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Then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh meets with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in her office on Capitol Hill in August 2018. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images) Getty Images Several political action committees representing medical practitioners that perform abortions donated to Sen. Susan Collins after she voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. Collins, …

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge nominated to the nation’s second-most powerful court said Wednesday that he was writing as an academic and commentator when he criticized as “indefensible” a Supreme Court ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act. Justin Walker, a 37-year-old protege of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, …

Supreme Court justice and liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Tuesday praised newly-confirmed Justice Brett Kavanugh for appointing an entirely female staff. Ginsburg spoke about her own history in the fight for gender equality to a packed auditorium at Georgetown Law School. Ginsburg praised Kavanaugh — whose controversial confirmation was marked by allegations of sexual assault — …

President TrumpDonald John TrumpConway defends herself against Hatch Act allegations amid threat of subpoena How to defuse Gulf tensions and avoid war with Iran Trump says ‘stubborn child’ Fed ‘blew it’ by not cutting rates MORE on Monday said he would make a nomination to the Supreme Court if there’s a vacancy before the 2020 …