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Top News Mail Delays Fuel Concern Trump Is Undercutting Postal System Ahead of Voting By Michael D. Shear, Hailey Fuchs and Kenneth P. Vogel The president's long campaign against the Postal Service is intersecting with his assault on mail-in voting amid concerns that he has politicized oversight of the agency. Despite Historic Plunge, Europe's Economy Flashes Signs of Recovery By Peter S. Goodman, Liz Alderman and Jack Ewing European countries that have better contained the virus are poised for speedier economic recovery than the United States. A School Reopens, and the Coronavirus Creeps In By Eliza Shapiro, Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio and Shawn Hubler As more schools abandon plans for in-person classes, one that opened in Indiana this week had to quarantine students within hours. For more top news, go to NYTimes.com »

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Editors' Picks Health Contact Tracing Is Failing in Many States. Here's Why. By Jennifer Steinhauer and Abby Goodnough Inadequate testing and protracted delays in producing results have crippled tracking and hampered efforts to contain major outbreaks. Opinion John Lewis Was the Anti-Trump By Jamelle Bouie The president doesn't seem to know what democracy is; the congressman embodied it.

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