Trump drops appeals court nominee opposed by Arkansas senators

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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 Court Associate Justice Cody Hiland.

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