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A Liberal's Case for Brett Kavanaugh — The nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be the next Supreme Court justice is President Trump's finest hour, his classiest move. Last week the president promised to select “someone with impeccable credentials, great intellect, unbiased judgment …
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Brett Kavanaugh Is Trump's Pick for Supreme Court — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday is to nominate Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, a politically connected member of Washington's conservative legal establishment, to fill Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's seat on the Supreme Court …
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Brett Kavanaugh, Trump's Supreme Court Pick, Is Probably the End of Abortion Rights and Same-Sex Marriage … President Trump announced on Monday he intended to nominate Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, replacing Justice Anthony Kennedy who will retire on July 31.


Brett Kavanaugh and the Supreme Court's drastic shift to the right, cartoonsplained — President Trump's pick to replace Anthony Kennedy will lead to a much more conservative Court. — President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court Monday to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.
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Trump Picks Kavanaugh for Supreme Court, Capping Theatrics That Would ‘Make P. T. Barnum Proud’ … President Donald Trump nominated federal appeals court judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Monday evening, capping a day of reality TV-esque drama in which he managed to keep the decision …
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It Took a Village to Raise Kavanaugh — In the weeks ahead, we're going to spend a lot of time going over Brett Kavanaugh's biography — where he's from and what he's written. But that's not the most important way to understand the guy. — Kavanaugh is the product of a community.
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Who Is Brett Kavanaugh, Trump's Nominee To The Supreme Court? — His involvement in partisan battles and views on strong presidential power will likely be the focus of his confirmation hearings. — President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
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Trump Picks Brett Kavanaugh
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Republicans brace for brutal Supreme Court fight
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Brett Kavanaugh is nominated by Trump to succeed Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
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Brett Kavanaugh, a Conservative Stalwart in Political Fights and on the Bench
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Born inside Beltway, Kavanaugh part of GOP legal elite
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How a private meeting with Kennedy helped Trump get to ‘yes’ on Kavanaugh
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Brett Kavanaugh, Trump's Supreme Court pick, has sided with broad views of presidential powers
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ABC's Nightline Blasts ‘Controversial’ Nominee Before He's Even Announced!
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DFA says Kavanaugh “represents a generational assault on justice, freedom, core democratic values”
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Trump taps federal appeals court Judge Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court
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Kavanaugh paper chase threatens to draw out confirmation battle
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Judge rejects Trump request to alter agreement on release of immigrant kids — A federal judge has turned down President Donald Trump's request to alter a decades-old legal settlement to allow long-term detention of children who entered the U.S. illegally with their parents.
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Judge Rejects Long Detentions of Migrant Families, Dealing Trump Another Setback
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Federal judge rejects Trump administration's bid to alter rules on detaining minors
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Casey: Trump Supreme Court Pick Represents a Corrupt Bargain and I Will Oppose It — Washington, D.C. - Ahead of President Trump's announcement concerning his nominee to fill the vacancy on the United States Supreme Court, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement:
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Pelosi vows to ‘avenge President Obama’ in Supreme Court fight
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Tim Ryan weighs new challenge to Pelosi amid Democratic unrest
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Nancy Pelosi: 'They Come After Me Because I'm Effective'
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After Moscow Trip, Ron Johnson Says Election Meddling Overblown — One of the Republican senators back from a trip to Moscow is suggesting that Congress went too far in punishing Russia for meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. — “I've been pretty upfront that the election interference …
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US Republican Delegation Met With Sanctioned Russians In Moscow
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Giuliani works for foreign clients while serving as Trump's attorney — Rudolph W. Giuliani continues to work on behalf of foreign clients both personally and through his namesake security firm while serving as President Trump's personal attorney — an arrangement experts say raises conflict …


Feminist Apparel CEO Fires Entire Staff After They Learn He's An Admitted Sexual Abuser — The employees of the popular clothing company Feminist Apparel thought they were creating tools for the resistance. The online store's viral shirts and accessories — which feature sayings like …
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Pregnant Women Say They Are Being Mistreated In Immigration Detention, Despite The Administration's Claims — Pregnant women in immigration detention under the Trump administration say they have been denied medical care, shackled around the stomach, and abused. — Reporting From Washington, DC
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New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet: Yes, We Did Too Many Alan Dershowitz Stories … Even publicity-savvy, Alan Dershowitz is astonished at the flood-the-zone coverage that The New York Times has been devoting to his social sufferings on Martha's Vineyard.
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Woman beats a 91-year-old Mexican man with a brick, tells him to ‘go back to your country’ — The Los Angeles Fourth of July fireworks display was just beginning when Erik Mendoza realized his 91-year-old grandfather was missing. Thinking he might have gone for his daily walk …


Trump slams media for breastfeeding opposition article — President Donald Trump Monday slammed a New York Times article about U.S. opposition to a World Health Assembly resolution encouraging breastfeeding. — Calling the story “fake news,” he tweeted, “The U.S. strongly supports breast feeding …
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Carlos Ramirez-Rosa Democrats ignore the left at their peril. Midwesterners aren't scared of socialism — they're hungry for it. — Some members of the Democratic establishment argue that bold, left-wing platforms can't win elections. They're wrong. — In a recent interview on CNN …