Obama starts interviewing candidates for Supreme Court vacancy: NPRWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has started to interview candidates for the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last month, National Public Radio reported on Tuesday, citing sources close to the process. Among the interviewees are Chief Judge Merrick Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; Judge Sri Srinivasan of the same court; Judge Paul Watford of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals based in San Francisco; Judge Jane Kelly of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals based in St. Louis; and U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who serves in Washington, D.C., NPR reported.  The first three of these individuals are considered the leading contenders, NPR said. U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch earlier on Tuesday asked not to be considered as a nominee, the Justice Department said in a statement. Lynch had been rumored to be under consideration. The process of filling the spot that was held by Scalia,  one of the court’s most conservative justices, has ignited a partisan battle in Washington. Republicans who control the U.S. Senate do not want to see the court shift ideologically to the left and have said they will not hold a vote on Obama’s nominee. All appointees by the president to the Supreme Court are subject to approval by the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said the next Supreme Court justice should be chosen by the winner of the Nov. 8 presidential election.       politicsNews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Obama starts interviewing candidates for Supreme Court vacancy: NPRWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has started to interview candidates for the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last month, National Public Radio reported on Tuesday, citing sources close to the process. Among the interviewees are Chief Judge Merrick Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; Judge Sri Srinivasan of the same court; Judge Paul Watford of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals based in San Francisco; Judge Jane Kelly of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals based in St. Louis; and U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who serves in Washington, D.C., NPR reported.  The first three of these individuals are considered the leading contenders, NPR said. U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch earlier on Tuesday asked not to be considered as a nominee, the Justice Department said in a statement. Lynch had been rumored to be under consideration. The process of filling the spot that was held by Scalia,  one of the court’s most conservative justices, has ignited a partisan battle in Washington. Republicans who control the U.S. Senate do not want to see the court shift ideologically to the left and have said they will not hold a vote on Obama’s nominee. All appointees by the president to the Supreme Court are subject to approval by the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said the next Supreme Court justice should be chosen by the winner of the Nov. 8 presidential election.       politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: obama starts interviewing candidates supreme court vacancy nprwashington reuters president barack obama started interview candidates supreme court replace justice antonio scale died last month national public radio reported tuesday citing sources close process among interviews chief judge derrick garland court appeals district columbia judge sri srinivasan court judge paul afford circuit court appeals based san francisco judge jane kelly circuit court appeals based louis district judge kanji brown jackson serves washington npr reported the first three individuals considered leading contenders npr said attorney general rosetta lynch earlier tuesday asked considered nominee justice department said statement lynch rumored consideration the process filling spot held scale one court conservative justices ignited partisan battle washington republicans control senate want see court shift ideologically left said hold vote obama nominee all appointees president supreme court subject approval senate senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said next supreme court justice chosen winner presidential election politicsnews