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The Supreme Court has denied a request to stop the federal execution of Christopher Vialva, scheduled for Thursday night in Terre Haute, Indiana.

President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden quickly moved to capitalize on the enthusiasm of their party bases for filling a vacancy on the Supreme Court, hauling in a wave of campaign contributions and strategizing messaging to boost voter turnout. Both parties are fired up after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth…

Lisa Murkowski of Alaska became the second Republican senator to say the Senate should not consider a nominee before the presidential election.Right NowJoe Biden is linking the Supreme Court vacancy to the coronavirus crisis and protection of Americans with pre-existing conditions, during a speech in Philadelphia.VideotranscripttranscriptVigils for Justice Ginsburg Held Across the CountryMourners gathered around…

Lisa Murkowski of Alaska became the second Republican senator to say the Senate should not consider a nominee before the presidential election.Right NowJoe Biden is linking the Supreme Court vacancy to the coronavirus crisis and protection of Americans with pre-existing conditions, during a speech in Philadelphia.VideotranscripttranscriptVigils for Justice Ginsburg Held Across the CountryMourners gathered around…

A federal court granted a preliminary injunction halting the Trump administration’s planned ban of Chinese app WeChat, in response to a plaintiff lawsuit saying the ban would harm their First Amendment rights.The United States District Court in San Francisco said the plaintiffs, a group of WeChat users, had shown there are “serious questions” related to…