Author: John Fritze, USA TODAY

Biden has vowed to pick a Black woman for the Supreme Court. Advocates say he must also address the lack of diversity in the nation’s lower courts.

The case was the latest in which the court was asked to consider state orders seeking to slow the spread of COVID-19 in light of the First Amendment.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a longtime Trump ally, said impeachment is warranted. “To me, there’s not a whole lot of question here,” he said.

Gov. Whitmer responded to Trump’s criticism during a rally in Michigan, posting that his was the kind of rhetoric that had put her family in danger.

The revelation Trump and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for coronavirus came after a top aide announced she also had a positive test result.

Trump’s response to a question about whether he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power drew a firestorm of criticism on social media.

In a previously unpublicized memo cited by USA TODAY on Friday, the Pentagon delivered an order to shutter the Stars and Stripes newspaper this month.

Trump signed a disaster declaration for Louisiana ahead of a trip to survey damage caused by Hurricane Laura, which made landfall on Thursday.

“Harvard’s going to return the money,” the president asserted at his daily press conference on Tuesday. “They shouldn’t have taken it.”