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As Trump moves to nominate a woman to the Supreme Court, here are some of his shortlisted picks
Amy Coney Barrett, Barbara Lagoa, Joan Larsen, Allison Jones Rushing and Kate Comerford Todd have been on a list released by the White House.
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Ginsburg’s death galvanizes liberal women across U.S. voting in key Senate races
“It’s going to bring people out of the woodwork,” said one Maine statehouse candidate as women opened their wallets.
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
Ginsburg reportedly died of complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas at her home in Washington, D.C., surrounded by her family. She was 87.
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Women in President Donald Trump’s White House earn 69 cents for every $1 paid to male staffers
The gender pay gap is wider than the national pay gap and wider than the gap in the Obama White House.
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In historic year for trans candidates, Sarah McBride poised to become the nation’s first openly transgender state senator
The Delaware candidate’s win caps off a primary season with several trans people set to break barriers in statehouse seats around the country.
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After final U.S. Congress primary in Delaware, a record-breaking 298 women U.S. House nominees will be on ballots this November
The previous record of 234 was set in 2018.
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Will Biden’s pledge to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court mobilize voters?
Demand Justice aims to keep the high court in the spotlight with a candidate shortlist and ‘She Will Rise’ campaign.
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If the Justice Department intervenes for Trump in his defamation lawsuit, the case would ‘just end there’
Constitutional law expert Leah Litman explains the latest twist in E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit against the president.
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Landscape for women U.S. Congress candidates changed little by New Hampshire and Rhode Island primaries
Rhode Island is the only state in 2020 to have no women candidates, while in New Hampshire, two incumbents move ahead.
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Biden surrogates hit campaign trail with a focus on safely reopening schools
Teachers are ‘scared they’re going to have to stand in front of kids and make promises they cannot keep,’ Biden surrogate Rep. Jahana Hayes told The 19th.