during a standoff after cops responded to his mother's 911 call that he was acting erratically' 'I will not be pursuing the incident further': Former reporter who Justin Trudeau 'groped' at a music festival 18 years ago breaks her silence and insists she is telling the truth North Korea slams 'regrettable' talks with Mike Pompeo and accuses the US of 'gangster-like tactics' to pressure them into denuclearization 'They will both be out of business in 7 years!': Trump wants Twitter to remove the New York Times and Washington Post as site cracks down on fake accounts Guatemalan illegal immigrant AVOIDS JAIL and is ... (more)
President Donald Trump was closing in on his choice to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Saturday, making final deliberations from the privacy of his New Jersey golf club. Clearly relishing the mounting suspense, Trump tweeted early in the morning: "Big decision will soon be made on our next Justice of the Supreme Court!" The president, who is planning a Monday night announcement from the East Room in the White House, has told reporters that he was focused on four people and "of the four people I have it down to three or two."
In the final hours of Scott Pruitt's tenure as administrator, the Environmental Protection Agency moved to effectively grant a loophole that will allow a major increase in the manufacturing of a diesel freight truck that produces as much as 55 times the air pollution as trucks that have modern emissions controls. The move by the EPA came after intense lobbying by a small set of manufacturers that sell glider trucks, which use old engines built before new technologies significantly reduced emissions of particulates and nitrogen oxide that are blamed for asthma, lung cancer and other ailments.
In this June 26, 2017, file photo, The Supreme Court is seen in Washington. Recent presidents have delighted in dramatically revealing the people they have chosen to sit on the Supreme Court.
A judge has put off at least unti... . Lee Gelernt, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, speaks after a hearing Friday, July 6, 2018, in San Diego.
The 'choke point': Terrifyingly narrow 15-inch passage trapped Thai football players must squeeze through to safety as two more elite international divers arrive on scene with half a ton of rescue gear Former NBA player and UCLA star, 27, 'shot at police and then killed himself during a standoff after cops responded to his mother's 911 call that he was acting erratically' 'I will not be pursuing the incident further': Former reporter who Justin Trudeau 'groped' at a music festival 18 years ago breaks her silence and insists she is telling the truth North Korea slams 'regrettable' talks with Mike Pompeo and accuses the US of 'gangster-like tactics' to pressure them into denuclearization 'They will both be out of business in 7 years!': Trump wants Twitter to remove the New York Times and Washington Post as site cracks down on fake accounts Guatemalan illegal immigrant AVOIDS JAIL and is ... (more)
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second from right, greets Kim Yong Chol, second from left, a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, as they arrive for a meeting at the Park Hwa Gues... . U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second from left, is greeted by North Korean Director of the United Front Department Kim Yong Chol as he arrives at Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, July... .
Wrestler Eli Stickley was killed Thursday night, the university's athletic department confirmed in a written statement. Stickley was a native of Urbana, Ohio, and wrestled in the 141-pound weight class at Wisconsin.
Heavy metal singer. Food blogger. Meet the offbeat campaign staff that helped propel Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez into the national political spotlight.
Michael Pfleger, center, Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, and state Sen. Jacqueline Collins, right, led hundreds in a march down Michigan Avenue, carrying crosses for ... .
The United States hiked tariffs on Chinese imports Friday and Beijing said it immediately retaliated in a dispute bet... . FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2016 file photo, The Rev.
President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally at the Four Seasons Arena at Montana ExpoPark, Thursday, July 5, 2018, in Great Falls, Mont. President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally at the Four Seasons Arena at Montana ExpoPark, Thursday, July 5, 2018, in Great Falls, Mont.
A transport officer, right, helps immigrants Dilma Araceley Riveria Hernandez, and her son, Anderson Alvarado, 2, get off the bus after they were processed and released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on June 24 in McAllen, Texas. A transport officer, right, helps immigrants Dilma Araceley Riveria Hernandez, and her son, Anderson Alvarado, 2, get off the bus after they were processed and released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on June 24 in McAllen, Texas.
Erin Gabriel was already pretty busy before Donald Trump was elected president. All three of her children are autistic, and her youngest, an 8-year-old girl named Abby, is also deaf, blind and nonverbal, and suffers from seizures.