Politics & Government

Democrats have announced a detailed list of party leaders and rising stars who will speak during each night of the virtual convention next week.

Hill's election to Congress in 2018 seemed like a sign of progress. A year later, she resigned after admitting to an affair with a young staffer, documented by her husband, and leaked to the press.

The first-term progressive has a well-funded challenger. Also Tuesday there are two runoffs in Georgia with controversial conservative candidates.

Drop boxes have been used in some states for years, and their use is expanding as more voters cast absentee ballots. But the Trump campaign and some Republicans say they're not secure enough.

President Trump falsely claimed that children are "almost immune" from the coronavirus, but a new review of state data finds child cases are up 40%.

NPR's Noel King talk to Kimberly Karol, president of the Iowa Postal Workers Union, about changes Postmaster General DeJoy is implementing. Karol, a postal clerk, says mail is piling up in her office.

COVID-19 safeguards have created a black market for gyms.

The Trump administration announced an investment in Kodak with much fanfare. But just weeks later, the deal is under scrutiny, and the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Kodak.

The Secret Service says a man told a uniformed Secret Service officer that he had a gun and aimed an object toward the officer, who fired his weapon. The man was taken to a hospital.

Delegates at the scaled-back RNC later this month in Charlotte, N.C., will have badges equipped with Bluetooth technology so organizers can find out whom people came in contact with if needed.

Five-term incumbent Alexander Lukashenko is declared the winner. Opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya rejects the results.