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Barrett cites ‘Ginsburg rule’ that Ginsburg didn’t follow

11:47 pm October 13, 2020

Washington: Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett invoked Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at her Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday in refusing to discuss her view of gay rights and the Constitution. “Justice Ginsburg with her characteristic pithiness used this to describe how a nominee should comport herself at a hearing. No hints, no previews, no forecasts. That had been the practice of nominees […]

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Biden visit Monday caps push into Ohio, once a longshot

11:04 pm October 11, 2020

Columbus, Ohio: Joe Biden is set to make his first general election campaign visit Monday to Ohio, signaling the former vice president’s hopes of winning the state Democrats lost by a significant margin in the 2016 election. The Biden campaign said the former vice president plans an afternoon campaign speech in Toledo, then will head […]

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Trump insists he’s free of virus, ready for campaign trail

10:59 pm October 11, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump on Sunday declared he was healthy enough to return to the campaign trail, a day after the White House doctor said he was no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus but did not say explicitly whether Trump had tested negative for it. Trump, who was poised Monday to host his […]

Wisconsin presidential recount in 4th day, with few changes

Voting-related lawsuits pepper US before Election Day

10:10 pm October 10, 2020

Washington: Hundreds of lawsuits about voting have been filed before the November 3 election. The cases concern the fundamentals of the American democratic process, including how ballots are cast and counted. A look at some of the top lawsuits in battleground states ARIZONA: A federal judge ruled in favour of Democrats by holding that voters who neglected to sign […]

No ‘dogma’: Democrats walk tightrope on Barrett’s faith

9:38 pm October 10, 2020

Washington: “The dogma lives loudly within you.” It’s that utterance from California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, that’s on the minds of Democrats and Republicans preparing for this coming week’s hearings with Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Feinstein’s 2017 remarks as she questioned Barrett — then a nominee for an appeals court — about the influence of […]