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NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, right, walk toward the stage for a countdown clock briefing for the SpaceX Demo-2 mission Friday, May 29, 2020, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The Falcon 9, with the Crew Dragon spacecraft on top of the rocket, is scheduled to liftoff from Launch Pad 39-A Saturday. Two astronauts will fly on the mission to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Take 2 for SpaceX’s 1st astronaut launch with more storms

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

Leah Hu, left, and her brother Leon demonstrate the use of robots for serving purposes or for dirty dishes collection, as part of a tryout of measures to respect social distancing and help curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at the family's Royal Palace restaurant in Renesse, south-western Netherlands, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Sessions challenges Tuberville to debate

By BY KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 20, 2020, file photo a ventilator waits to be used for a COVID-19 patient going into cardiac arrest at St. Joseph's Hospital in Yonkers, N.Y. An analysis of federal contracting data by The Associated Press shows the Department of Health and Human Services is now on track to exceed 100,000 new ventilators by around July 13, about a week later than the 100-day deadline Trump first gave on March 27. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Becoming ‘King of Ventilators’ may result in unexpected glut

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

This Sept. 18, 2019 photo shows the U.S. Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument in Washington. The Treasury Department says it will need to borrow a record $2.99 trillion during the current April-June quarter to cover the cost of various rescue efforts dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Treasury said Monday, May 4, 2020 that the $2.99 trillion it plans to borrow this quarter will far surpass the $530 billion quarterly borrowing it did in the July-September 2008 quarter as it dealt with the 2008 financial crisis. The extraordinary sum of $2.99 trillion of borrowing in a single quarter dwarfs the $1.28 trillion the government borrowed in the bond market for all of 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

As US piles up debt to aid economy, even usual critics cheer

By PAUL WISEMAN and MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

Sen. Markey, Rep. Kennedy say they’ve met signature hurdle

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U.S. servicemen prepare to fire AT4 light anti-armour weapon during joint military exercises at the Vaziani military base outside Tbilisi, Georgia, Saturday, May 14, 2016. About 1,300 U.S., British and Georgian troops started this week conducting joint exercises aimed at training the former Soviet republic's military for participation in the NATO Response Force. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

Pentagon to backfill money diverted to build border wall

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this file photo released Wednesday, April 22, 2020, by Sepahnews, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the head of the Revolutionary Guard's aerospace division, stands in front of an Iranian rocket carrying a satellite in an undisclosed site believed to be in Iran's Semnan province. The Guard said Wednesday it put the Islamic Republic's first military satellite into orbit, dramatically unveiling what experts described as a secret space program with a surprise launch that came amid wider tensions with the United States. (Sepahnews via AP) ** FILE **

Trump ‘shoot down’ tweet, Iran satellite launch increase tensions

By Guy Taylor and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This combination of file photos shows Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, left, on Nov. 29, 2019, in Mexico City and President Donald Trump on April 17, 2020, in Washington. The COVID-19 pandemic could have been a fraught moment for U.S.-Mexico relations — two leaders from opposite ends of the political spectrum facing the largest crisis ever confronted by either administration. Instead, Trump and López Obrador are carrying on like old pals. (AP File Photo)

Pandemic warms relationship between Trump, Mexican president

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

A man wearing a mask against the spread of the new coronavirus looks at an electronic stock board showing world stock indexes at a securities firm in Tokyo Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Asian shares skidded on Tuesday after U.S. oil futures plunged below zero as storage for crude runs close to full amid a worldwide glut as demand collapses due to the pandemic. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Oil market in turmoil as price falls below zero

By Stan Choe - Associated Press

GOP Senate hopefuls pour personal cash into Tennessee race

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, photo, a U.S. military policeman and South Korean security persons U.S. Army base Camp Walker, in Daegu, South Korea. The U.S. and South Korean militaries, used to being on guard for threats from North Korea, face a new and formidable enemy that could hurt battle readiness: a virus spreading around the world that has infected more than 1,200 people in South Korea. (Kim Hyun-tae/Yonhap via AP)

High and tight haircuts are back for U.S. soldiers serving in South Korea

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this April 15, 2020 photo, Neighbors in Need volunteer Julie Prentiss, right, delivers groceries to a client, Wendy, in Lawrence, Mass. During the coronavirus pandemic, NIN is providing food for about 600 families each week. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Baker weighs extending closures; virus deaths rise by 137

By STEVE LeBLANC and MARK PRATT - Associated Press

The sun sets behind an idle pump jack near Karnes City, Texas, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Demand for oil continues to fall due to the new coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Trump claims credit after Russia-Saudi Arabia oil deal

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Feds: Online drug dealer planned to bomb Nebraska pharmacy

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

Hogan, Cuomo call for additional $500B in aid to states

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Uinta County immigration detention center plans canceled

Associated Press

Feds: Online drug dealer boasted venture unfazed by pandemic

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In this Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, file photo, flags of NATO alliance members flap in the wind outside NATO headquarters in Brussels. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File)

Trump bid forcing NATO members pay up hit by coronavirus

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Richard Sippl, UH-1Y Venom, flight crew chief assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 (HMLA-169) fires a 7.62mm GAU-17/A Minigun July 22, 2012, during a live fire combat training mission over the Pohakuloa Training Area, (PTA) Hawaii during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2012. HMLA-169 is part of the aviation combat element of special purpose Marine air-ground task force three. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from Jun. 29 to Aug. 3, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2012 is the 23rd exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

Marine Corps cuts helicopters, tanks for possible China conflict

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times