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Essential workers who get COVID-19 on the job must jump through hoops for workers’ comp

Fewer than one-third of states have enacted policies that shift the burden of proof for coverage of job-related COVID-19 so workers like first responders and nurses don't have to show they got sick by reporting for a risky assignment.

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Trump lags Biden on people of color in top campaign ranks

Twenty-five percent of the President Trump's senior staff are nonwhite, compared to 36% of Democratic rival Joe Biden’s senior staff.

President Trump undercuts health experts — again — in schools debate

Whatever health experts say, President Trump is determined to revive the battered economy and resuscitate his reelection chances, even as US hospitalizations and deaths keep climbing.

President Trump commutes longtime friend Roger Stone’s sentence

President Trump on Friday commuted the sentence of his longtime political confidant, intervening in extraordinary fashion in a criminal case that was central to the Russia investigation and that concerned the president’s own conduct.

Trump threatens schools and blasts CDC guidelines in an effort to reopen

President Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold funding for schools that do not reopen in the fall and assailed the CDC guidelines for returning to the classroom as “very tough & expensive” — a condemnation that prompted Vice President Mike Pence to announce the CDC would soon change them.

Supreme Court lets employers opt out of birth control coverage
The justices upheld regulations from the Trump administration that allowed employers with religious objections to decline to provide contraception coverage.

Elizabeth Warren tiptoes into Markey-Kennedy primary fight
Senator Elizabeth Warren endorsed her colleague Ed Markey in his primary race against Representative Joe Kennedy III more than a year ago. And that was about it, until last week.

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Trump delays N.H. campaign event, citing weather, as virus raises questions about the future of his rallies

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Joe Biden proposes $700 billion ‘Buy American’ campaign

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Supreme Court rules Manhattan DA can obtain Trump’s tax returns, but won’t let Congress see records for now

The Supreme Court ruled Congress can’t get Trump’s financial records for now, but the Manhattan DA can, in split decisions for the president’s efforts to block the release of his tax returns.

Here’s what you need to know about today’s Supreme Court rulings

The Supreme Court rulings made headlines, but the bottom line is: The mystery of what's in the president's financial records appears likely to continue.

Here’s how Trump is reacting to the Supreme Court decisions on his financial records

President Trump, who has strenuously sought to keep his financial records private, didn’t immediately regard the outcome as a victory.

Read the Supreme Court decision on Congress’ request for Trump’s records

The Supreme Court issued its rulings on Thursday.

Read the Supreme Court decision on Manhattan DA’s request to see President Trump’s taxes

The Supreme Court has decided that the Manhattan district attorney can see President Trump’s taxes and other financial records that the president has fought hard to keep private.

Vindman retiring from army, lawyer blames Trump

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the national security aide who played a central role in President Trump's impeachment case, announced his retirement from the Army Wednesday in a scathing statement that accused the president of running a “campaign of bullying, intimidation, and retaliation.”

Supreme Court sides with Catholic schools in employment suit

The Supreme Court is siding with two Catholic schools in a ruling that underscores that certain employees of religious schools, hospitals, and social service centers can’t sue for employment discrimination.

Supreme Court sides with Trump, rules some employers can refuse to offer free birth control

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Trump administration rules allowing some employers to decline to provide contraceptive coverage on religious or moral grounds, which could leave more than 70,000 women without cost-free birth control.