WASHINGTON – Barack Obama spent hours reading legal briefs as he mulled candidates for the Supreme Court. Bill Clinton savored building a personal connection with Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

And Ronald Reagan offered a personal touch in making his case for Anthony Kennedy after his first two picks for a vacancy went sideways.President Donald Trump has a style all his own for selecting a nominee for the high court.

He's flying by the seat of his pants with his frequent public deliberations on replacing Ginsburg, a process that’s moving at warp speed.In recent history, the process of picking a nominee has been notable for hush-hush meetings with finalists, presidents looking to cement a personal connection with their pick, invasive vetting and.

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Trump ex-campaign boss hospitalized amid threat to harm self

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale was hospitalized Sunday after he threatened to harm himself, according to Florida police and campaign officials.Police officers talked Parscale out of his Fort Lauderdale home after his wife called police to say that he had multiple firearms and was threatening to hurt himself. Police Sgt.

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Trump's tax revelation could tarnish image that fueled rise

WASHINGTON – The bombshell revelations that President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for office and paid no income taxes at all in many others threaten to undercut a pillar of his appeal among blue-collar voters and provide a new opening for his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, on the eve of the first presidential debate.Trump has worked for decades to build an image of himself as a hugely successful business mogul — even choosing that moniker as his Secret Service code name. But The New York Times on Sunday revealed that he paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016, the year he won the presidency, and in 2017, his first year in office.

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Trump says he wants ‘very friendly transition’ but he doesn’t ‘want to be cheated’

During a rally in Virginia on Friday, U.S.

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U.S. election: What happens if Trump loses to Biden, but refuses to concede?

Donald Trump is doubling down on claims that the upcoming election could be rigged, leading experts to sound the alarm over what could be the country’s first non-peaceful transition of power.Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Trump would not commit to a peaceful transfer, should he lose to Democratic candidate Joe Biden on Nov. 3.“Well we’re going to have to see what happens,” he said.

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Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017, NY Times reports

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media prior to departing from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, September 21, 2020, as he travels to Ohio. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) President Donald J.

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Mike Tyson, 54, says his 2020 vote will be the first of his life

FOR 2020 ELECTION COVERAGE, DOWNLOAD THE FOX 32 NEWS APPHis conviction had previously disqualified him from voting until Nevada passed a law to allow convicted felons to vote once they completed their prison sentence. The law was passed in 2019.AdvertisementTyson is set to fight Jones in an eight-round exhibition match weeks after the election.

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Appellate court halts Wisconsin ballot-counting extension

MADISON, Wis. - A federal appeals court on Sunday temporarily halted a six-day extension for counting absentee ballots in Wisconsin's presidential election, a momentary victory for Republicans and President Donald Trump in the key presidential battleground state.As it stands, ballots will now be due by 8 p.m. on Election Day.

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Trump: "Definitely time for a woman” on Supreme Court

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Sunday that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death and the two men he’s named to the Supreme Court meant “it was definitely time for a woman," adding that it will be hard for opponents of judge Amy Coney Barrett to “dispute her qualifications or anything about her.”Trump announced Saturday that he has settled on Barrett for the vacancy.But Democrats and others who recoil at the idea of the conservative Barrett replacing the liberal Ginsburg began lining up against the federal appeals court judge even before Trump formally introduced her at the White House on Saturday.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats on Sunday criticized Barrett's nomination as an ill-considered and hasty decision that will

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Dennis Quaid Fires Back After Participating in Trump's COVID-19 Ad: 'It Was in No Way Political'

Dennis Quaid is firing back at reports that he took part in a $300 million Donald Trump ad about the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Biden to Dems: Focus on health care, not court expansion

WILMINGTON, Del. – Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden wants voters to see Republicans’ push for a speedy Supreme Court confirmation as an end-run of Congress and the 2010 health care law.In remarks on Sunday, the former vice president sidestepped any talk of expanding the court to counter conservative gains should he defeat President Donald Trump in November and Democrats regain a Senate majority.

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Sanders says there ‘will be a number of plans’ to make sure Trump leaves office if he loses election

President Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders (Chip Somodevilla/Win McNamee/Getty Images)Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., couldn't nail down a plan for what lawmakers should do if President Trump refuses to concede the White House if he loses in November, but said there will be a "number of plans" if that scenario were to take place.During an interview on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" that aired Friday, Maher pressed Sanders on the specific plan that lawmakers have in place in the event Trump refuses to concede, telling the senator, “I still don’t know what the plan is.”"There are things that we have to do now to make sure that Biden wins," Sanders said.

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Who is Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s latest nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court?

Donald Trump to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.Trump announced on Saturday that he had chosen the staunchly conservative Barrett, who has spent the past three years on a federal appeals court — a position she was also nominated to by Trump.Trump called her “a woman of remarkable intellect and character” who is “eminently qualified.”If confirmed by the Senate, Barrett, 48, would become the youngest justice on the country’s highest court, where she could likely sit for decades.

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Trump caps judiciary remake with choice of Barrett for court

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, capping a dramatic reshaping of the federal judiciary that will resonate for a generation and that he hopes will provide a needed boost to his reelection effort.Barrett, a former clerk to the late Justice Antonin Scalia, said Saturday that she was “truly humbled” by the nomination and quickly aligned herself with Scalia's conservative approach to the law, saying his “judicial philosophy is mine, too." Barrett, 48, was joined in the Rose Garden by her husband and seven children. If confirmed by the Senate, she would fill the seat vacated by liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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How it happened: From law professor to high court in 4 years

WASHINGTON – Four years ago, Amy Coney Barrett was a little-known law professor in Indiana. Within weeks, she is likely to be the newest associate justice on the U.S.

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Trump approves Alberta-Alaska rail line project; line would move oil, other resources

President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he was issuing a presidential permit for the A2A Cross-Border Rail project.The project — which would see a 2,570-kilometre rail track running from near Anchorage, Alaska, through Yukon and the Northwest Territories into northern Alberta — will cost about C$22 billion.Trump’s approval is just the first step in the regulatory process on the U.S. side.Based on the strong recommendation of @SenDanSullivan and @repdonyoung of the Great State of Alaska, it is my honor to inform you that I will be issuing a Presidential Permit for the A2A Cross-Border Rail between Alaska & Canada.

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Bio highlights of Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's high court pick

WASHINGTON – Here’s a bio box on President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee.Amy Coney Barrett, age 48- A judge on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals nominated by President Donald Trump in 2017 and considered once before by Trump for a high court seat; her three-year judicial record shows a clear and consistent conservative bent.

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GOP invests $10M in boosting Trump with Barrett confirmation

WASHINGTON – The Republican National Committee is putting Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation fight front and center with voters just weeks before Election Day.The confirmation battle will be featured in a new $10 million RNC digital ad campaign to encourage battleground state voters to return vote-by-mail ballots or go to the polls.

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The Latest: Barrett believed to have arrived in DC area

WASHINGTON – The Latest on the expected nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court (all times local):4:05 p.m.An airplane believed to be carrying likely Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett and her family has arrived at Joint Base Andrews.Barrett is expected to be nominated to the U.S.

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Dennis Quaid to Appear in Trump's COVID-19 Ad Campaign, Which Will Reportedly Cost $300 Million

Donald Trump‘s health department is reportedly launching an advertising campaign to to “defeat despair” about the coronavirus and Dennis Quaid is one of the celebrities who will appear in the ads.

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Former member of White House coronavirus task force blasts Trump over response

A former member of the White House coronavirus task force and adviser to Vice-President Mike Pence on Thursday came out with a video criticizing President Donald Trump over his response to COVID-19.

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Amy Coney Barrett, likely high court pick, is Scalia's heir

CHICAGO – Though Amy Coney Barrett is the expected replacement for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she is more aptly described as heir to another departed Supreme Court justice: conservative hero Antonin Scalia. Like Scalia, for whom she once clerked, she is a committed Catholic as well as a firm devotee of his favored interpretation of the Constitution known as originalism.

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Trump shifts focus to Pennsylvania to shore up reelection effort

NEWPORT NEWS, VA - SEPTEMBER 25: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport on September 25, 2020 in Newport News, Virginia.

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How Trump, Biden are preparing for first presidential debate

WASHINGTON – Ahead of the first debate-stage matchup between President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden, each campaign is promising a stark contrast in policy, personality and preparation.Trump has decided to skip any formal preparation. And while Biden's team believes the significance of the debate may be exaggerated, the Democratic nominee has been aggressively preparing to take on the president.Biden's campaign has been holding mock debate sessions featuring Bob Bauer, a senior Biden adviser and former White House general counsel, playing the role of Trump, according to a person with direct knowledge of the preparations granted anonymity to discuss internal strategy.

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Reality check: A look at claims by Trump, Biden ahead of the first presidential debate

Donald Trump painted a fantastical portrait of a coronavirus that affects “virtually nobody” among the young as he faced a grim U.S.

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Voters' poorly marked ovals could lead to contested ballots

ATLANTA - Two decades ago, Florida's hanging chads became an unlikely symbol of a disputed presidential election. This year, the issue could be poorly marked ovals or boxes.Amid the global coronavirus pandemic, more people than ever are expected to bypass their polling place and cast absentee ballots for the first time.

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‘Now or never’: Former Trump staffers press others to speak out ahead of election

Donald Trump deployed Homeland Security agents to Portland, exacerbating tensions there. She decided it was worth the risk to speak out against Trump, whom she had come to view as a threat to the country.

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It's 'now or never' for ex-Trump aides weighing speaking out

WASHINGTON – Elizabeth Neumann wrestled with the decision for weeks. She worried about the backlash, the impact it would have on her career, potential threats to her family.

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Trump shifts focus to Pennsylvania to shore up reelection

HARRISBURG, Pa. – President Donald Trump's campaign has grown increasingly focused on making inroads in Pennsylvania to offset potential vulnerabilities in other battlegrounds. The president will travel to the state for the second time in a week on Saturday, hoping to attract the same rural and white working-class voters who delivered him a narrow victory here in 2016.

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Trump expected to announce conservative Barrett for court

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is expected to announce Saturday that he is nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court as he aims to put a historic conservative stamp on the high court just weeks before the election.Trump said Friday he had made up his mind and it was “very exciting,” without giving away the name, aiming to maintain some suspense around his personal announcement.

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The Latest: Australia's Victoria health chief quits in probe

Virus cases rise in US heartland, home to anti-mask feelings— California virus hospitalizations could surge in next month— Madrid resists government pressure to extend soft lockdown— Cities around the U.K. are imposing new coronavirus restrictions as they race to slow the spread of COVID-19, and London could be next.

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Portland, Oregon, braces itself for large right-wing rally

PORTLAND, Ore. – At least several thousand people are expected in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday for a right-wing rally in support of President Donald Trump and his “law and order” reelection campaign as tensions boil over nationwide following the decision not to charge officers in Louisville, Kentucky, for killing Breonna Taylor.The Proud Boys, a group that has been designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, described it as a free speech event to support Trump and the police, restore law and order and condemn anti-fascists, “domestic terrorism" and “violent gangs of rioting felons" in the streets.

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Republicans expecting Trump to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court

WASHINGTON - Republicans are expecting President Donald Trump to announce Saturday that he is choosing Amy Coney Barrett to fill the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to the Associated Press.Barrett, who has been considered a front-runner in the days following Ginsburg’s death, is a federal appellate judge and someone who has established herself as a reliable conservative on legal issues ranging from abortion to gun control.Barrett is a devout Catholic and has been hailed by religious conservatives and others on the right as an ideological heir to conservative Antonin Scalia, the late Supreme Court justice for whom she once clerked.

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US senators demand action after AP exposes palm oil abuses

seafood industry, resulting in the freeing of more than 2,000 men.President Donald Trump has since ordered the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to step up the seizure of unethically produced goods, from seafood and electronics to products believed to have been made by Muslim Uighurs in labor camps in China.“CBP needs to do its job and investigate credible allegations of products coming into our country that violate U.S.

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Trump rallies flout virus rules, Gov. Tom Wolf warns

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)HARRISBURG, Pa. - A day before a rally scheduled in southcentral Pennsylvania, Gov.

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Trump unveils 'Platinum Plan' for Black Americans at campaign event in Atlanta

ATLANTA - With less than six weeks until Election Day, President Donald Trump is looking to chip away at Democrats’ advantage in Georgia with a new plan focused on “economic empowerment” for Black Americans.Trump visited Atlanta on Friday for a campaign event and unveiled his plan to increase access to capital for Black Americans."I"m here today to announce a brand new plan to deliver more oppportunity, more security, more fairness, and more prosperity to Black communites.

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U.S. surpasses 7 million coronavirus cases as Midwest states become latest hotspots

United States has now recorded over seven million confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus to date as America continues to lead the world in infections at a steady pace.Public health data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows the U.S. hit 7,005,746 cases on Friday afternoon.The milestone also comes three days after the country’s death toll surpassed 200,000.

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Landlords suing to push back against eviction ban

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – As millions of Americans struggle to pay their rent during the coronavirus pandemic, landlords are going to courts, claiming that the national eviction moratorium unfairly strains their finances and violates their property rights.At least 26 such lawsuits have been filed by property owners this year, including several federal challenges of President Donald Trump’s directive, delivered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that broadly prevents evictions through the end of 2020.In Memphis, seven landlords who together manage or own more than 5,000 rental units sued this month, accusing Trump and other federal officials of unconstitutionally violating their due process protections and wrongly preempting state

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Trump's coronavirus remarks weigh on minds of senior voters

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – President Donald Trump’s remarks at a campaign event in Ohio this week reverberated all the way to a sparkling waterfront in Florida, where senior citizens parsed his assessment of the coronavirus pandemic.Trump said that COVID-19 was seriously affecting “virtually nobody” under the age of 18 and sought to frame the pandemic as largely impacting older Americans, as he argued for school districts to resume in-person learning.“Now we know it affects elderly people with heart problems and other problems,” Trump said.

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Trump signs executive order on health care; attracts criticism from Democrats

Donald Trump on Thursday launched what aides termed a “vision” for health care heavy on unfulfilled aspirations.“It is affirmed, signed and done, so we can put that to rest,” Trump said after signing an executive order covering a range of issues, including protecting people with preexisting medical conditions from insurance discrimination.But that right is already guaranteed in the Obama-era health law his administration is asking the Supreme Court to overturn.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissively said Trump’s “bogus executive order on pre-existing conditions isn’t worth the paper it’s signed on.” Democrats are betting heavily that they have the edge on health care this election season.

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Trump infuses politics into his choice for the Supreme Court

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is infusing deliberations over his coming nomination of a new Supreme Court justice with political meaning as he aims to maximize the benefit before Nov. 3 and even secure an electoral backstop should the result be contested.Even before Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death last week, the president had tried to use likelihood of more Supreme Court vacancies to his political advantage.

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GOP duo reshapes Montana politics to match Trump's vision

BOZEMAN, Mont. – Steve Daines is the affable one, the smiler, a consummate salesman who parlayed his corporate success into a meteoric rise through Montana politics and a seat in the U.S. Senate.His former boss, Greg Gianforte, is more brusque, sometimes even harsh, a self-made technology mogul whose political career has proved rockier and included a stinging defeat for governor and unwanted notoriety when he assaulted a reporter during a successful run for U.S.

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Fight over Trump tax returns goes to appeals court — again

NEW YORK – A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments Friday in President Donald Trump’s long-running fight to prevent a top New York prosecutor from getting his tax returns.Trump’s lawyers appealed to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a district court judge last month rejected their renewed efforts to invalidate a subpoena that the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.

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President Trump visits Jacksonville for ‘Great American Comeback’ rally

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – President Donald Trump walked off Air Force One to a crowd of thousands at Jacksonville’s Cecil Airport on Thursday, where he hosted a “Great American Comeback” campaign rally, according to a WJXT report.The president’s rally Thursday night was highly anticipated among Jacksonville supporters.

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

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - More than three-and-a-half years into his presidency and 40 days from an election, President Donald Trump on Thursday launched what aides termed a “vision” for health care. “It is affirmed, signed and done, so we can put that to rest,” Trump said after signing an executive order covering a range of issues, including protecting people with preexisting medical conditions from insurance discrimination.But that right is already guaranteed in the Obama-era health law his administration is asking the Supreme Court to overturn.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissively said Trump's “bogus executive order on pre-existing conditions isn’t worth the paper it’s signed on.” Democrats are betting heavily that they have the edge on health

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Trump lays out health care vision in swing state North Carolina

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Trump lawyers: DA's fight for tax returns built on innuendo

NEW YORK – A New York prosecutor engaged in a long-running battle to obtain Donald Trump’s tax returns is resorting to “speculation and innuendo” to justify his demands, the president's lawyers argued in court papers filed Thursday on the eve of an appeals court showdown.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arguments Friday after a district court judge last month rejected Trump's renewed efforts to invalidate a subpoena that the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.

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Donald Trump booed while paying respects to Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Donald Trump was welcomed to the Supreme Court on Thursday with loud boos and chants of “Vote him out,” during a rare public appearance to pay his respects to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the late justice whom he is rushing to replace.Ginsburg, 87, died last week after serving 27 years on the nation’s top court. She laid in repose at the Supreme Court on Thursday and is scheduled to lie in state at the State Capitol on Friday, making her the first woman ever honoured in such a way.

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Health officials seek to block Trump rally in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. – A Virginia health official is warning of a “severe public health threat” if a planned campaign rally for President Donald Trump goes forward Friday evening.Dr. Natasha Dwamena, a Department of Public Health district director, said in a letter Thursday that the 4,000 people expected to attend Trump's rally at the Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport would be breaking Gov.

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