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[ October 31, 2020 ] Trump Baselessly Claims Doctors are Inflating Coronavirus Death Counts for Money as Cases again Hit Record Levels Administration
[ October 31, 2020 ] Two New Orleans Police Officers ‘Ambushed’ by Gunman Riding in Pedicab (Video) Administration
[ October 31, 2020 ] U.S. Expels Migrant Children From Other Countries to Mexico Administration
[ October 31, 2020 ] As a Divisive Election Arrives, the National Guard Prepares for Unrest and Wrestles with How to Respond Administration
[ October 31, 2020 ] NYC Businesses Board Up Windows Ahead of 2020 Presidential Election Administration

Politics

Biden Maintains Polling Lead Over Trump With Five Days Until Election Day

President Donald Trump is down in the polls against former Vice President Joe Biden, and unlike in Trump’s 2016 race against Hillary Clinton, the gap doesn’t seem to be closing in the final five days [...]
Health

Task Force Sees ‘Unrelenting’ COVID-19 Spread; Daily U.S. Cases up by Record 91,000

The White House coronavirus task force warned that much of the country is in the grips of an “unrelenting” surge in COVID-19 cases and urged tough countermeasures, as the number of U.S. infections reported on [...]
Politics

As Final Weekend Looms, Trump and Biden to Barnstorm Across Midwest

Ahead of the final weekend before Election Day on Tuesday, President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will barnstorm across battleground states in the Midwest, including Wisconsin, where the coronavirus pandemic has exploded anew, [...]
Politics

Record-Breaking Early Voting in U.S. Election Tops 80 Million

More than 80 million Americans have cast ballots in the U.S. presidential election, according to a tally on Thursday from the U.S. Elections Project at the University of Florida, setting the stage for the highest [...]
Politics

Biden, Obama and Harris Work in Concert to Reach Crucial Voting Blocs in the Home Stretch

For two men whose political legacies are deeply intertwined, the contrast between Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his former boss, President Barack Obama, was a sharp one on Tuesday, CNBC informed. In Warm Springs, [...]

U.S. Accuses Syria of Delaying Constitution Ahead of Election

October 29, 2020

The U.S. and several Western allies on Tuesday accused the Syrian regime of deliberately delaying the drafting of a new constitution to waste time until presidential elections in 2021, and avoid UN-supervised voting as called [...]
China Accuses U.S. of Deflecting Blame as Diplomatic Row Shifts to Climate

October 28, 2020
Pompeo Says U.S., India Must Focus on Threat Posed by China

October 27, 2020

Storm-Battered U.S. Gulf Coast Braces for Hurricane Delta

October 9, 2020

Hurricane Delta is now strengthening over the Gulf of Mexico and churning toward the U.S. Gulf Coast after largely sparing Mexico. Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana have declared states of emergency, and parts of Louisiana are [...]
California Hits Milestone With 4 Million Acres Burned in Historic Wildfires

October 2, 2020
White House to Announce $11.6B Aid Package for Puerto Rico: Sources

September 18, 2020

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