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Trump Narrows Supreme Court Shortlist To 3 — With 2 On The Inside Track

7:29pm July 05, 2018

Trump said he will make the announcement Monday night at 9 p.m. at the White House. He is deciding between Judges Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett and Raymond Kethledge.

"The only way you can make any kind of impact with Donald Trump is to mock him," says one of the organizers behind the "Let Trump Baby Fly" petition.

London Mayor Says 'Trump Baby' Blimp Can Fly In Protest Of President Trump's Visit

6:13pm July 05, 2018

by Maggie Penman

Trump is scheduled to visit the U.K. next week. Mayor Sadiq Khan's office says activists who want to fly the 20-foot blimp still need to get approval from police and the national air traffic service.

Politics & Government

White House Taps Former Fox News Executive For Senior Communications Job

4:30pm July 05, 2018

by Sarah McCammon

Bill Shine left Fox News in the aftermath of a sexual harassment scandal, amid accusations that he failed to take the allegations seriously.

President Trump spoke to March for Life participants and pro-life leaders at the White House on January 19. He has been signaling that he won't ask potential Supreme Court nominees about their positions on specific cases, but he doesn't need to — all on

Which Trump Should Be Believed On Overturning Roe v. Wade?

12:40pm July 03, 2018

by Ron Elving

The apparently mixed signals of the moment do not really suggest any further evolution in the president's abortion thinking. They suggest a strategy for confirming whomever the president picks.

The sky surrounding the Statue of Liberty in New York is lit red by a firework in 2005. Nearly all the fireworks consumers will purchase this year — and 70 percent of those used by professionals — are manufactured in China.

Politics & Government

For Independence Day Fireworks, U.S. Depends On China

8:44am July 03, 2018

by Scott Horsley

Nearly all the fireworks Americans will use to celebrate this Fourth of July are imported from China. But the domestic fireworks business is still booming.

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President Donald Trump at the White House on June 28, 2018. Trump plans to announce his next Supreme Court nominee next week.

Politics & Government

Trump Downplays Roe v. Wade Litmus Test As He Considers A Supreme Court Nominee

3:25pm July 01, 2018

by Barbara Sprunt

In an interview with Fox News, Trump said his advisers told him not to ask potential Supreme Court nominees whether they would overturn Roe v Wade. "But I'm putting conservative people on," he said.

The Supreme Court term that just concluded was a small taste of what is to come. In all, 13 of the cases decided by a liberal-conservative split, Justice Anthony Kennedy provided the fifth and deciding conservative vote.

Justice Kennedy May Soon Find Himself Disappointed And His Legacy Undermined

11:38am June 30, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court justice may believe that rights once recognized will not be taken away, but President Trump is about to get his second nominee to the court and it's sure to be a conservative.

President Trump and Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who announced his retirement on Wednesday, at the public swearing-in ceremony for Justice Neil Gorsuch at the White House in April 2017. Trump will announce his pick to replace Kennedy on July 9.

Trump Says He Will Announce Supreme Court Pick On July 9

7:40pm June 29, 2018

by Jessica Taylor

The president said Friday that he has his list narrowed to "about five" candidates, including two women, and he may interview one or two candidates this weekend at his golf club in New Jersey.

President Trump kisses a mock-up of a 1040 "postcard" during a meeting with GOP congressional leaders.

Trump's New IRS 'Postcard' Is Not So Simple And Not Really A Postcard

2:12pm June 29, 2018

by Brian Naylor

President Trump and congressional Republicans promised that taxpayers would be able to file their returns on a postcard, but the new IRS effort isn't quite that.

President-elect Trump's acceptance speech was broadcast in Times Square in New York City after his 2016 election. Nearly two years later, the partisan divide grows even wider.

Politics & Government

The Election Of 2016 Is Nowhere Near Over, And Still Pulling Americans Apart

1:18pm June 28, 2018

by Ron Elving

Far from subsiding, the political animosities stirred by the tumultuous presidential cycle of 2015-16 grow more disruptive, remaking both our major parties and altering our public life as a nation.