Politics

Brazil's Bolsonaro rejects Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro overruled his own health minister on Wednesday, rejecting the announced purchase of 46 million doses of CoronaVac, a potential vaccine against COVID-19 being tested in Sao Paulo state.

WATCH LIVE: HHS and CDC hold COVID-19 vaccine update

By Laura Santhanam

Health Secretary Alex Azar will meeting with Dr. Robert Redfield, who directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to update the public about progress in the nation's COVID-19 response and its pursuit of a vaccine.

Armenian Prime Minister sees no way to settle conflict through diplomacy

By Avet Demourian, Associated Press

Armenia’s prime minister says that Azerbaijan’s aggressive stance in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh leaves no room for diplomacy. Nikol Pashinian has urged citizens to sign up as military volunteers to protect the country and urged local mayors to organize volunteer…

Worsening opioid crisis overshadowed in presidential race

By Farnoush Amiri, Report for America, Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

The coronavirus outbreak and the Trump administration's response to the pandemic have been a dominating theme in this year's presidential race. That has overshadowed debate over how to handle the nation's drug overdose crisis, which has contributed to the deaths…

WATCH: Obama holds drive-in rally for Biden in Philadelphia

By Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press

Former President Barack Obama made his first in-person campaign pitch Wednesday for his former vice president, Joe Biden, urging voters in Philadelphia not to sit out the election and risk reelecting President Donald Trump.

WATCH: Pence speaks at campaign rally in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

By Candice Norwood

Pence and President Donald Trump have continued to hold in-person rallies in the final stretch of the election campaign, despite rising cases of COVID-19.

WATCH: Sen. Kamala Harris makes campaign stop in Asheville, N.C.

By Candice Norwood and Associated Press

Hours before President Donald Trump holds a rally there this evening, Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris was participating in early vote mobilization events.

WATCH: U.S. hits Chinese media with new restrictions

By Associated Press

As Trump, Pompeo and other officials have ramped up criticism of China for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the administration has also steadily increased pressure on Beijing's interests in the United States.

Report: Tax records show Trump tried to land China projects

By Associated Press

China is one of only three foreign nations — the others are Britain and Ireland — where Trump maintains a bank account, according to a New York Times analysis of the president’s tax records.

Amy Coney Barrett was trustee at private school with anti-LGBTQ policies

By Associated Press

The policies that discriminated against LGBTQ people and their children were in place for years at Trinity Schools Inc., both before Barrett joined the board in 2015 and during the time she served.