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  • People can use the address of a family member, a homeless service provider or even their physical location on the street to register, though it’s difficult to get voter information or mail-in ballots this way.
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    The pandemic makes it harder. Plus, whether recent stock market gains can be attributed to faith in a COVID-19 vaccine, a preview of Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s week in Washington, an update on political fundraising and Tesla’s new car batteries.

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  • Peanut consumption is at an all-time high during the pandemic.
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    Peanut farmers are busy with U.S. consumption at an all-time high. Plus, the Fed looks to update the rules that ensure lower-income Americans get access to loans. And, Trump revisits the issue of social media companies with state attorneys general.

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  • A police officer checks drivers in Madrid, Spain.
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    Inside the economic fallout in the U.K. and Spain. Plus, the EU’s top court upholds France’s right to block repeated short-term property rentals. And, Clothes designer Erdem Moralioglu describes his fully digital London Fashion Week show.

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  • States that rely heavily on face-to-face service jobs, like New York, have the highest unemployment.
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    With congressional divisions deepening and Senate attention on the Supreme Court, it’s unlikely that we see a new COVID-19 relief package before the election. Also, Nikola’s executive chairman resigns. And, a state-by-state look at unemployment rates.

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  • As a lawyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg won five of the six gender-equality cases she argued before the Supreme Court. Above, Ginsburg speaks at Georgetown University in February.
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    The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves a legacy of rulings that defined many crucial areas of American life, including economic issues. Plus, evidence of a sweeping dirty money scandal among global banks. And, the latest on TikTok.

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  • The Treasury Department building.
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    Leaked documents reveal that criminals allegedly used a number of global banks to move about $2 trillion of dirty money around the world. Indian farmers protest new legislation which could end minimum support prices for certain crops.

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  • A group of corporate CEOs is going the UN way, not the Trump way, on climate change
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    The Business Roundtable met this week and announced support for a comprehensive plan to battle climate change. Plus, airlines press for $25 billion more in aid. And, in France, government rules on wearing masks outdoors.

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  • Digital divide could keep Black and Hispanic people out of future jobs
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    A directive at Facebook coming from Mark Zuckerberg himself is set to curb political talk on the company’s internal messaging network. Plus, current and future racial inequities caused by unequal access to technology and training.

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  • Tighter rules on things like bar and restaurant activity could be coming back in England.

    The U.K. government is considering a second lockdown in England after a spike in coronavirus cases. Also, the path to a vaccine, from the head of a pharmaceutical manufacturing organization in Europe. And, a sightseeing flight to nowhere in Australia.

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