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Joe Biden came out swinging against President Donald Trump's record on the economy on Thursday, hours after new data showed the U.S. suffered its worst quarterly downturn in history in the midst of the spreading coronavirus pandemic.

The federal appeals court said it will rehear arguments on the criminal case against former Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn.

Trump has no power to unilaterally delay elections, which were set for the first Tuesday in November through a 19th century law passed by Congress.

Ghislaine Maxwell is trying to keep some civil court records sealed as she fights criminal charges that she enabled the sex abuse of girls by Jeffrey Epstein, a former friend of Donald Trump and Bill Clinton.

The House Judiciary Committee's antitrust hearing with the CEOs of four of the largest U.S. technology companies – Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google – focused on the wrong things, writes Clete Willems.

Warner's remarks came after Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai of Google and Apple's Tim Cook testified before Congress on antitrust and anti-competitive behavior.

As coronavirus cases continue to reach new heights in the United States, the push for a universal basic income is more tangible than ever before. Andrew Yang discusses the need for a UBI to combat the effects of the pandemic and gives insight into his work to influence American politics.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had been hospitalized after a minimally invasive non-surgical procedure.

Some of Joe Biden's allies are waging a campaign behind the scenes to stop Kamala Harris from becoming vice president.

President Donald Trump overtly appealed to White, suburban voters, saying in a tweet that they will no longer be "bothered" by low income housing in their suburbs.

Barr had contact with Gohmert on Tuesday when the attorney general visited Capitol Hill to testify before the House Judiciary Committee.

The GOP and Democrats are far apart on a coronavirus relief bill as the White House suggests a short-term unemployment insurance extension.

Jeffrey Epstein was a former friend of Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton. His accused sex crimes accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell faces charges of enabling his sexual abuse of young girls.

Oregon and the federal government have reached a deal for the withdrawal of agents from the anti-racism protests in Portland, according to statements released simultaneously by Gov. Kate Brown and the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday.

President Trump said that during a call with Vladimir Putin, he did not raise reports of Russia offering bounties for Taliban-linked militants to kill American troops in Afghanistan.

Government officials have expressed concerns that TikTok could be compelled to share data with China, but the company has said that won't happen.

"We cannot allow us to go through a period where there is no employment insurance going out to people. Six hundred dollars to zero is not a good option," Ohio Sen. Rob Portman told CNBC.

The decision fulfills Trump's announced desire to withdraw troops from Germany, at least in part due to its failure to spend enough on defense.

Voters in key states back an unemployment extension, direct payments and state and local aid in the coronavirus bill, the CNBC/Change Research poll found.

The president had been asked about Twitter posts he retweeted on Monday evening accusing Fauci of misleading Americans.