Epstein Secrets

ss Utah, per the Salt Lake Tribune, leading to 61 infections. Closures occurred after cases were connected to three day-care centers in Indiana and Kentucky. And in Arizona, a preschool made headlines after a former employee said the school failed to notify staff and parents of three coronavirus cases.

se a new bill as the starting point for talks that will take place with coronavirus cases surging anew and economic pain still racking the nation," Erica Werner, Jeff Stein EFTA00162680 and Rachael Bade report. "McConnell has consistently said the next bill will include liability protections for businesse

t last year in Louisville. She lost. Now she's running against the Senate majority leader. (Timothy D. Easley/AP) -- Amateur hour: Amy McGrath, the Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate who is challenging Mitch McConnell, flip-flopped on whether she would have voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. John Wagn

, jolted by a recent report that found the Treasury Department was running out of cash much faster than previously forecasted," Damian Paletta and Erica Werner report. "But the talks have bogged down amid acrimony between Democrats and the White House, and now Washington's leaders run the risk of a fiscal

dvice he got from McConnell about spending money to West Wing aides. Two people with direct knowledge confirmed to my colleagues recently that the Kentucky Republican delivered that message during a private phone call last month. -- Republican leaders are quick to blame Democrats, noting that Speaker

was rejected. Instead, negotiators agreed to $77 billion in accounting changes that probably wouldn't constrain any future spending," Paletta and Erica Werner report in their story on the deal. "But the deal locked in more spending for the military, something Trump has tried to make a hallmark of his firs

s of the package, though the entire process remained fluid and there was confusion among Republican aides about when a deal might be reached," per Erica Werner, Seung Min Kim and Jeff Stein. • Ascena Retail Group, the conglomerate behind women's apparel brands Ann Taylor, Lane Bryant and Catherines, filed

e planning to send mail-in voting applications in the absence of a statewide directive. For voters in nine states — Connecticut, New York, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and West Virginia — in- person voting remains the only option unless they can provide an approved re