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When a wedding in Cape Cod went wrong because the officiant could not be located, the Mayor of Everett, Mass., stepped in to save the day with his political connections.

Four months before Election Day, President Trump is shaking up his re-election campaign. He had been slipping behind in the polls.

Gov. Brian Kemp is overruling directives in cities such as Atlanta and Savannah, insisting that the state's less-stringent guidelines take precedence.

Wednesday evening, July 15, 2020Members Of Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints Weigh Mask RequestUtah leaders for the Church of Jesus Christ of…

Utah’s Democratic candidate for governor Chris Peterson added his voice to a growing number of Democrats in the state calling for a statewide mask mandate…

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Gregory Nokes, author of a biography of California's first governor, Peter Hardeman Burnett, about Burnett's life and racist legacy.

Florida's coronavirus cases keep surging, and educators are wrestling with whether opening schools in the fall is a good idea. The governor, following the lead of President Trump, is pushing ahead.

New Yorker writer Jane Mayer reports on conditions at a Delaware poultry processing plant owned by a major Trump donor: "No matter what's going on, they've got to keep those chicken lines running."

Gov. Kevin Stitt is the first governor known to have tested positive for the virus. Oklahoma saw its largest one-day increase of cases on Wednesday.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, about the economic impact on states who have reversed their reopenings during the pandemic.