President Trump called the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg “an amazing woman” Friday night and had no immediate comment on filling the vacancy on the high court. The president learned of Justice Ginsburg’s death after speaking at a campaign rally in Minnesota. “She just died? Wow. I didn’t know that. You’re telling me…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said unequivocally Friday night that President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee to fill the vacancy of late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg “will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.”Ginsburg, 87, died Friday from complications surrounding metastatic pancreas cancer.“The Senate and the nation mourn the sudden passing of…

People who dine out are at twice the risk of catching COVID-19 than people who don’t, according to a new Centers for Disease Control report that is awful news for local economies and people who enjoy going out.The data, however, makes no distinction between outdoor and indoor dining - and COVID-19 is much harder to…

Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses for a portrait in 1977. Bettmann/Corbis Then-President Bill Clinton announces Ginsburg as his nominee to the Supreme Court during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 1993. Ginsburg replaced retired Justice Byron White and became the nation's second female justice. Doug Mills/AP Prominent Jewish-Americans, including Ginsburg, pose for a…

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the enigmatic, longtime Supreme Court justice who attained near cult-like status among progressive circles, died Friday at the age of 87 from complications surrounding metastatic pancreatic cancer.The late Supreme Court justice, who spent more than two decades on the bench in the highest court of the land, is survived by her two children, Jane…