‘I am truly humbled by the prospect’: Amy Coney Barrett accepts Supreme Court nomination

Amy Coney Barrett gave remarks and officially accepted the nomination to fill the vacant Supreme Court Justice seat left behind after the death of late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court

President Donald Trump on Saturday announced Amy Coney Barrett as his choice to fill the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Poll: Barack, Michelle Obama ‘world’s most admired man and woman’

Former President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama are the most admired man and woman in the world, according to a new poll from YouGov.

Trump lays out health care vision, signs executive order in swing state NC

President Donald Trump is laying out his health care agenda Thursday amid a global pandemic and growing uncertainty about the future of the Affordable Care Act, the Obama-era law he vowed to replace with a much better plan.

McConnell, Pelosi dispute Trump, vow peaceful power transfer

Politicians are pushing back after President Donald Trump declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the presidential election.

Transition fears debated after Trump refuses to commit to peaceful transition of power
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Republicans and Democrats are bracing for an uncertain outcome on Election Day after President Trump refused to commit to a peaceful transition of power should he lose in November.

Trump niece sues family over millions of dollars allegedly owed

Mary Trump filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that President Trump and two of his siblings cheated her out of millions of dollars.

President Trump asks Supreme Court for fast action in census case ahead of January deadline

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court for fast action on its effort, blocked by a lower court, to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from the numbers used to determine how many congressional seats each state gets.

Spectators boo President Trump as he pays respects to Ruth Bader Ginsburg

President Donald Trump was booed Thursday as he paid respects to late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Thursday morning, just two days before he announces his nominee to replace her on the high court.

Letters between Trump and Nixon made public

Letters between once and future presidents were revealed for the first time in an exhibit that opens Thursday at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum

Trump declines to commit to peaceful transfer of power if he loses election

Trump told reporters Wednesday that he would “have to see what happens" when asked about whether he’d commit to a peaceful transfer of power.

Trump promises executive order requiring medical care for babies born alive after abortions

President Donald Trump says he'll be signing an executive order that would require health care providers to provide medical care to all babies born alive as he makes an election-year push to energize voters opposed to abortion.

Judge rules Eric Trump must testify in NY probe into family’s businesses before election

A judge ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump must testify in a New York investigation into the family’s businesses before the November election.

NYCHA tenants say they were misled into RNC video appearance

Three residents of New York City public housing whose criticisms of Mayor Bill de Blasio were used in a video at the Republican National Convention said they were never told their comments were to be showcased in that manner.

Some Democrats are now talking of expanding the Supreme Court

Some Senate Democrats previously averse to a larger court said in the wake of Ginsburg's death Friday that the Republican push to quickly fill the high-court vacancy could be a breaking point.

House easily passes stopgap funding bill, averting government shutdown

In a sweeping bipartisan vote that takes a government shutdown off the table, the House passed a temporary government-wide funding bill Tuesday night, shortly after President Donald Trump prevailed in a behind-the-scenes fight over his farm bailout.

Amy Coney Barrett: Who is Trump's top Supreme Court pick?

Amy Coney Barrett is hailed by religious conservatives and others on the right as an ideological heir to the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Liberals say Barrett’s legal views are too influenced by her Catholic beliefs and fear she could seek to scale back abortion rights.