By a 52-48 vote (with all Republicans and three Democrats voting no), the Senate abolishes the filibuster—the 60-vote cloture threshold—for lower-court and executive-branch nominees.
North Korea told Japan that it will launch a satellite in the coming days, despite warnings from South Korea’s military to stop its planned launch. North Korea is eager to operate spy satellites in an effort to deal with what they say is increased U.S.-led military threats, the Associated Press reported. The country’s two previous...