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The flag-draped casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is carried out by a joint services military honor guard after lying in state at the U.S. Capitol, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, in Washington. (Olivier Douliery/Pool via AP)

Supreme Court-Trump-Democrat controversy solved: Follow the Constitution

By Tim Constantine

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock speaks to members of the business community in Billings, Mont., on July 24, 2020. The Democratic governor is asking a federal judge to oust the Trump administration official responsible for overseeing more than quarter-billion acres of public lands. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Judge removes Trump public lands boss for serving unlawfully

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a Biden for President Black economic summit at Camp North End in Charlotte, N.C. The final stretch of a presidential campaign is typically a nonstop mix of travel, caffeine and adrenaline. But as the worst pandemic in a century bears down on the United States, Joe Biden is taking a lower key approach. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Biden’s push for unity faces test with Supreme Court fight

By BILL BARROW - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives to meet with reporters following a Republican strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. Republican efforts to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg are likely to move swiftly this week, with President Donald Trump possibly nominating a replacement within days and GOP senators hoping to jump-start the confirmation process. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP senators see political, principle gain in court fight

By LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER and MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

In this Jan. 30, 2010, photo, Vice President Joe Biden, left, with his son Hunter, right, at the Duke Georgetown NCAA college basketball game in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

Hunter Biden’s network of wealthy, corrupt foreigners stretched from Moscow to Beijing

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Grassley says position on Supreme Court is not hypocritical

By DAVID PITT - Associated Press

Republican Daniel Gade, who is running against Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., holds a gathering at Hardywood Brewery in Richmond, Va. (Joe Mahoney/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Daniel Gade attacks Mark Warner in first debate as flip-flopper

Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican state attorneys general about social media companies, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump predicts Supreme Court will decide election outcome

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 3, 2019, file photo, Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., speaks during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Georgia’s dual Senate races lure big bucks; Democrats seeking Deep South win

By James Varney - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican state attorneys general about social media companies, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s untruths on court pick, Biden’s flubs

By HOPE YEN and MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives to meet with reporters following a Republican strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. Republican efforts to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg are likely to move swiftly this week, with President Donald Trump possibly nominating a replacement within days and GOP senators hoping to jump-start the confirmation process. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP senators see political, principle gain in court fight

By LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER and MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks during the committee's business meeting where it will consider new subpoenas in the &quot;Crossfire Hurricane&quot;/Burisma investigation on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

GOP Senate report on Biden son alleges conflict of interest

By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

This July 25, 2018, file photo shows Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., vice-chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, in Washington. Warner and Republican challenger Daniel Gade participated in a virtual debate in Northern Virginia earlier in the day. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Virginia: Warner, Gade meet in first debate of Senate race

By ALAN SUDERMAN - Associated Press

In this file photo, family members gather for a road naming ceremony with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, center, his son Hunter Biden, left, and his sister Valerie Biden Owens, right, joined by other family members during a ceremony to name a national road after his late son Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III, in the village of Sojevo, Kosovo, on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu) ** FILE **

Senate Republicans release report on Hunter Biden’s ‘problematic’ business ties

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., talks to reporters as lawmakers work to extend government surveillance powers that are expiring soon, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Adam Schiff says of GOP report on Hunter Biden: ‘The Kremlin must be very pleased’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Editorial Roundup: North Carolina

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2019, file photo, assembly members gather before the Nevada State Assembly in Carson City, Nev. Nevada Democrats promised Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, to appeal a state judge's ruling in a lawsuit by Republicans on a question crucial to the beleaguered state budget, whether lawmakers in 2019 improperly approved two funding measures without a constitutionally required two-thirds majority vote. (AP Photo/Ryan Tarinelli, File)

Nevada Democrats to appeal ruling in $100M taxation case

By KEN RITTER and SAM METZ - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, before leaving for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then onto Ohio for rallies. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate GOP plans vote on Trump’s court pick before election

By LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER and MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Trump should nominate Amy Coney Barrett this week and in prime time

By Manuel A. Miranda

Officials stand on the Supreme Court steps on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, as preparations take place for a private ceremony and public viewing in remembrance of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Senate GOP moves ahead with upper hand as Trump readies SCOTUS nomination

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times