{
  "id": 19663671,
  "title": "Republicans’ lame-duck dash to confirm judges is already hitting speed bumps",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/republicans-lame-duck-dash-to-confirm-judges-is-already-hitting-speed",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T13:23:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Egypt Independent",
    "slug": "egypt-independent",
    "url": "https://www.egyptindependent.com/republicans-lame-duck-dash-to-confirm-judges-is-already-hitting-speed-bumps/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Democrats’ coming takeover of the Senate has kickstarted a scramble to confirm two dozen of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees before Republicans turn over the gavel in January. The mad dash included a November 4 call from Republican Sen. Ted Cruz to a top lawyer in Trump’s Justice Department to solicit the lawyer’s interest … The post Republicans’ lame-duck dash to confirm judges is…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}