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In our news wrap Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended Joe Biden — the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee — against an allegation of sexual assault. Pelosi, who has endorsed Biden, said she’s satisfied with his response to the claim.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Thursday the three companies that will develop and build lunar landers, with the goal of returning astronauts to the moon by 2024, and ultimately on to Mars.

U.S. officials crafting retaliatory actions against China over coronavirus as President Trump fumes  The Washington Post Trump says he’s seen evidence suggesting coronavirus emerged from Wuhan lab, compares WHO to PR agency  Fox News Trump contradicts US intel community by claiming he’s

The World Health Organization held a rare emergency meeting Thursday to discuss the ongoing global health crisis — and an escalating diplomatic battle with the U.S., its largest funder. President Trump has frozen contributions to WHO, blaming it for echoing

Trump says Joe Biden could have been ‘falsely accused’ by Tara Reade  New York Post Joe Biden to address sexual assault allegation  CBS News Pelosi snaps at reporter over Biden allegation, doubles down on support: ‘I don’t need a lecture’  Fox News Tara

Despite concerns that many West Point cadets returning for a June 13 commencement may be exposed to the coronavirus, Army officials insist they’ll be in a “safety bubble.” (Image credit: Julius Motal/AP)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered beaches in Orange County to close until further notice.

(LANSING, Mich.) — The Republican-led Michigan House refused Thursday to extend the state’s coronavirus emergency declaration and voted to authorize a lawsuit challenging Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s authority and actions to combat the pandemic. The step came as hundreds of

It’s been nearly half a century since the U.S. had a spacecraft capable of landing human beings on the moon. As of today, it has not one, but three—if everything goes right. NASA officials announced on April 30, in a

Despite multiple misdemeanor charges and an order placing him under house arrest, a pastor in a Baton Rouge, Louisiana suburb continues to flout both local authorities and the state’s shelter-in-place order by holding large church services amid the coronavirus pandemic.