Politics

The first debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden deteriorated into bitter taunts and near chaos Tuesday night as Trump repeatedly interrupted his opponent with angry -- and personal -- jabs that sometimes overshadowed the sharply different visions each man has for a nation facing historic crises.

Americans are both fearful and impatient about the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 Americans and cost millions of jobs, and many are concerned about racial justice, protest violence or both.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was buried Tuesday in a private ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, laid to rest beside her husband and near some of her former colleagues on the court.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden paid nearly $288,000 in federal income taxes last year, according to returns he released just hours before his Tuesday night debate with President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump planned to announce Monday that the federal government will begin distributing millions of rapid coronavirus tests to states this week and urging governors to use them to reopen schools for students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

Like Scalia, for whom she once clerked, Amy Coney Barrett is a committed Roman Catholic as well as a firm devotee of his favored interpretation of the Constitution.

Vote By Mail ballots will be sent out soon to all registered California voters and should arrive the week of Oct. 5. A new statewide tool will allow voters to track their blank ballot before it arrives, when they send it back and when their votes are cast.

Pelosi faces first general election challenger from the left in 33 years.

The president could use legal avenues to challenges the election results.