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Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to be an associate justice on the nation’s highest court Monday. Barrett fills the vacancy of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth…

Accusations and arguments fly at final debate between Trump and Biden

Just 12 days before election day and with millions of people having already voted, Trump squared off against Democratic challenger Joe Biden in the final presidential debate at Belmont University.…

COVID, Hunter Biden Likely to Light Up Last Debate

The coronavirus may finally fulfill the most enduring cliché of modern politics now that the coming presidential election is widely considered the “most important ever.” But it took 220,000 dead…

Feds foil militia plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor

(The Center Square) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Michigan State Police, and other law enforcement officials say they foiled a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. A months-long investigation…

56% of Americans expect election to result in violence

Today Braver Angels, a nonprofit dedicated to political depolarization, released a public letter, "What We Will Do to Hold America Together," that calls on Americans to reject violence and work to…

Trump tests positive for COVID-19

(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump say they’ve tested positive for COVID-19. News broke late Wednesday that Hope Hicks, one of Trump’s senior advisors,…

Interruptions and Insults: A look at the first debate between Trump and Biden

(The Center Square) – An argumentative and contentious first presidential debate Tuesday night was filled with interruptions, personal insults and frequent requests by moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News for…

No Surprise: Democrats and Republicans split on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee

Georgia Republicans and Democrats went to their respective corners after President Donald Trump nominated conservative appellate judge Amy Coney Barrett to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the…

How to watch the first Presidential Debate of 2020

President Donald Trump and Vice-President Joe Biden are set to face off in the first presidential debate of 2020 Tuesday night. Here's everything you need to know to watch it.…

Trump announces Supreme Court pick

Amy Coney Barrett was introduced Saturday as President Donald Trump's nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court. Barrett, 48, currently serves on the…

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has died

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the leading progressive on the nation's highest court, died Friday due to complications from pancreatic cancer. She was 87. Ginsberg was appointed by…

Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate

(The Center Square) – Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced Tuesday that Kamala Harris will be his vice presidential running mate. A U.S. Senator from California and Biden's formal…

New York’s Attorney General takes aim at the NRA

(The Center Square) – New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit Thursday that seeks to have the National Rifle Association dissolved, saying the gun rights organization has been engaging in “illegal…

John Roberts joins liberal justices in striking down Louisiana abortion law

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(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana law that required doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. In the…