WASHINGTON – New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, a Republican fighting for re-election against her state's Democratic governor, became the latest GOP Senator to agree to meet with President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, bucking the party leadership's stance.
Ayotte, a first-term senator from Nashua, has faced withering criticism from liberal advocates and Granite State Gov. Maggie Hassan for refusing to give Judge Merrick Garland a Senate hearing. On Monday, she announced a plan to meet with the jurist next week.
CANTERBURY, England – More than half of the 5.4 million people living in Scotland have no religion, according to a survey published by Scottish Social Attitudes.
The 52 percent of unaffiliated Scots represents a 12 percent jump from 16 years ago, when 40 percent of survey respondents said they had no religious affiliation.
