A federal judge dealt a victory to federal employees and the unions that represent them, invalidating key provisions of a series of Trump administration executive orders aimed at making it easier to fire employees and weaken the unions.
The swath of states that secured President Trump's electoral college victory in 2016 is now home to a series of statehouse contests that could alter the balance of power in a region of the country long crucial to presidential elections.
President Trump does not want to comment on Sen. John McCain before he dies, White House officials said, and there was no effort to publish a statement Friday as many politicians released supportive comments on the ailing Republican lawmaker.
The pontiff arrived for the first papal visit to Ireland in 39 years. The abuse scandals have sharply diminished the Vatican's once-towering authority.
"Justice was done, the evidence was there, and that's where it should stop," federal juror Paula Duncan said of Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's conviction on eight counts.
No Supreme Court justice in recent memory has worked as intently as Kavanaugh at the highest levels of the nation's political machinery. His years as President George W. Bush's staff secretary were the culmination of a political and legal apprenticeship that lasted more than a decade.
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