Clinton: 'Superficially hypocritical' for Trump and GOP to fill Ginsburg's seat

Former President Bill Clinton says it is "superficially hypocritical" for President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans to push to put a new justice on the Supreme Court before the November election.

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Key GOP senator says she opposes taking up a Supreme Court nomination before Election Day

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Sunday that she opposes taking up a Supreme Court nomination prior to Election Day, becoming the second GOP senator this weekend to voice opposition to Senate movement on the matter before the 2020 election.

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Analysis: Trump vows to appoint a woman to Supreme Court as vacancy re-energizes his political prospects

Hoping to shift the public's attention from his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump quickly moved to make the new Supreme Court vacancy a central issue in his reelection campaign, announcing Saturday he would name a replacement for the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg next week "and it will be a woman."

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Pelosi says she will not leverage government shutdown to avoid Senate vote on court seat

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said she would not leverage a government shut down in order to slow down Republicans' push to fill the Supreme Court vacancy following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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VP's chief of staff on Supreme Court announcement: 'I don't think it will take us long'

Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff Marc Short told reporters Sunday that he doesn't believe the timing of President Donald Trump's announcement on a Supreme Court nominee will "take us long" following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

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Bill Clinton: 'Superficially hypocritical' for Trump and Republicans to push to fill Supreme Court vacancy

Former President Bill Clinton said Sunday it is "superficially hypocritical" for President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans to push to put a new justice on the Supreme Court before the November election.

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Trump remains the underdog as campaign enters final six-week stretch

This year has felt anything but stable in most aspects of American life, but the presidential campaign of 2020 has been bucking that dynamic and has proven to be remarkably stable for the last several months.

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Analysis: Trump's race-baiting might come at a cost to his economy

President Donald Trump's increasingly naked race-baiting heading into the final stretch of the 2020 campaign suggests he shares the consensus explanation for his grip on White working-class voters: it's about their racial resentments, not their economic anxieties.

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Analysis: Why it could be a Biden blowout in November

Poll of the week: A new ABC News/Washington Post poll from Minnesota finds Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden with a 57% to 41% lead over President Donald Trump among likely voters.

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Trump vows to appoint a woman to Supreme Court as vacancy re-energizes his political prospects

Hoping to shift the public's attention from his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump quickly moved to make the new Supreme Court vacancy a central issue in his reelection campaign, announcing Saturday he would name a replacement for the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg next week "and it will be a woman."

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