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Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar faces an expensive Democratic primary

10 August 2020 - Ian Karbal

Rep. Ilhan Omar's opponent has capitalized on the incumbent's divisiveness to raise over $ [...]

With legal troubles mounting and spending slowing, NRA promises to boost Trump

7 August 2020 - Ian Karbal and Anna Massoglia

Hours after a New York attorney general filed a case against the NRA seeking their dissolution, the [...]

Political campaigns are staying home amid the coronavirus pandemic

6 August 2020 - Karl Evers-Hillstrom

Presidential and congressional candidates are spending far less on travel and events than in previou [...]

Justice Democrats secure another victory with Cori Bush, unseating a dynasty

5 August 2020 - Ian Karbal

After 50 years of dynastic representation in Missouri's 1st District, Rep. Lacy Clay, son of Re [...]

Big money pours into Republican primary for Senate in Tennessee

5 August 2020 - Zamone Perez

In Tennessee’s Republican Senate primary, wealthy donors — and the candidates themselves — are pouri [...]

McDonald's says ex-CEO hid sexual relationships with employees

11 August 2020

Lawsuit by the fast-food chain alleges its former chief executive "concealed" explicit pho [...]

Trump's $400 in unemployment aid: When would it start?

11 August 2020

Even if states can provide the benefit, it could take several weeks for workers to receive it, exper [...]

Trump unemployment insurance executive order will cost states billions

11 August 2020

Many state governments are already facing budget crunches caused by the coronavirus pandemic. [...]

Transit officials ask Apple to help protect passengers

10 August 2020

New York transit agency wants better way for iPhone users to unlock their phones without taking off [...]

Potential Kodak deal on hold until "allegations are cleared"

10 August 2020

Kodak's stock price slumped 31% in early trading on Monday after a government agency expressed [...]

C.E.O.s Pledge to Hire 100,000 Low-Income and Minority New Yorkers

11 August 2020 - David Gelles

A new nonprofit, the New York Jobs C.E.O. Council, will work with universities, the city and other g [...]

Trump's Payroll Tax Holiday Order Gives Employers a New Dilemma

10 August 2020 - Alan Rappeport and Gillian Friedman

Businesses are grappling with difficult legal and logistical questions about how to respond to the p [...]

Start-Ups Braced for the Worst. The Worst Never Came.

10 August 2020 - Erin Griffith

The doomsday warnings about tech start-ups failing in the pandemic have not yielded the shakeout tha [...]

Trump’s Orders on Coronavirus Relief Create Confusion

10 August 2020 - Emily Cochrane, Alan Rappeport and Luke Broadwater

Businesses and the unemployed faced uncertainty as administration officials defended the president’s [...]

Without $600 Weekly Benefit, Unemployed Face Bleak Choices

8 August 2020 - Ben Casselman and Gillian Friedman

A federal supplement to jobless pay was a lifeline for millions and for the economy. Its cutoff, eve [...]