Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann, whose confrontation with Native American elder Nathan Phillips on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial last weekend drew controversy, said that he wishes he "could have walked away and avoided the whole thing" in an interview that aired Wednesday on NBC's "Today." Sandmann added, "But I can’t say that I’m sorry for listening to him and standing there."
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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) announced Tuesday that he would support moving forward with a Senate vote on President Trump's selection to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Why it matters: Barring any big surprises, Democrats have virtually no shot at stopping the confirmation process for the president’s nominee before November’s election.
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President Trump used a virtual address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to defend his response to the coronavirus and call on other countries to “hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world: China.”
Setting the scene: Trump ticked through four years of major decisions and accomplishments in what could be his last address to the UN. But first, he launched into a fierce attack on China as Beijing’s representative looked on in the assembly hall.
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