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President Trump returns to the White House on Monday from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Politics & Government

White House Physician Expects Trump's 'Safe Return To Public Engagements' Saturday

8:15pm October 08, 2020

by Alana Wise

The president's doctor on Thursday said Trump has completed his course of therapy for COVID-19, but he did not update the president's coronavirus test results.

A lawsuit accuses CEO Michael Pack of illegally seeking to influence the Voice of America's news coverage. In one instance, he required a link to administration editorials be placed on VOA's home page, the suit says.

Politics & Government

Ex-Officials' Lawsuit Says Trump-Appointed CEO Broke Laws At Voice Of America

7:53pm October 08, 2020

by David Folkenflik

Five executives, now suspended, accuse U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack of illegally interfering in newsroom coverage of President Trump, Joe Biden and Black Lives Matter.

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, meets with Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., on Capitol Hill ahead of her confirmation hearings.

How Trump's Supreme Court Pick Might Hinder Climate Action

5:58pm October 08, 2020

by Jeff Brady

Climate and environment policies nearly always end up in court these days. They may have a harder time surviving if Amy Coney Barrett cements a conservative majority on the Supreme Court.

"Our leaders have largely claimed immunity for their actions. But this election gives us the power to render judgment," reads a New England Journal of Medicine editorial signed by some three dozen editors.

In Rare Step, Esteemed Medical Journal Urges Voters To Oust Trump

5:16pm October 08, 2020

by Bill Chappell

"Our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously incompetent," the New England Journal Of Medicine's editors say in a scathing editorial.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, shown here last month, was allegedly a target of a militia's kidnapping plot.

Militia Members Plotted To Kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer, FBI Says

5:09pm October 08, 2020

by Bill Chappell

"I'll be honest, I never could have imagined anything like this," Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says. Over the summer, conspirators allegedly began training for a potential attack.

Update On Presidential Campaigns

3:55pm October 08, 2020

by Scott Detrow

Organizers said Thursday the next presidential debate would be virtual, but President Trump said he wouldn't participate. Meanwhile, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are campaigning in Arizona.

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Democratic Congresswoman On Why She Voted Against New Pandemic Relief Bill

3:55pm October 08, 2020

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., about why she voted against a new pandemic relief package but criticized President Trump for halting negotiations.

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Former CDC Director On How To Restore Faith In Agency

3:55pm October 08, 2020

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with William Foege, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about his letter on how to restore faith in the agency despite political interference.

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Could COVID-19 Be Treated By Drug Trump Is Touting?

3:55pm October 08, 2020

by Richard Harris

President Trump continues to tout an experimental treatment he received for COVID-19. NPR discusses if the drug is safe and whether there is enough of it to distribute across the U.S.

Republican Congressman On The Stalled Pandemic Relief Package

3:55pm October 08, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., a member of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, about efforts to pass another economic relief package.