U.S. Officials Are Buying More Vaccine Doses To Donate To Other Countries President Biden will announce the U.S. is buying 500 million more doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. That would bring the total promised U.S. vaccine donations to more than 1.1 billion. Tamara Keith
Congress Is Locked In A Familiar Standoff That Could Have Big Economic Consequences The House on Tuesday passed a bill to extend current spending levels through Dec. 3 and suspend the cap on federal debt through 2022. But Senate Republicans oppose it and show no signs of budging. Kelsey Snell
LGBTQ Vets Discharged Under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Have New Chance For Full Benefits The new guidance will apply to veterans who were forced from service under the policy and given "other than honorable discharges" due to their sexual orientation, gender identity or HIV status. Jonathan Franklin
WATCH: President Biden's Speech To The U.N. General Assembly In his first speech to delegates at the U.N. General Assembly, President Biden will address an array of issues, including COVID-19, climate change and the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Brian Naylor
Democrats And Republicans Are In A Fight Over Federal Spending The government is about to run out of borrowing power — risking the possibility of a federal default that could create harmful ripples throughout the economy as soon as next month. Kelsey Snell
Trump Organization Back In Court For The First Time Since July The Trump Organization and its longtime chief financial officer were back in court Monday, for the first time since their July indictment in New York on state charges of conspiracy to avoid taxes. Ilya Marritz
The Biden Administration Is Fighting In Court To Keep A Trump-Era Immigration Policy A rarely used U.S. code pertaining to public health was invoked during the pandemic by the Trump White House to expel asylum-seekers. The Biden White House wants to keep it. Joel Rose
Weeks-Old Garbage Is Stinking Up New Orleans. Residents Had A Trash Parade In Protest In New Orleans, some residents are still living with the trash from Hurricane Ida, more than three weeks after the storm. Residents and city officials are outraged at the delays in trash pickups. Nell Clark
'Peril' Examines The Fraught Transition Between 2 Presidents In their new book Peril, Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa have the first inside look at the transition of power from Former President Trump to President Biden.
The Stakes Feel Higher Than Ever As The Education Secretary Welcomes Students Back U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is hopping a purple bus for his "Return-to-School Road Trip." His message to students and educators: It's good to be back. Cory Turner