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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
For Mitch McConnell, Keeping His Senate Majority Matters More Than the Supreme Court — As the Democrats weigh their options about how to stop Mitch McConnell from filling Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat, one tactic that they should forget about immediately is arguing …
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A Mark Kelly win in Ariz. Senate race could spoil McConnell's plans to replace Ginsburg — WASHINGTON — Arizona's critical Senate race has suddenly taken on extra weight since Democrat Mark Kelly could potentially be sworn in early enough to vote on a replacement for the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg if he wins.
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Nina Totenberg / NPR:
A 5-Decade-Long Friendship That Began With A Phone Call — In 1971, newly assigned to cover the Supreme Court, I was reading a brief in what would ultimately be the landmark case of Reed v. Reed. It argued that the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause applied to women.
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Trump's Supreme Court Pick Shrouded In Secrecy — Candidates on the short list for a Supreme Court vacancy undergo intense vetting that typically culminates in a one-on-one interview with the president. — The process is shrouded in secrecy, but President Trump's flair for the dramatic …
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
A Ginsburg replacement is ‘worth the White House and Senate’: Why, and how, Republicans will push through Trump's Supreme Court nominee — WASHINGTON — Even before the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday night, November's presidential election was shaping …
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Can Trump and McConnell Push Through a Successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg? — In Washington, grief yields quickly to calculation. The announcement of the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court Justice and epic figure in American legal history, came in the early evening on Friday.
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Mitch McConnell's Calculation — There is going to be a SCOTUS vote before the election — Anyone who has observed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's career knows there are only two things he cares about: maintaining his Senate majority leader position and confirming judges.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The tortured logic from right-wing media about replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg — Back in 2016 and early 2017, Fox News was the self-satisfied home to a great deal of principled thinking about the importance of the American people's will. — Here, for example, was Laura Ingraham …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
What Republican Senators Say in Private — N, early every reporter in Washington has experienced it: A Republican member of Congress says “off the record,” shifts into a quieter voice, and expresses how much he or she doesn't like President Donald Trump. Soon after, you watch …
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Democrats shatter ActBlue's donation records after Ginsburg's death. — Democratic donors gave more money online in the 9 p.m. hour Friday after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death was announced — $6.2 million — than in any other single hour since ActBlue, the donation-processing site, was started 16 years ago.
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Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Will Democrats grow backbones amid Trump-Republican rush to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg? — Most Americans didn't vote for Trump or the GOP Senate. The time has come to consider new states, more justices and 18-year Supreme Court term limits. — | USA TODAY — The lid is going to blow off the boiling pot at some point.
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Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
It Shouldn't Have Come Down to Her Some will try to blame Ruth Bader Ginsburg for not stepping down sooner. They are missing the point.
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Biden takes cautious approach to SCOTUS storm
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Washington Post:
Graham — an institutionalist turned Trump loyalist — will play a central role in Supreme Court battle
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Michael Crowley / New York Times:
Live Updates: A Tip Sheet for the Senate Fight Over Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Seat
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Associated Press:
Trump to Senate: Vote ‘without delay’ on his high court pick
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Sean Collins / Vox:
Susan Collins: No Supreme Court vote before Election Day
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Here Are the Ways to Stop Mitch and Trump From Replacing RBG
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Tamara Keith / NPR:
Democrats Raised More Than $46 Million Following RBG's Death
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Dem donors smash ActBlue's daily record after Ginsburg's death
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Politico:
Trump weighs Barrett, Lagoa for Court seat
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Bloomberg:
Donors Flood Democrats With Cash After Ginsburg's Death
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
The winner of the Arizona Senate race could be seated in time for a vote on a Supreme Court pick.
Jill Filipovic / Washington Post:
If McConnell pushes through a nominee, President Biden should pack the court
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Jesse Paul / The Colorado Sun:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death pours intensity on, could reshape Colorado's hotly contested Senate race
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Richard Hine / Unprecedented:
A Moment of Grief and Terror
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Des Moines Register:
Here's how Iowa's Republican US senators said they would handle an election-year Supreme Court vacancy
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Katelyn Burns / Vox:
Democratic donors raised millions after Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death
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Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
What Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Death Could Mean For The Obamacare Hearing Nov. 10
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Errin Haines / The 19th:
‘An extraordinary force in the law:’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legacy on gender equity
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Presses for New Justice ‘Without Delay’ as Election-Season Battle Looms
Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Theresa Greenfield narrowly leads Joni Ernst in hyper-competitive Senate race — Democrat Theresa Greenfield leads Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst by 3 percentage points in a Senate race that appears to be among the most competitive in the country.
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Ricin Is Said to Have Been Sent to White House — Federal investigators are working to track down who sent it and determine whether other envelopes have been sent through the postal system. — WASHINGTON — An envelope addressed to the White House contained a substance …
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Evan Perez / CNN:
A package containing the poison ricin and addressed to Trump intercepted by law enforcement — (CNN)A package containing the poison ricin and addressed to President Donald Trump was intercepted by law enforcement earlier this week, according to two law enforcement officials.
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NBC News:
Letter sent to White House containing deadly poison ricin intercepted, officials say
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Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal:
Package Containing Ricin Was Intercepted in the White House Mail
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Brittany Bernstein / National Review:
Package Containing Ricin Said to Have Been Intercepted in White House Mail
Steven Overly / Politico:
Trump approves Oracle's proposed deal with TikTok — President Donald Trump approved a deal Saturday that will allow TikTok to continue operating in the United States, a decision that comes after more than a month of geopolitical turmoil between Washington and Beijing over the future of the video-sharing app.
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U.S. Covid-19 death toll surpasses 200,000 — In the predawn hours of March 30, Dr. Deborah Birx stepped in front of the camera on the White House lawn and made an alarming prediction about the coronavirus, which had, by then, killed fewer than 3,000 people in the United States.
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The Daily Beast:
ICE Hysterectomy Doctor Wasn't Even a Board-Certified OB-GYN — Dr. Mahendra Amin has been accused of performing unnecessary uterus removals on detained immigrants. — The doctor at the center of a scandal over unwanted hysterectomies at an immigrant detention facility in Georgia …
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