Trump urges Senate to change rules, push through court pick

By Erica Werner and Mark Sherman, The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump urged Majority leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday to change the rules of the Senate if necessary to swiftly push through his Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch. Trump’s words immediately escalated what’s shaping up as a feverish partisan battle over the vacancy on the Supreme Court.
Trump’s endorsement of a scenario known on Capitol Hill as the “nuclear option” c