The Economist Donald Trump narrows his Supreme Court search to five women

From: The Economist today - Tuesday Sep 22, 2020 09:09 pm

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September 22nd 2020

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Donald Trump narrows his Supreme Court search to five women

The president says he’ll name his choice on Saturday

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