Monday's Headlines: How a list compiled by Trump’s lawyer in 2016 is helping to reshape the Supreme Court
Trump weighs top picks for Supreme Court amid last-minute maneuvering; Trump's fight with federal employee unions gets real as new rules take effect; Britain's 'Brexit minister'...
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White House counsel Donald McGahn's list, which last year produced Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, has become a Who's Who of conservative jurists and a way to telegraph what kind of judicial opinions and résumés would impress the Trump White House.
President Trump said he was "close" to choosing a replacement for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. White House officials cautioned that Trump's conversations with golf partners and friends did not necessarily hint at whom he would pick, a decision that could tilt the bench to the right for decades. Trump is expected to make his announcement Monday night.
The administration describes the executive orders as an effort to streamline a bloated bureaucracy. The unions counter that the rules are intended to weaken their bargaining power and make it easier to fire government workers.
The resignation exposed Prime Minister Theresa May to challenge by Conservative party members outraged over what they see as her plan to secure a "soft Brexit" that keeps Britain tied to the European Union after it leaves the bloc next year.
Pentagon officials have said efforts by the U.S.-backed Yemeni forces are successfully rolling back al-Qaeda's franchise in the country. But while the militants have been expelled from some of their strongholds, the Yemeni troops acknowledge that their recent gains are precarious.
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Despite overnight rains, Thai officials said the conditions are still good for the complicated extraction, adding that the next group could be out by nighttime.
European leaders worry that President Trump could set into motion NATO's unraveling and bargain away their security in the name of better relations with the Kremlin.
Angry protesters pursued the Senate majority leader through a Louisville, Ky., restaurant parking lot on Saturday, berating him with a mixture of immigration rhetoric and personal insults.
Marcy Wheeler said her dealings with her source brought her around to believing something she initially questioned: that Russian interference in the 2016 election was very real, and that associates of President Trump played a part.
The Ohio Republican said he has no knowledge of any misconduct or abuse, but his denials and attempts to turn the controversy toward his accusers over the past week have failed to shift the spotlight.
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