Trump withdraws appeals court nominee after Arkansas senators object

The White House withdrew President Donald Trump’s nomination of U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky to the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday after Sens. John Boozman (R-AR) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) opposed his elevation. Trump will instead nominate their preferred candidate, Arkansas Supreme…

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