Deflecting on his virus response, Trump falsely claims the nation is ‘rounding the corner.’

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Biden says that he’d take a coronavirus vaccine and that the country should consider making it mandatory.

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U.S. Brings ‘Largest Ever Tax Charge’ Against Tech Executive

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Corrections: Oct. 16, 2020

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Trump’s town hall begins with a contentious exchange about the coronavirus.

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Joe Biden’s town hall kicks off in Philadelphia.

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Adrienne Warren: ‘I Needed a Break’

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Hot Toddy Season Comes Early This Year

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Bernard Cohen, Lawyer in Landmark Mixed-Marriage Case, Dies at 86

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Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today

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100-Plus Mentor Texts for Documenting Your Life in 2020

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An antiviral drug used to treat Covid, remdesivir, does not prevent death, researchers say.

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Op-Ed: Will 'hidden' Trump supporters give America an election day surprise?

In 2016, Trump voters who hadn't expressed open support affected the accuracy of polls conducted before the election. This year is a different story.

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Senator Lindsey Graham defends reference to ‘the good old days of segregation,’ claims he was being sarcastic

‘I want to assure the people of South Carolina, that statement was made with dripping sarcasm’

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Kim Jong Un's new 'monster' ICBM could pack a punch, but only if it survives long enough for North Korea to use it

"If even one of these things gets through, that is a really spectacularly bad day for the United States," one expert told Insider.

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Supreme Court justices set stage to end marriage equality

Justices suggest marriage equality will be on the chopping block as the Senate aims to confirm Amy Coney Barrett.

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Harris cancels travel after Biden campaign announces positive Covid tests

The campaign said Harris has tested negative for coronavirus three times over the past week, including Thursday.

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Another pro-Trump campaign ad caught using footage from Russia and Belarus

Advert supporting Republican president is fourth in three months to use Russian footage

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You know someone’s child at school is COVID-19 positive. Should you tell?

The family on your block has COVID-19 but they're still going to send their kids to school. What do you do?

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Should you trust the polls in 2020? Here’s what pollsters have to say

Trump caused a massive upset in 2016. Could he do it again?

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Security guard faces second-degree murder charge after killing at dueling protests in Denver

The charges against Matthew Dolloff, 30, in the fatal shooting of Lee Keltner, 49, will be filed in Denver District Court on Monday.

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The New York Post's dubious Hunter Biden article was shared 300,000 times on Facebook even after the company said it limited its reach

Most interactions with the New York Post article came after Facebook said it would temporarily slow the spread of the unverified and dubious story.

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U.S. quietly ends probe of Obama-era 'unmasking' of Trump allies: sources

The U.S. Justice Department has ended its probe into whether Obama administration officials improperly "unmasked" associates of President Donald Trump mentioned in intelligence reports, two congressional sources said on Wednesday. Unmasking refers to the naming of U.S. citizens whose identities were blacked out in reports from the National Security Agency that captured their communications with a foreign national. Trump and his allies have sought to portray the use of the process during the administration of his Democratic predecessor, President Barack Obama, as a misuse of government authority.

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