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    The Stories We're Missing When We Focus On Trump's Supreme Court Pick

    by Ron Elving Jul 09, 2018 5 minutes
    Journalists set up in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building on Monday in anticipation of President Trump's announcing his next Supreme Court nomination Monday evening.

    The last thing Washington needs right now is another blockbuster news story.

    But here it comes anyway, President Trump's latest choice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. At a minimum, that person will be the center of attention in Washington through much of the summer and fall, through Senate hearings and deliberations — after which the nominee is highly likely to be confirmed and to serve on the nation's highest court for decades.

    When it comes to Washington news stories, it doesn't get much bigger than that.

    But when it comes to news environments, this one was already overrich. The flow of news has swollen like a river that threatens to escape its banks.

    Set aside for the moment the drama that has the whole world transfixed: the

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