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The federal government will shatter the record for spending and deficits this year, ending at $3.3 trillion in the hole, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday, painting a grim picture of Uncle Sam’s finances. Powered by generous aid to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, federal spending will roughly equal a third the size of the U.S.…

Joe and Jill Biden will visit Kenosha tomorrow for a 'community meeting' two days after Donald Trump thanked cops and called rioters 'domestic terrorists'Democratic nominee Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden will travel to Kenosha, Wiscsonsin on Thursday The former vice president will 'hold a community meeting in Kenosha to bring together Americans to heal…

The U.S. Postal Service, under Democratic fire on its readiness for mail-in voting, says there are big problems on the other end, too. Some local election boards count ballots using out-dated procedures as the country prepares for its first mass-mail voting. These boards opted to use excess envelopes, minus bar codes, making it impossible to…

Alexei Navalny was poisoned by a rare nerve agent that was developed in Russia, German officials say. Navalny, a leading critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is being treated in Berlin's Charité hospital, seen here behind the Reichstag. Christoph Soeder/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Christoph Soeder/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Alexei…

On Tuesday night, it was every bit as much a victory for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., as it was for Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., in the Democratic primary election for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts.Indeed, Ocasio-Cortez’s active endorsement saved the campaign of incumbent Markey, who was facing a formidable primary challenge from Rep. Joe Kennedy…