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Barak Ravid
Updated Aug 19, 2020 - World

U.S. expected to invoke Iran deal "snapback" on Thursday

Alayna Treene

Trump campaign requests call with debate commission, Biden campaign

Presidential Trump on the debate stage during his 2016 presidential campaign.
Alexi McCammond
Updated Aug 19, 2020 - Politics & Policy

What to expect from Kamala Harris and Barack Obama's DNC speeches

Kamala Harris and Obama
Mike Allen
Aug 19, 2020 - Politics & Policy

"It is what it is" becomes DNC catchphrase

Michelle Obama
Marisa Fernandez

America's education workforce needs students at school

Illustration of a janitor pushing a pile of pink slips
Orion Rummler

Facebook draws a line on QAnon

Illustration of a blue flag with the Facebook "f" logo on it
Axios
Aug 19, 2020 - Politics & Policy

Hillary Clinton: "Vote like our lives and livelihoods are on the line"

Hillary Clinton
Marisa Fernandez

Pelosi says postmaster general won't commit to reversing USPS changes

Nancy Pelosi at the podium
Orion Rummler

McEnany defends Trump’s Goodyear boycott tweet

Dan Primack

SPACs undergo fast evolution as they outpace traditional IPOs

An illustration of checkbooks
Orion Rummler

Cory Booker: Racial wealth gap is the "American wealth gap"

Screenshot of Cory Booker wearing a suit and dress shirt
Sara Fischer

Most Americans think social media platforms censor political viewpoints

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Ursula Perano

Apple becomes first U.S. company worth $2 trillion

apple logo
Ben Geman

GM's electric vehicle business could be worth big money

Barak Ravid
Aug 19, 2020 - World

Scoop: Israel raises concerns with U.S. about new Saudi nuclear facility

Ina Fried
Aug 19, 2020 - Technology

Facebook's Portal adds support for Zoom, Webex

A Facebook portal with icons for WebEx, Zoom, GoToMeeting and BlueJeans
Dion Rabouin

Investors still don't believe the stock market's rally can last

An illustration of a man staring at an upside-down steel bull
Ina Fried
Aug 19, 2020 - Technology

The tech that made (mostly) virtual conventions a reality

A photo of a woman's hands holding a smartphone, which displays Joe Biden giving a campaign speech.
Ashley Gold

How tech is sidelined at the conventions it's powering

Illustration of a laptop with balloons on the screen and a long power cord going off the frame
Hans Nichols

How Jill Biden changes the classroom reopening conversation

Erica Pandey

1 in 5 college students don't plan to go back this fall

Illustration of disappearing backpack
Felix Salmon

How this recession is different

Illustration of a stressed out businessman on a laptop sitting on a downward trending arrow
Felix Salmon

The triumph of capital over labor

Illustration of a large hand taking a large piece of a quarter with smaller people standing next to a small piece of the quarter.
Bob Herman
Aug 19, 2020 - Health

Slower mail could leave patients without prescription drugs they need

Illustration of a postage stamp in the shape of a red cross with a returned to sender stamped over it
Rashaan Ayesh

Khzir Khan and Matthew Shepard's parents: Biden is America's "compassionate" choice

Dave Lawler
Updated Aug 18, 2020 - World

Mali's president resigns after being arrested in military uprising

Jacob Knutson
Aug 18, 2020 - Science

Gov. Newsom declares statewide emergency as fires scorch California

The Apple Fire near Banning, California on August 1.
Alexi McCammond

Colin Powell backs Biden ahead of DNC appearance

Colin Powell
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