{"id":210200,"date":"2020-10-14T14:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T19:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=210200"},"modified":"2020-10-14T14:43:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T19:43:23","slug":"day-one-supreme-court-justice-hearings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=210200","title":{"rendered":"Senate Hearing Wed, Barrett confirmation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is presenting herself as a judge with deeply held personal and religious beliefs, but one who vows to keep an \u201copen mind\u201d on cases coming to the court. She\u2019s on Capitol Hill for a final round of questioning Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Republicans champion her conservative approach to the law and doubtful Democrats are running out of time to stop her quick confirmation. Sen. Lindsey Graham said she\u2019s making history as an \u201cunashamedly pro-life\u201d conservative. Democrats are trying to unpack her views on abortion, health care and president\u2019s power. President Donald Trump\u2019s nominee is on track for quick confirmation before election day.<\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will present the Medal of Freedom to Dan Gable, a renowned wrestler and coach from Iowa. Trump\u2019s decision to award one of the nation\u2019s highest civilian honors to Gable comes during a tight race in a state in which Gable is a sports legend. He was a champion wrestler at Iowa State University, and as a coach, led the University of Iowa to 15 NCAA team titles. He also won the gold medal in the 1972 Olympics. Trump is scheduled to hold a campaign rally at the Des Moines International Airport on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) \u2014 A federal judge has ruled that Tennessee\u2019s 48-hour waiting period law for abortions is unconstitutional. In a Wednesday ruling, U.S. District Judge Bernard Freidman says the law \u201csubstantially burdens women seeking an abortion in Tennessee.\u201d Friedman also says the state has not shown that the law furthers its purported goals. He says the evidence demonstrates that at least 95% of women are certain of their decision, abortion regret is uncommon and abortion does not increase women\u2019s risk of negative mental health outcomes. The ruling comes amid the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, who critics worry could help to weaken or even overturn U.S. abortion rights.<\/p>\n

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(AP)\u00a0 US Scientists calculate that Earth hit its warmest September on record last month. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Wednesday said there\u2019s nearly a two-to-one chance that 2020 will end up as the hottest year on record. NOAA said September 2020 edged past 2016 to break the heat record. Records go back 141 years. It has been record warm in California, Oregon, Europe, much of Asia and the Southern Hemisphere. Scientists say this is due to a lot of man-made global warming with a little bit of natural variability. It\u2019s been 429 months, nearly 36 years, since Earth had a cooler than normal month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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