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If confirmed, the 48-year-old judge will solidify the court's conservative majority. Barrett said her judicial philosophy reflects that of her mentor, conservative Justice Antonin Scalia.

Ginsburg became the first woman to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol.

President Trump's move to replace the late-Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court has triggered a fight for the direction the country with just weeks to go until Election Day.

The conservative federal judge is just 48 years old and could affect social policy for generations to come if confirmed by the majority-Republican Senate.

Shamsia Alizada dropped out of the Madwdud Academy in Kabul after a suicide bomber killed more than 40 students. But she returned — and has scored top grades on the country's college entrance exams.

The Florida judge has been on the federal bench for just about a year. She became controversial for not recusing herself from a felon voting rights case.

Some Florida veterans wounded in combat get discounts on their property taxes. And now voters will decide in November if their spouses can keep that benefit if the veteran dies.

In a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol, Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt said former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg won equality "not in one swift victory, but brick by brick, case by case."

Climate change is major election issue for Democrats, but not Republicans. Yet polls show many young conservatives are concerned about climate impacts, and some are lobbying for solutions.

With election day just over a month away, Republicans are pushing to fill the vacancy on the US Supreme Court left by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.