Pascale Ferrier appears in a jail booking photograph taken after her arrest by the Mission Police Department in Mission, Texas, March 13, 2019. Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office | via Reuters A Canadian woman criminally charged with mailing President Donald Trump the deadly poison ricin called him “The Ugly Tyrant Clown” in a letter containing the poison,
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Republicans aim to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death before the end of President Donald Trump‘s first term. But most voters in six 2020 swing states want the winner of November’s presidential election to name the next member of the top U.S. court, according to a CNBC/Change Research poll
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday that the Senate has more than enough time to confirm President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick before the end of the year, or even before Election Day. “As of today there are 43 days before Nov. 3 and 104 days before the end of this Congress,” the Kentucky
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, arrives for the Senate Republican Policy luncheon in Hart Building on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said on Sunday that she will not support President Donald Trump’s nomination of a replacement to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court
Outside organizations are gearing up for a battle in the Senate over the Supreme Court seat once held by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Many of those leading the effort say the various campaigns will spend millions to sway lawmakers after President Donald Trump chooses Ginsburg’s replacement, who died on Friday after serving on the court for over
Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has emerged as a front-runner to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, three sources told NBC News on Saturday. President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have vowed to nominate and vote on a replacement
U.S. President Donald Trump waves prior to boarding Air Force One as he departs Washington for campaign travel to Minnesota at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, September 18, 2020. Tom Brenner | Reuters President Donald Trump on Saturday said he wants to move “without delay” to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a conservative nominee,
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 10, 2020. Joshua Roberts | Reuters Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday that he will hold a vote on President Donald Trump’s nominee to fill the vacancy left by the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the pioneering Supreme Court justice who became the second female on the nation’s highest court, the leader of its liberal wing and a pop culture icon known as Notorious R.B.G., has died. She was 87. The vacancy enables President Donald Trump to nominate his third justice to swing the bench further to
WASHINGTON – Joe Biden embraced his blue collar roots and his political centrism on Thursday night during a town hall hosted by CNN in Biden’s hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania. On question after question, Biden replied with answers aimed directly at potential “Trump-Biden voters,” whose defection from the Democratic Party in 2016 helped deliver narrow victories to
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence look on during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 2, 2020, in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images A former aide to Vice President Mike Pence slammed the Trump administration’s response
U.S. President Donald President Trump speaks after it was announced Bahrain has joined the United Arab Emirates in striking an agreement to normalize relations with Israel during a brief appearance in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 11, 2020. Kevin Lemarque | Reuters President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Republicans to
Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden speaks during a press conference after meeting with public health experts on a Covid-19 vaccine in Wilmington, Delaware on September 16, 2020. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Armed with a record-setting August campaign fundraising haul of $364.5 million, Democratic nominee Joe Biden is hammering President Donald
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks in Tampa, Florida on September 15, 2020 during a roundtable discussion with Tampa-area veterans and military families. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden visited South Florida on Tuesday, seeking to shore up support among Hispanic voters in this crucial swing state.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on judicial appointments during a brief appearance in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington, September 9, 2020. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump on Tuesday denied that he had downplayed the threat of the coronavirus, claiming he “up-played” the danger of the disease through his
U.S. House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee Chairman James E. Clyburn (D-SC). Graeme Jennings | Getty Images Democratic lawmakers launched an investigation Monday into reports that Trump administration appointees tried to interfere with coronavirus reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A House subcommittee on the pandemic is requesting interviews with officials from the
A California environmental official challenged President Donald Trump to believe and follow the science on climate change after Trump suggested that trends of warmer weather year-round that have led to record-breaking temperatures in the state this month would cool down on their own. “It’ll start getting cooler. You just watch,” Trump said after Wade Crowfoot,
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Al Gore talks to the audience while the Republican candidate Texas governor George W. Bush looks on October 17, 2000 in St. Louis, Missouri at the third and final presidential debate of the campaign. Bill Greenblatt | Hulton Archive | Getty Images In a normal election year, Bush v. Gore