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Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Top News

How Trump's Billion-Dollar Campaign Lost Its Cash Advantage

By Shane Goldmacher and Maggie Haberman

Five months ago, President Trump's re-election campaign had a huge financial edge over Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s. The Times conducted an extensive review of how the Trump team spent lavishly to show how that advantage evaporated.

Trump Emerges as Inspiration for Germany's Far Right

By Katrin Bennhold

Among German conspiracy theorists, ultranationalists and neo-Nazis, the American president is surfacing as a rallying cry, or even as a potential "liberator."

With Washington Deadlocked on Aid, States Face Dire Fiscal Crises

By Mary Williams Walsh

Local officials are slashing funding for everything from education and health care to orchestra subsidies.

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World

'The Lockdown Killed My Father': Farmer Suicides Add to India's Virus Misery

By Karan Deep Singh

Farm bankruptcies and debts have been the source of misery in India for decades. But experts say the suffering has reached new levels in the pandemic.

Opinion

The Tax Cut for the Rich That Democrats Love

By Richard V. Reeves and Christopher Pulliam

Why are party leaders fighting to get rid of one surprisingly progressive element of the 2017 tax bill?

Today's Videos

Video: Wildfires Blaze Across California

By The Associated Press, Reuters and Storyful

Fire crews faced wildfires from near the Mexico border to the Sierra Nevada that burned thousands of acres and spread thick smoke throughout the state.

Video: Trump 'Undermining Public Confidence,' on Vaccine, Biden Says

By The Associated Press

Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic nominee for president, pushed for full transparency on a vaccine for the coronavirus and said that President Trump's approach was unhelpful.

Video: Britain Urges Distancing and Considers Lockdowns as Virus Cases Spike

By Reuters

Britain's health secretary said the country would "take whatever action is necessary" to curb a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. On Sunday, officials reported 2,998 new cases, the highest since late May.