Trump picks Kavanaugh for Supreme Court

By CATHERINE LUCEY, ZEKE MILLER and MARK SHERMAN
 The Associated Press
WASHINGTON  — After days of frenzied lobbying and speculation, President Donald Trump decided on federal appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh for his second nominee to the Supreme Court, setting up a ferocious confirmation battle with Democrats as he seeks to shift the nation’s highest court further to the right.
Trump chose Kavanaugh to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.
With customary fanfare, Trump pl