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Senate Democrats are vowing a fight for the ages to stop President Trump’s as-yet-unnamed Supreme Court pick from getting confirmed.  The Massachusetts Democrat spoke at a rally Thursday in front of the Supreme Court, saying, ‘‘People around this country are worried and they’re right to worry.’’  The Senate battle over Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee is off to a fiery start — even before the president makes his choice.

Senate Democrats are vowing a fight for the ages to stop President Trump’s as-yet-unnamed Supreme Court pick from getting confirmed.  The Massachusetts Democrat spoke at a rally Thursday in front of the Supreme Court, saying, ‘‘People around this country are worried and they’re right to worry.’’  The Senate battle over Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee is off to a fiery start — even before the president makes his choice.

Senate Democrats are vowing a fight for the ages to stop President Trump’s as-yet-unnamed Supreme Court pick from getting confirmed.  The Massachusetts Democrat spoke at a rally Thursday in front of the Supreme Court, saying, ‘‘People around this country are worried and they’re right to worry.’’  The Senate battle over Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee is off to a fiery start — even before the president makes his choice.

MORE (D-Calif.) during a rally in North Dakota, furthering his feud with the California Democrat after she called for protests against Trump officials. Trump headlined an event in Fargo, N.D., to rally support for Rep. MORE (D-N.D.) in November. A few minutes into his remarks, Trump hit Heitkamp for supporting Democratic leadership.  “When Heidi ran for office, she promised to be an independent vote for the people of North Dakota. Instead she immediate joined Chuck (Schumer) and Nancy (Pelosi),” Trump said. “And now they have a new leader.

Peter Strzok, the counterintelligence agent who texted that “we’ll stop” then-candidate MORE from becoming president, defended himself from allegations of bias during a closed-door interview with House investigators on Wednesday, characterizing his messages as private remarks exchanged in the course of an intimate relationship. He told investigators from the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees that he regretted the messages, to FBI lawyer Lisa Page, with whom he was having an affair. Beyond that spare accounting, Republicans and Democrats p

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced on Wednesday that he is retiring after more than 30 years on the court, kicking off what is sure to be a vicious confirmation battle. Kennedy informed the president of his decision, effective July 31, in a letter, which the court's spokeswoman said he personally delivered to the White House on Wednesday afternoon. Chief Justice John Roberts had adjourned the court for its summer recess just hours earlier. Kennedy added that while his family was willing for him to continue to serve, his decision to step aside was based on his deep desire to spend

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement has already triggered an intense Senate fight over the confirmation of his successor. Moments after Kennedy said he would retire, Majority Leader MORE. “We will vote to confirm Justice Kennedy’s successor this fall,” McConnell said on the Senate floor. “Wait, so the thing about ‘the American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice’ wasn’t really about a concern for the American people?” tweeted Sen. MORE (D-Conn.). “It was just about Obama??

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement on Wednesday, handing MORE and the GOP Senate an opportunity to shift the nation’s high court to the right for decades. Kennedy, whom President Reagan nominated to the court in 1987, has for years been the court’s swing vote in a series of landmark 5-4 decisions, siding with conservatives to protect religious liberty and settle the outcome of the 2000 presidential election but with Democrats on issues ranging from same-sex marriage to the right to an abortion. His retirement at the age of 81 immediately tr

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