Republicans override objections to confirm federal appellate judge

Friday, May 11, 2018

WASHINGTON -- The political battle over President Donald Trump's judicial nominees escalated Thursday when the Senate took the rare step of confirming the nomination of a Wisconsin attorney to serve as a federal judge despite the objections of one of his home-state senators.

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