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"The president has stated and reiterated his commitment to nominating a Black woman to the Supreme Court and certainly stands by that," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says, as several US news media outlets report that US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire. SOUNDBITE
US Vice President, Mike Pence, announcing senate votes 50-48, and confirming judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court after a divisive fight. SOUNDBITE
"This is a tremendously historic day in the White House and in the country and this is a fulfillment of a promise the president made to the country," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tells reporters after the Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court. SOUNDBITE
The US Senate confirms conservative jurist Amy Coney Barrett as the Supreme Court's newest justice, delivering a landmark and controversial win for President Donald Trump just eight days before the election. IMAGES
Anti-Kavanaugh protesters gathering outside the US Supreme Court ahead of a vote by the Senate which is expected to confirm conservative judge Brett Kavanaugh as the next Supreme Court justice. IMAGES