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Trump under fire for attacks on Democratic congresswomen
Trump also accused the four first-term congresswomen - who are of Hispanic, Arab, Somali and African American origin - of having "love" for US "enemies like...
A separate survey of key battleground states, by CBS, shows Democrats strongly favour Biden as the candidate most likely to beat Trump in next year's elections.
For decades, the former vice president supported the controversial provision that many in his party are now aiming to overturn.
Shortly after Ayers said he would not take on the role, Trump jumped online to tweet: "I am in the process of interviewing some really great people for the position of White House Chief of Staff."
That gave Democrats two of the 23 seats they need to capture the Republican-held House, slam the brakes on Trump’s agenda and exercise renewed oversight of his administration.
Tuesday’s elections, widely seen as a referendum on Trump, have been portrayed by both Republicans and Democrats as critical for the direction of the country.
Trump campaigned with Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who is in a tight race with Democrat Stacey Abrams for the governor’s office.
Even as Americans prepare to vote in 6 November midterm congressional polls, Trump is pushing for a head start in his race for re-election in two years.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on the Senate floor on Wednesday that “we will not be intimidated” by opponents who have tried to derail Kavanaugh’s nomination.
University professor Christine Blasey Ford has said Judge was a witness when Kavanaugh allegedly sexually assaulted her at a party in 1982 when they were high school students in Maryland.
In an interview with Fox News, Trump said he had been persuaded that closing the government would hurt his fellow Republican candidates.
The Republican president reprised a litany of complaints about the Justice Department and the FBI, attacking both without providing evidence they had treated him and his supporters unfairly.
The Republican president had previously said the meeting was about the adoption of Russian children by Americans.
At a later briefing, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said the president was saying “no” to answering questions, not to the question itself.
In picking the 53-year-old Kavanaugh, Trump aimed to entrench conservative control of the court for years to come with his second lifetime appointment to the nation’s highest judicial body.
The affidavit unsealed on Wednesday also disclosed that Deripaska had financially backed Manafort’s consulting work in Ukraine when it started in 2005-2006.
Manafort’s attorneys also said on Monday they plan to appeal an 27 April decision by Jackson dismissing a related civil lawsuit that had challenged the scope of Mueller’s authority.
The nonpartisan group said the new US tax regime, which slashed the corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% beginning in January, will likely allow corporations avoid even more tax.
Cohen’s lawyer, Stephen M. Ryan, said that US prosecutors conducted a search that was partly a referral by the Office of Special Counsel, Robert Mueller.