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1.23pm BST
On the White House schedule today, in case you wondered about which key blocks of support Donald Trump might be looking to reassure with his supreme court pick:
3:15PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a greeting with Evangelical Faith Leaders
Oval Office
5:00PM THE PRESIDENT announces nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Rose Garden
After Trump’s gas-protesters-to-walk-to-church-and-hold-up-a-Bible stunt on Monday night, there is of course a lot of conversation going on about just how religious this three-times-married, pussy-grabbing, settlement-paying, race-baiting, greed-worshipping president really is.
Related: For God and Country review: Christian case for Trump is a thin read indeed
1.03pm BST
… and welcome to our coverage of a day in US politics due to end, at 5pm, with Donald Trump’s announcement of Amy Coney Barrett as his choice to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the supreme court.
It’s not definitely Barrett. The choice was reported by numerous outlets last night, though Trump underscored the validity of CNN’s warning – “All sources cautioned that until it is announced by the president, there is always the possibility that Trump makes a last-minute change” – by telling reporters it “could be any one” of five women and insisting: “I haven’t said it is her.”
Related: ‘Not special any more’: how the Senate has failed the American people
Continue reading…President will name replacement for Ruth Bader GinsburgEvangelical leaders due in Oval Office before announcement‘Not special any more’: how the Senate failed the peopleRuth Bader Ginsburg is first woman to lie in state in US CapitolSign up for Fight to Vote – our weekly US election newsletter 1.23pm BSTOn the White House schedule today, in case you wondered about which key blocks of support Donald Trump might be looking to reassure with his supreme court pick:3:15PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a greeting with Evangelical Faith LeadersOval Office5:00PM THE PRESIDENT announces nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesRose GardenAfter Trump’s gas-protesters-to-walk-to-church-and-hold-up-a-Bible stunt on Monday night, there is of course a lot of conversation going on about just how religious this three-times-married, pussy-grabbing, settlement-paying, race-baiting, greed-worshipping president really is. Related: For God and Country review: Christian case for Trump is a thin read indeed 1.03pm BST… and welcome to our coverage of a day in US politics due to end, at 5pm, with Donald Trump’s announcement of Amy Coney Barrett as his choice to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the supreme court.It’s not definitely Barrett. The choice was reported by numerous outlets last night, though Trump underscored the validity of CNN’s warning – “All sources cautioned that until it is announced by the president, there is always the possibility that Trump makes a last-minute change” – by telling reporters it “could be any one” of five women and insisting: “I haven’t said it is her.” Related: ‘Not special any more’: how the Senate has failed the American people Continue reading…