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Currency dealers monitor exchange rates at the KEB Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea. China's currency and the U.S. stock market stabilized Tuesday, after a dramatic drop the day before.

U.S.-China Trade War Spreads From Tariffs To A Battle Over Currencies

China's currency and the U.S. stock market stabilized Tuesday, after a dramatic drop the day before. Experts say the Trump administration was wrong to accuse China of currency manipulation.

GOP strategist Thomas Hofeller had concluded in a 2015 study that adding a citizenship question would help redraw state and local voting districts in a way that would be "advantageous to Republicans and Non-Hispanic Whites."

Emails Show Trump Officials Consulted With GOP Strategist On Citizenship Question

The House Oversight Committee released communications involving Thomas Hofeller, who previously concluded that including the change to the census would ultimately benefit Republicans.

Nevada resident Derek Reich lost his income as a freelance cameraman. He says his lender told him he'd have to make up any missed payments in a giant balloon payment he can't afford. Then he was told that if he didn't qualify for a better option, "you're going into foreclosure." So Reich says he's going to spend his 401(k) retirement money rather than get the help that Congress wanted him to have.

3.4 Million Homeowners Skip Payments. But Many Are Scared, Say Congress Needs To Act

Homeowners say that to catch up on payments, lenders demand big balloon payments they can't afford. Advocates want Congress to mandate that missed payments simply be added to the end of the loan term.

Rescue crews work at the scene of a bridge that collapsed Genoa, Italy, on Tuesday. Dozens of people are feared dead, after a large section of the Morandi Bridge, built in the 1960s, suddenly collapsed during a fierce rainstorm.

Dozens Of People Feared Dead After Span Of Busy Highway Bridge Collapses In Italy

A suspension bridge collapsed in Genoa on Tuesday, sending cars and trucks that had been driving on the A10 motorway crashing down below.

Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez rallies workers for the passage of Assembly Bill 5 she authored that would limit when businesses and companies could classify employees as independent contractors, Aug. 29, 2019.

Roundtable: Assembly Bill 5

California's controversial new law affecting gig workers heads to Governor Newsom's desk. Big development plans are on the horizon for Mission Valley. Who will replace Susan Davis once she exits the 53rd District.

A sign announcing a store closing hangs above a Sears in Chicago. The bankruptcy filing could mark the end of the struggling retailer, which invented the mail-order catalog business.

Sears, Drowning In Red Ink, Finally Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

The filing could mark the end of the struggling retailer, which invented the mail-order catalog business and has been an American institution since the late 19th century.

Tommie Zam, a renter who lives in Pacific Beach, is shown outside of his apartment, April 7, 2020.

Economic Disruptions From Coronavirus Hard On San Diego Tenants And Landlords

As people continue to lose income in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, tenants and landlords fear a domino effect in San Diego’s already strained housing market.

Shiny, decorated, colorful water tankers park near a hydrant in Karachi, Pakistan.

For Karachi's Water Mafia, Stolen H2O Is A 'Lucrative Business'

In Pakistan's port city, gangs siphon off water from government pipes and resell it to residents. Surprisingly, the municipal water board is now partnering with the mafia to distribute it.

A guard walks with a detainee in the intake area at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in 2019. A previously confidential report obtained by NPR found "negligent" medical care and other problems at the facility.

Despite Findings Of 'Negligent' Care, ICE To Expand Troubled Calif. Detention Center

A previously confidential report obtained by NPR found major failings at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in California, one of the nation's largest immigration detention centers.

Cleric Fethullah Gulen spoke to reporters at his compound in Saylorsburg, Pa. His case was connected to new charges unveiled on Monday against associates of Michael Flynn.

2 Associates Of Michael Flynn Charged In Alleged Scheme To Smear Turkish Cleric

The men failed to register as foreign agents, prosecutors say, and they even developed a plot to disguise the ultimate origins of payments they were receiving from Turkey.

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