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Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street Wednesday, extending the market's losses from a day earlier, as talks drag on in Washington over another economic stimulus package. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% after swaying between small gains and losses earlier in the day. The White House and Congress still have differences over providing more aid…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett (all times local): 11:05 a.m. Sen. Dick Durbin says there's an “orange cloud” hanging over the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. The Illinois Democrat didn’t specifically say he meant President Donald Trump in Barrett's confirmation…

Washington D.C. (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett returns to Capitol Hill for a third day of confirmation hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senators are digging deeper into the conservative judge’s outlook on abortion, health care and a potentially disputed presidential election. The conservative judge has been giving hours of testimony, but…

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (AP) — With Election Day just three weeks away, President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are concentrating on battleground states both see as critical to clinching an Electoral College victory. Biden is spending Tuesday in Florida courting seniors. He's betting that a voting bloc that buoyed Trump four years ago…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is telling senators she would bring no “agenda” to the court, batting back questions on abortion, gun rights and other hot-button issues. She declined to say whether or not she would recuse herself from any post-election disputes that might arise from the Nov. 3 election between…