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The U.S. has lost 200,000 people to COVID-19. How did this happen?

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Politics Sep 22

The Senate’s tight timeline to confirm Trump’s SCOTUS nominee

Science Sep 22

How a focus on cleaning surfaces can distract from actual virus spread

By Stephanie Sy, Frank Carlson

World Sep 22

At UN General Assembly, little unity as Trump blasts China, WHO over pandemic

By Nick Schifrin, Ali Rogin

Nation Sep 22

WATCH: Ginsburg’s legacy and what’s ahead for the Supreme Court

By Yasmeen Alamiri, Courtney Vinopal

Nation Sep 21

Supreme Court vacancy sparks political battle just weeks before election

By John Yang

Politics Sep 21

Sen. Hassan: GOP ‘changed the rules’ about SCOTUS hearings in 2016

World Sep 22

WATCH: At U.N., Trump faults China’s coronavirus response

By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press

Politics Sep 22

WATCH: COVID-19 shows importance of international cooperation, Xi says

By Ted Anthony, Foster Klug, Associated Press

Politics Sep 21

Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Supreme Court vacancy’s political significance

Top Stories

The Senate’s tight timeline to confirm Trump’s SCOTUS nominee

How a focus on cleaning surfaces can distract from actual virus spread

By Stephanie Sy, Frank Carlson

At UN General Assembly, little unity as Trump blasts China, WHO over pandemic

By Nick Schifrin, Ali Rogin

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Cindy McCain endorses Biden for president in rebuke of Trump

By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press

Congress seeks to block goods from China over forced labor

By Ben Fox, Associated Press

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, on May 31, 2019. Photo by Henry Romero/Reuters

WATCH: Mexico’s president Lopez Obrador says country is ‘making progress’ against COVID-19

By Associated Press

As U.S. struggles, Africa’s COVID-19 response is praised

By Cara Anna, Associated Press

WATCH: ‘We should honor’ Ginsburg’s ‘dying wish’ to not fill her seat until after the election, Schumer says

By Associated Press

WATCH: White House press secretary says Trump won’t ask nominee to ‘prejudge’ Roe v. Wade

By Associated Press

WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks at campaign rally in Pittsburgh

By Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

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Politics Sep 22

WATCH: White House press secretary says Trump won’t ask nominee to ‘prejudge’ Roe v. Wade

By Associated Press

Science Sep 22

How a focus on cleaning surfaces can distract from actual virus spread

By Stephanie Sy, Frank Carlson

Politics Sep 19

What every Republican senator has said about filling a Supreme Court vacancy in an election year

By Lisa Desjardins

Politics Sep 22

WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks at campaign rally in Pittsburgh

By Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

Health Sep 21

The U.S. has lost 200,000 people to COVID-19. How did this happen?

Politics Sep 21

Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Supreme Court vacancy’s political significance

Nation Sep 18

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

Politics Sep 22

The Senate’s tight timeline to confirm Trump’s SCOTUS nominee

Health Sep 22

In Colorado, law enforcement are on front lines of mental health crisis

By John Ferrugia, Rocky Mountain PBS

World Sep 22

WATCH: At U.N., Trump faults China’s coronavirus response

By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press

Education Sep 22

How Maine’s Colby College is striving to keep COVID-19 under control

By Jeffrey Brown, Gretchen Frazee

Nation Sep 22

WATCH: Ginsburg’s legacy and what’s ahead for the Supreme Court

By Yasmeen Alamiri, Courtney Vinopal