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NPR's David Greene talks to David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, about how the presidential election will set the economic course for years to come.

Steve Inskeep talks to Asia economics expert Matthew Goodman, of the Center for Strategic and International studies, about a new trade framework between the United States and China.

A man infected with coronavirus has died in Washington state, the first reported death from COVID-19 in the United States. Still, President Trump on Saturday said there was no reason to panic.

The Pittsburgh synagogue massacre and the series of pipe bombs mailed to prominent Trump critics have many Americans on edge before midterms. Commentator Cokie Roberts talks with David Greene.

West of Iraq's capital, U.S. warplanes continue to attack targets in Fallujah, where Sunni Muslim insurgents remain in control. In Baghdad, little fighting took place just one day after a surge of violence. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and NPR's Peter Kenyon.

Hundreds of Iraqis have remained in the U.S. after committing crimes because Iraq wouldn't take them back. Many are being deported after Iraq agreed to repatriate them.

Two other American troops were wounded when a man in an Afghan army uniform opened fire, a Pentagon official said. The shooter was shot and killed.

All four players to reach the semifinals at the U.S. Open are Americans. The last time that happened was 1981, when the lineup was Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Barbara Potter and Tracy Austin.

Recently, several thousand U.S. soldiers made a pit stop in Iceland on their way to a NATO exercise. Local breweries reportedly had to rush emergency reserves to the thirsty mob.

A Canadian college student was caught at a border checkpoint with more than 50 live turtles in his pants and has pleaded guilty to six smuggling charges in the U.S.