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Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of private Christian schools that effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents and made it plain that openly gay and lesbian teachers weren’t welcome in the classroom

Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, fell for an embarrassing Sacha Baron Cohen prank in the soon-to-be-released movie sequel to “Borat.” In the film, a copy of which was obtained by NBC News, Giuliani and a fictional young female reporter, who was part of Cohen’s sting, can be seen going into a hotel bed...

A federal judge is demanding answers after the U.S. Education Department rejected 94% of claims for student loan forgiveness it had agreed to process after being sued over delays.

The government’s top public health officials warned that the number of COVID-19 cases is rising across a majority of the country in a rare briefing Wednesday afternoon, NBC News reports.

A cybersecurity firm says it has found a hacker selling personally identifying information from more than 200 million Americans, including the voter registration data of 186 million, NBC News reports.

A trio of space travelers has safely returned to Earth after a six-month mission on the International Space Station

Senate Democrats are set to boycott voting on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett at the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The Supreme Court has put on hold a lower court order that would have permitted curbside voting in Alabama in November.

Former President Barack Obama held his first rally for Joe Biden Wednesday in Philadelphia. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump spent the day before the final presidential debate campaigning in North Carolina.

A voting rights group says that caravans of flag-waving President Donald Trump supporters appeared to obstruct and intimidate voters at two polling location in predominantly ethnic-minority neighborhoods last weekend in the Albuquerque area.

Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said the U.S. government has confirmed Iran and Russia had obtained voter registration information. “We have already seen Iran sending spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters,” said Ratcliffe. “Know that our election systems are resilient and you can be confident your votes are secure.”

An attorney for E. Jean Carroll, the woman who has accused President Trump of raping her in the 1990s, said it was a “shocking scenario for the government to just, essentially surrender, and not even try to argue the case.”

The North Carolina woman says her faith discouraged her from sitting out this election.