The Latest: GOP Senate could act on 2020 high-court nominee

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh (all times local):
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is signaling that a Republican-controlled Senate would act on President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court in 2020, a presidential election year, should a vacancy arise.
McConnell had blocked a vote on Democratic President Barack Obama’s choice of Merrick Garland to the high court in 2016, citing tradition of not filling vacancies i