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US votes 2020
Trump's feud with Fauci exactly what Republicans want to avoid
Taking pot-shots at such a popular figure is the type of undisciplined behaviour Republican strategists want Trump to avoid at this stage of the campaign.
- by Matthew Knott
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Epstein fallout
Ghislaine Maxwell loses court bid to keep her Jeffrey Epstein deposition secret
A US appeals court has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's effort to block the release of an April 2016 deposition about her relationship with registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
- by Jonathan Stempel
Coronavirus pandemic
Trump blasts virus expert Fauci in campaign call, says he's a 'disaster'
"Fauci is a disaster. If I listened to him, we’d have 500,000 deaths," the US President said in a conference call with campaign workers.
- by Jeff Mason and Steve Holland
Coronavirus pandemic
As coronavirus flares globally, new strategies target hotspots
While some countries have reinstated nationwide closures, other governments hope smaller-scale shutdowns can work this time.
- by Jennifer Peltz
Coronavirus pandemic
'Worried that he was going to get sick': Fauci not surprised by Trump's COVID diagnosis
Dr Anthony Fauci, who has been one of the most trusted voices in the US during the health crisis, gave an extensive interview on 60 Minutes.
- by Katie Shepherd
US votes 2020
'Black people are literally voting like their lives depend on it'
Black Americans are voting early in person and by mail in droves, prompting one analyst to say it is because Trump is a threat to their very existence.
- by Amy Gardner
Archaeology
Plan to retrieve Titanic radio spurs debate over human remains
Lawyers for the US government have raised that question in an ongoing court battle to block the planned expedition.
- by Ben Finley
Coronavirus pandemic
Rapid tests, slow data: experts doubt true number of US infections
American authorities are testing millions more people for COVID-19 every day, but officials say many rapid tests are going unreported.
- by Matthew Perrone
Space
Touch-and-go as spacecraft prepares to sample asteroid
The van-sized spacecraft is aiming for the relatively flat middle of a tennis court-sized crater - a spot comparable to a few parking places here on Earth.
- by Marcia Dunn
Death penalty
US to carry out first federal execution of a woman in seven decades
The last woman to be executed by the US government was put to death in a gas chamber in 1953.
- by Brendan O'Brien
Coronavirus pandemic
Twitter removes 'misleading' post by Trump COVID-19 adviser
New infections have been rising fast in the United States, with more than 69,400 reported on Friday, up from 46,000 a month ago.
- by Doina Chiacu