Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett: US election live news
The Senate is set to confirm Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Monday.
President Donald Trump will hold several events in Pennsylvania, one of the most important states for an Electoral College victory.
Presidential candidate Joe Biden has no scheduled events, while running mate Kamala Harris will take part in the Senate vote.
Vice President Mike Pence will also be present for the vote, he has said, despite several aides recently testing positive for the coronavirus.
Over 60 million Americans have already cast their votes, according to the US Elections Project, with just eight days until the November 3 election.
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Conservative jurist Amy Coney Barrett confirmed by 52-48 vote
The US Senate has confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court by a vote of 52-48. Barrett’s appointment creates a 6-3 conservative majority on the nine-member high court.
A majority of the US Senate has voted to confirm Amy Coney Barrett
A majority of the US Senate has voted to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. The vote is continuing. It is expected she will be sworn in by Justice Clarence Thomas in a ceremony with President Donald Trump at the White House later tonight.
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US Senate is voting on confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett
The US Senate is voting on the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court. The vote is expected to fall along party lines with one Republican breaking ranks to join Democrats in opposition. It is the first time in US history a justice has been confirmed to the Supreme Court so close to a presidential election.
Senate Republican leader offers justification for rushed Barrett process
Speaking on the Senate floor before a vote on the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Democratic arguments against the vote so close to an election were “outlandish claims” that are “utterly absurd”.
“Elections have consequences. And what this administration and this Republican Senate has done is exercise the power that was given to us by the American people,” McConnell said, citing the results of the 2016 election.
Democrats cried that Republicans were being hypocritical because they had blocked Judge Merrick Garland, former President Barack Obama’s nominee in 2016, on grounds he was nominated in an election year.
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Trump eyes hosting election night party at his DC hotel
President Donald Trump has his eye on hosting an election night party at his own hotel in the nation’s capital, The Associate Press reported.
Over the weekend, the campaign pushed out fundraising emails in the president’s name offering donors the chance to enter a drawing “to join Team Trump at the Election Night Party in my favourite hotel,” in Washington, suggesting he will use his luxury hotel as the backdrop for reacting to election results.
“November 3rd will go down in history as the night we won FOUR MORE YEARS. It will be absolutely EPIC, and the only thing that could make it better is having YOU there,” Trump said in a fundraising solicitation.
For Trump, an election night party at his own hotel is symbolic for a businessman who leveraged his celebrity as a reality star and New York real estate magnate to win the nation’s highest office.
The Trump International Hotel near sunset in Washington. Trump has his eye on hosting an election night party at his own hotel in the nation’s capital. [FIle: Alex Brandon, AP Photo]
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Biden criticises Trump administration response to the coronavirus
The Trump administration has “waved the white flag” in the United States’ battle against the coronavirus, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said while campaigning in Chester, Pennsylvania.
The president “is not doing what needs to be done”, Biden said as US deaths from COVID-19 have climbed above 225,000.
“The bottom line is Donald Trump is the worst possible president, the worst possible person to try to lead us through the pandemic,” Biden said.
Over the weekend, Trump suggested in a campaign speech that rising COVID-19 case counts in the US are inflated because doctors make more money from designating patient deaths from the virus.
“What in the hell is the matter with this man,” Biden said.
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said in a television interview on CNN that, “We are not going to control the virus”.
Biden called Meadows’ remark “just a deadly admission” the White House will not take steps to prevent a projected 200,000 additional deaths before the end of the year.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden slams Trump’s claims about DOVID-19 during a visit to a voter activation center in Chester, Pennsylvania [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]
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Trump speaks to large crowd near Altoona, Pennsylvania
President Donald Trump spokes to a large crowd of supporters gathered at the Altoona airport in central Pennsylvania.
“Together we are taking back our country,” Trump said, accusing the Obama administration of having spied on his campaign in 2016.
It is Trump’s third appearance today in small cities in Pennsylvania, where the president is seeking to make an economic case for his presidency versus Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
“A vote for Biden is a vote to offshore your jobs, ban fracking, and deliver economic ruin to Pennsylvania and your families,” Trump said.
President Donald Trump holds a campaign event near Altoona, Pennsylvania [Leah Millis/Reuters]
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House Democrats optimistic about expanding majority: Report
A sign of how optimistic Democrats are about gaining seats in the US House of Representatives, a Democratic campaign committee is airing TV ads in 11 Republican districts that Trump won by wide margins in 2016, according to a report by The Washington Post.
In nine of those districts, Democrats are out spending Republicans, another sign of the financial advantage Democrats are seeing in the 2020 campaign.
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Biden has solid lead in Wisconsin, narrower edge in Pennsylvania: Poll
Biden maintains a solid lead over Trump in Wisconsin and a narrower advantage in Pennsylvania with just over a week until Election Day, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll.
Biden lead Trump 53 percent of likely voters to 44 percent in Wisconsin. Meanwhile, In Pennsylvania, Biden had 50 percent of likely voter support, compared to Trump’s 45 percent, according to the poll.
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Biden was speaking to George Lopez in clip widely shared by Trump campaign
Biden apparently stumbled over a name when he was interviewed during a virtual “I Will Vote” concert on Sunday, leading to allegations from the Trump supporters that he confused his competitor with former President George W Bush.
In the clip, Biden says “George” before correcting himself and saying Trump’s name. A clip of the incident has been widely shared on social media, and Trump mentioned it in portraying Biden as mentally unfit for the presidency during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania on Monday.
However, the characterisation leaves out the context that Biden and his wife, Jill, were being interviewed by actor and comedian George Lopez. During the interview, Lopez asks the Democratic candidate what he would say to undecided voters with only a few days left before Election Day.
Biden responds: “The character of the country in my view is literally on the ballot, what kind of country are we going to be..Four more years of George uh…George, going to find ourselves in a position if Trump gets elected, we are going to be in a different world.”