Kushner has "no fear" about sending his kids to school amid pandemic
The president's son-in-law and senior adviser said he "absolutely" will be sending his children back to school.
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Transcript: Jared Kushner on "Face the Nation"
The following is a transcript of an interview with White House senior adviser Jared Kushner that aired Sunday, August 16, 2020, on "Face the Nation."
Battleground Tracker: Biden solidifies Dem support ahead of convention
Biden is ahead in CBS News' current estimate of the Electoral College, leading Trump in states worth 279 electoral votes, with 270 needed to win.
Battleground Tracker: Dems happy with Harris pick, Biden leads ahead of DNC
Sixty-six percent of Democratic registered voters are glad Biden selected Harris to be his running mate.
Setting the stage for the Democratic Party's unconventional convention
John Dickerson on the evolving nature of political conventions, and how, in 2020, a pandemic means the serendipity and boisterous frivolity of a political party will be quarantined.
The prospects for mail-in voting in this fall's election
With an unprecedented demand for absentee ballots, election officials say voting by mail has been proven to be safe and secure; the real concern is that some states are not prepared for the increase - and the Postal Service may not be able to keep up
"Desert One": Inside the failed 1980 hostage rescue in Iran
A new documentary explores the calamitous attempt to retrieve 53 Americans held in the captured U.S. Embassy in Tehran, a mission in which eight U.S. service members perished
Keeping COVID bubbles from bursting
With NBA players living in isolation, actors and crew quarantining at Tyler Perry's Atlanta studios, and families forming self-isolating "pods" for the sake of their children, social bubbles actualize a desire to beat COVID at its own game
Rewriting the limits of presidential powers
Presidential emergency action documents, which grant vast authority to the president in extraordinary situations, are so secret even Congress cannot see them – and that troubles constitutional scholars
Robert Trump, brother of President Trump, has died at 71
"He was not just my brother, he was my best friend," the president said in a statement.
Oldest living American celebrates birthday
"I just live right, all I know," said Hester Ford, who is either 115 or 116 years old.
Thousands of Iowans still without power days after storm
Iowans are calling for federal assistance after the storm with a wind speed of a Category 2 hurricane ravaged the area.
Trump claims he "doesn't know" what postmaster general is doing
Trump also pushed for college football to go ahead with the 2020 fall season.
Extreme heat hits California, spurring rolling power outages
More outages are expected on Saturday.
COVID-19 rates are "steadily increasing" in children, CDC says
New CDC guidelines say coronavirus cases are rising among children, as some schools around the country return to in-person learning.
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U.S. reducing troop footprint in Middle East, sources say
Son of Stephen Hubbard, American freed from Russian jail, speaks out
Witkoff blasted for calling Putin a "humanitarian"
Supreme Court rejects bid to restrict treatments for trans inmates
Judge curbs DHS efforts to conduct sweeps for possible noncitizen voters
Elon Musk's Starlink and Starshield, and what they mean to Ukraine
Trump to rally with Iowa rep. as she pledges to push back on White House
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Armed federal agents knock on doors looking for noncitizen voters
