Amy Coney Barrett

‘Fat and happy’ with a conservative US Supreme Court, are Republicans losing a winning issue?

Without the specter of a liberal court to motivate conservative voters anymore, they may find themselves without the issue that played a crucial role in Trump’s unexpected victory four years ago and has fortified his political base throughout a tumultuous first term

US Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett, delivering for Donald Trump and reshaping Supreme Court

Before Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, she had told her granddaughter she wanted a new president to instal her successor — a deathbed wish that Republicans made clear they had no intention of honouring

GOP-led Senate panel advances Amy Coney Barrett's SC nomination as Democrats boycott vote

Instead of attending, the Democrats displayed posters at their desks of Americans they say have benefited from the Affordable Care Act, which is now being challenged in court

Coronavirus flourishes where Donald Trump spends much of his time: Indoors

The CDC has not fully acknowledged the risk of airborne transmission of the virus indoors, beyond indirect nods to the importance of ventilation in schools and businesses.

US Presidential Debate 2020 Event Highlights: First Biden-Trump face-off concludes, veers from 'How you doing?' to 'Will you shut up?'

US Presidential Debate 2020 Event Highlights: The first presidential debate concluded with Chris Wallace asking both candidates if they would commit to urging calm and avoiding declaring victory until the election results are independently verified

Donald Trump nominates Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg at US Supreme Court

With Judge Barrett, Trump has nominated three judges on the nine-member bench of the United States' Supreme Court

Donald Trump says Brett Kavanaugh 'not a man that deserves this' as accusations fly over sexual assault; showdown hearing not yet finalised

US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's future hangs in balance over sexual assault allegation; he arrives at White House as storm spirals

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said Monday he was willing to speak to a Senate panel to "refute" an allegation he sexually assaulted a woman while in high school, after his accuser said via her attorney that she was ready to testify in public.

Donald Trump choice of Brett Kavanaugh for US Supreme Court justice set to spark most turbulent confirmation fight in years

To hear Republicans tell it, Brett Kavanaugh is a skilled and well-respected judge who reveres the Constitution. To Democrats, he's a threat to women's reproductive rights and the Obama health care program. It's likely to become the most turbulent confirmation fight for a Supreme Court justice in years, with Kavanaugh already being cast as a hero or villain.

Donald Trump savours prime time reality show type of reveal for Supreme Court choice at 9pm

US President Donald Trump is going down to the wire as he makes his choice on a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, but he says with his final four options "you can't go wrong." Trump wants to keep the decision under wraps until a 9 pm Monday.