Meadows: Trump didn't order declassification of Russia docs despite tweets to contrary

President Donald Trump told White House chief of staff Mark Meadows his tweets about declassifying all Russia documents weren't an order to declassify or release those records, according to a sworn statement filed in court on Tuesday.

Opinion: My brother didn't get Covid-19, but he was a victim of it anyway

As a sibling to someone who overdosed at the start of the Covid-19 crisis, I'm reminded every day that our national conversation ignores the uncounted victims of the pandemic. Victims like my brother, David, who passed away on March 24 in Orange County, California. While his death certificate states "acute polydrug intoxication due to the combined effects of heroin [and other drugs]" as his cause of death, my brother is another tragedy of this moment.

Florida officials say several people charged in flying squirrel trafficking operation

At least seven people have been arrested and charged in an "elaborate organized enterprise" to smuggle Florida's flying squirrels -- protected wildlife in the state -- and sell them, investigators announced Monday.

Covid-19 cases are climbing in more than half of US states and these factors helped drive the surge

Covid-19 numbers are once again climbing back up across the country, with more than half of US states reporting a rise in new infections in what experts say is the dreaded fall surge.

This is Biden's shortest path to the White House

• Analysis: Watch these nine states in the US election • What we don't know about record-breaking early voting numbers

Trump's attack on Fauci comes despite the fact that Covid-19 is now rampaging across many of the swing states he must win in 14 days to secure a second term

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Supreme Court rejects GOP attempt to require mail-in ballots be received by Election Day in Pennsylvania

Mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania -- a critical state for President Donald Trump's reelection chances -- will be counted if they are received within three days of Election Day even if they do not have a legible postmark, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.

NASCAR reinstates driver Kyle Larson after he was suspended for saying a racial slur

Six months after NASCAR suspended driver Kyle Larson for using a racial slur, organization officials are welcoming him back.

There's no one left to rein in Trump's reckless rally strategy

The last time coronavirus cases were surging in the United States, President Donald Trump pressed his advisers to allow him back on the trail and in front of the massive rally crowds he believes are his political lifeline.

Dr. Besser: Response works only if you have unity

CNN's Anderson Cooper speaks with former CDC acting director Dr. Richard Besser about the state of the pandemic in the US. Watch "Full Circle" every Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 6pm E.T.

Republican senator's awkward debate moment may hurt her reelection bid in key state

What if there's no winner on November 4?

What will the United States and the world wake up to on November 4, 2020, the day after Election Day? And could the US endure a close election in which Joe Biden is declared the winner but President Donald J. Trump refuses to concede?

China's buying soybeans again. That could help Trump in key states

Dave Walton's Iowa farm was struggling a year ago as President Donald Trump's trade war with China took a bite out of soybean exports.

2020 ballot questions: What states are voting on besides the US presidential election

Voters across the country this November will decide more than who will sit in White House. States will weigh several different issues this election, such as whether to legalize marijuana, limit access to abortion, reform voting and more. A state's full list of approved ballot questions can typically be found on its secretary of state's website.

These companies' workers may never go back to the office

As the United States prepares for another wave of the coronavirus, some companies are making plans to keep their employees remote for the forseeable future.

Then and now: See Electoral College projection 16 days before election

With Joe Biden holding his lead over President Trump in most battleground state polls, CNN's John King breaks down the latest Electoral College projections and compares it to the 2016 election.

Analysis: Why Biden is putting so many red states in play

Poll of the week: A new Quinnipiac University poll of likely Georgia voters finds former Vice President Joe Biden at 51% and President Donald Trump at 44%.

As coronavirus surges across the US, only 2 states are trending in the right direction

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University of Florida head football coach tests positive for Covid-19

University of Florida head football coach Dan Mullen tested positive for Covid-19, according to a statement he posted on Twitter on Saturday.

A week ago, two countries' peace deal fell apart. Today, they agreed to a ceasefire

Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to a "humanitarian ceasefire" in the conflict over the contested enclave of Nagorno Karabakh on Saturday -- one week after truce brokered by Russia fell apart, according to a statement from the foreign ministries of both countries.