Play FacebookTwitterGoogle PlusEmbed `Go Nuclear` if Democrats Block Supreme Court Nominee, Pres. Trump Advises 2:03 autoplay autoplay Copy this code to your website or blogPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday encouraged Republican leaders in Congress to "go nuclear" if Democrats on the Hill move to block his Supreme Court nominee. "Related: Democrats Vow Resistance on Trump`s Supreme Court PickSenate minority leader Chuck Schumer and other prominent Democrats have blasted Republicans for lashing out at a potential gridlock, given that they blocked a vote on President Barack Obama`s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland for a year. On Monday night, the President announced that he would nominate Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016. "Trump said Gorsuch should receive a `unanimous endorsement` and that he was confident that he would be a great justice.

Madonna has denied reports that she has travelled to Malawi to adopt two more children from the country. She founded the charity Raising Malawi and is building the first paediatric hospital in the country, which is among the world?s poorest. The rumours of an adoption process are untrue.?Madonna has adopted two children from Malawi: David Banda in 2006 and Mercy James in 2009. Speaking via a publicist, she told the Guardian: ?I am in Malawi to check on the children?s hospital in Blantyre and my other work with Raising Malawi [her charity], and then heading home. Detailed reports in local media described tight security at the court, with Madonna appearing before Justice Fiona Mwale and accompanied by two unidentified children and several other people.

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On Tuesday, after the Supreme Court upheld lower court decisions and ruled in her favor, Miller said she hoped for an end to the abuse that accompanied each court victory. Story highlights Supreme Court ruled parliament must vote to start BrexitMiller received threats of rape and death over the caseTune into CNN International`s Amanpour show at 8 pm CET to watch Paula Newton`s interview with Gina Miller. But Gina Miller, the London-based businesswoman behind a landmark Brexit legal challenge, has suffered months of threats and racially abusive trolling in the process. Speaking to CNN later, she said that "everyone, everywhere should be standing up against that sort of abuse. ""When it comes to the abuse, I do believe that if I was a white male, yes, I`d get abuse, but the personal abuse I`ve got, because of my sex -- because of my gender -- and because of my race is totally, totally unacceptable," she told CNN`s Paula Newton, who is hosting the "Amanpour" show today.

?Facebook Twitter Pinterest Zurad Japaridze interviewed by reporters after the police operation at his party?s offices. Until recently, anyone caught with cannabis twice in 12 months in Georgia faced up to 14 years behind bars. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Police take away cannabis plants from Girchi?s offices during a drugs bust. Photograph: Nelson GeorgeDespite the court ruling Girchi still faces stiff opposition, not only from the ruling centre-left Georgian Dream coalition, which vehemently contests liberal ideas, but also the Orthodox church. Photograph: Nelson GeorgeJaparidze argues that smoking cannabis is not only a human right, it?s also an answer to his homeland?s financial woes ? in the final quarter of 2016 the economy grew by just 2.3%.

Porter has pushed for heartbeat bills on the state level and aided in crafting the first heartbeat bills in Ohio. Heartbeat bills have been introduced and fizzled out in such conservative strongholds as Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Texas and Wyoming. Roe prohibits laws that ban abortion wholesale before the fetus is viable, at around 24 weeks. The measure is modeled after legislation that failed in Ohio that aimed to ban abortions from as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. Now, he`s making it happen | Lucia Graves Read more?The heartbeat bill is the first step to ?make America safe again? for every child whose heartbeat can be heard,? said Porter, who helped design the bill.

Renzi, leader of the centre-left Democratic party, is also keen for an early election in which he may perform better than the ballot scheduled for Spring 2018. ?The consensus among political players is to have an election in spring 2018; there is no appetite for an early vote other than from Renzi,? he said. Italy?s highest court has opened the way for early elections in 2017 after favouring a form of proportional representation in a ruling that could bolster former prime minister Matteo Renzi?s chances of making a comeback. He said the referendum defeat hurt, but stressed that the blog was a way to ?walk towards the future?. The law had been a cornerstone of Renzi?s broader reform plan and one he hoped would end decades of political instability.

What the court saidThe Supreme Court judges voted eight to three against the government, upholding a November High Court decision. London (CNN) Britain`s Supreme Court has ruled that the UK government must hold a vote in parliament before beginning the process of leaving the European Union. May took over the premiership after former leader David Cameron stood down over the Brexit vote. "To proceed otherwise would be a breach of settled constitutional principles stretching back many centuries," Lord David Neuberger, president of the Supreme Court, said as he read out the ruling. "The British people voted to leave the EU, and the government will deliver on their verdict -- triggering Article 50, as planned, by the end of March.

Mrs. May had initially hoped to keep Parliament out of the separation process, partly because a majority of members had been against Brexit. PhotoThe British Supreme Court?s ruling that Parliament must have a say in starting the process of leaving the European Union is unlikely to block it. That raised a storm of protest from Brexiteers and was appealed to the Supreme Court. What members of Parliament do with their newly affirmed power is the next big question. But the court ruling at least restores some order to the process.

Officials, she said, were ?kafkaesque? in their confused responses, adding that Trump?s order ?has already caused irrevocable harm, it has already caused chaos?. Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader in the Senate, posted on Twitter that homeland security secretary John Kelly had assured him the court order would be followed. ?Eventually you could get to something like contempt, but I think we?re a long way from that.?Gelernt said that Saturday?s suits were the ?first step? in a broader challenge to Trump?s orders. Through a spokeswoman, House speaker Paul Ryan said he supported the ban and did not consider it a religious test. From Saturday into Sunday, hundreds attended rallies against Trump?s ?extreme vetting order? at 29 cities and airports across the country.

ACLU: President Could Not Override the CourtA federal judge granted a temporary stay in President Trump`s executive order on extreme vetting and refugees. The decision blocks the Trump administration from removing refugees from the country

Late Saturday, a federal judge in New York temporarily halted President Donald Trump?s sweeping executive order blocking the entry of Syrian refugees and imposing a de facto ban on travelers coming from several Muslim-majority countries. The legal action named Trump in his official capacity as president, as well as the Department of Homeland Security and other high-ranking officials. Although temporary, it represents the first constitutional setback faced by the new administration. The American Civil Liberties Union and refugee relief organizations had filed the action in federal court Saturday morning on behalf of two Iraqi nationals who were detained at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, asking for a declaration that the order is unconstitutional and requesting an injunction to prevent its implementation.

Yevgeniy Nikulin, 29, faces extradition requests from both countries after being detained by Czech police on an Interpol arrest warrant issued by US authorities. Nikulin, a Russian citizen, was arrested in a restaurant in Prague on 5 October shortly after arriving in the city during a holiday with his girlfriend. Facebook Twitter Pinterest One theory is Nikulin ? even if not personally involved in the election hacking ? may know other hackers who were. ?He is unhappy about being detained for a long time in a foreign country and about the accusations against him. Adam Kopecky, Nikulin?s Czech lawyer, said his client denied both the US and Russian charges and suggested he had become a political pawn.