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Health care is focus as Barrett Supreme Court hearing opens
Republicans, who control the Senate, are moving at a breakneck pace to seat Judge Amy Coney Barrett before the Nov. 3 election to secure Trump's pick.
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‘Courts are not designed to solve every problem,’ Barrett to say in opening statement
The Senate Judiciary Committee starts confirmation hearings on Monday for President Trump’s latest Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett.
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COVID-19 coverage safety net has plenty of holes in US
Even though many insurers and the U.S. government have offered to pick up or waive costs tied to the virus, holes remain for big bills to slip through and surprise patients.
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The boiling resentment behind the foiled plan to kidnap Gov. Whitmer
Michigan's Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and others say they weren't surprised by the alleged plot to kidnap her after experiencing months of loathsome protests and partisan battles.
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Doctor says Trump won’t transmit coronavirus, but offers limited details
Some medical experts had been skeptical that Trump could be declared free of the risk of transmitting the virus so early in the course of his illness.
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No ‘dogma’: Democrats walk tightrope on Barrett’s faith
The nomination poses a politically risky test for lawmakers as they try to probe Barrett's views on issues of abortion, health care access and gay marriage.
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Call for administration’s COVID-19 vaccine contracts to be disclosed
Members of Congress and advocacy groups say Operation Warp Speed should release its contracts with vaccine makers after NPR reporting found the terms aren't public.
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White House virus aid offer is panned by Pelosi, Senate GOP
Pelosi’s most recent public offer was about $2.2 trillion, though that included a business tax increase that Republicans won’t go for.
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Men accused in plot on Michigan governor attended lockdown protests
The revelation has sparked scrutiny of rallies that were organized by conservative groups opposed to the Democratic governor's orders and egged on by President Donald Trump.
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Delta adds insult to injury in hurricane-ravaged Louisiana
Debris piles went airborne as Delta blew through, and some of the wreckage floated around in the storm surge.
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Louisiana braces to relive a nightmare as Delta nears
The city of Lake Charles was already a landscape of towering debris piles still uncollected after Hurricane Laura.
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AG: Michigan governor, family were moved as plotters tracked
Michigan's attorney general said the Democratic governor was consistently updated about the investigation over the past couple months.
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51 arrested in Minneapolis protests following Derek Chauvin’s release
Protesters gathered outside of the Minneapolis 5th Police Precinct in Minneapolis on Wednesday following the release of former police officer Derek Chauvin.
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In rare step, esteemed medical journal urges voters to oust Trump
'Our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously incompetent," the medical journal's editors say in a scathing editorial.
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Next Trump-Biden debates uncertain, though Oct. 22 is likely
With less than four weeks until Election Day and with millions of voters casting early ballots, pressure is building on Trump to turn around a campaign that is trailing Biden.
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