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Sunday, September 27, 2020

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Trump Announces Barrett as Supreme Court Nominee, Describing Her as Heir to Scalia

By Peter Baker and Nicholas Fandos

In choosing Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the president opted for the candidate most likely to thrill his conservative base and outrage his liberal opponents.

Barrett's Record: A Conservative Who Would Push the Supreme Court to the Right

By Adam Liptak

As an appeals court judge, Judge Barrett has issued opinions that have reflected those of her mentor, Justice Antonin Scalia, but with few of his occasional liberal rulings.

How a Pledge to Dismantle the Minneapolis Police Collapsed

By Astead W. Herndon

When a majority of City Council members promised to "end policing as we know it" after George Floyd's killing, they became a case study in how idealistic calls for structural change can falter.

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Inside eBay's Cockroach Cult: The Ghastly Story of a Stalking Scandal

By David Streitfeld

"People are basically good" was eBay's founding principle. But in the deranged summer of 2019, prosecutors say, a campaign to terrorize a blogger crawled out of a dark place in the corporate soul.