Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., made the case on the Senate floor that voters elected a GOP majority to confirm judicial nominees. This comes after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg opened up a vacancy on the Supreme Court. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
The CDC briefly posted new guidance to its website stating that the coronavirus can commonly be transmitted through aerosol particles, which can be produced by activities like singing. Here, choristers wear face masks during a music festival in southwestern France in July. Bob Edme/AP hide caption
Protesters rally in front of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's home in Louisville, Ky., on Sunday. Soon after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, McConnell said President Trump's court nominee will receive a vote in the Senate. Jon Cherry/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. stock indexes fell sharply Monday amid renewed economic tensions with China. Bebeto Matthews/AP hide caption
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Tropical Storm Beta is expected to hug the coastline as it pours rain on the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East hide caption
Crowds gather Saturday at the Supreme Court to honor the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption
The site of James Scurlock's shooting death in Omaha, Neb., is still being preserved as a memorial in mid-September. On Tuesday, a grand jury indicted Jake Gardner in the killing, handing down four criminal counts including manslaughter. Nati Harnik/AP hide caption
Outgoing U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster was in attendance for the joint press conference of U.S. President Donald Trump and Baltic Heads of State in the East Room of the White House, on Tuesday, April 3, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
NPR's Nina Totenberg with the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2018. Rebecca Gibian/AP hide caption
Dr. Joseph Varon notifies the family of a patient who died inside the coronavirus unit at Houston's United Memorial Medical Center on July 6. Varon tells NPR he's "living on adrenaline." David J. Phillip/AP hide caption
Microsoft announced Monday that it will acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of popular video game publisher Bethesda, for $7.5 billion. Here, a Microsoft store is shown in March in New York City. Jeenah Moon/Getty Images hide caption
Two women pray in Louisville, Ky., in early June near the intersection where David McAtee was killed. Louisville police say video obtained from security cameras at McAtee's barbecue restaurant and an adjoining business show that McAtee fired a gun as police and National Guard soldiers were enforcing a curfew approached his business. Darron Cummings/AP hide caption
Trevor Milton, the founder of Nikola, speaks during a presentation in Turin, Italy December 2, 2019. Milton resigned as executive chairman over allegations that he made misleading claims about the company's technology. Milton has denied the accusations. Massimo Pinca/REUTERS hide caption
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., released a stopgap spending bill Monday without farm aid favored by Republicans. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
Pilot whales lie stranded on a sandbar Monday near Strahan, Australia. Marine conservationists have been deployed to the scene on Tasmania's west coast to try to rescue the whales. Brodie Weeding/AP hide caption
If the U.K.'s rate of new coronavirus cases doubles four more times, Chief Scientific Advisor Sir Patrick Vallance said, "you would end up with something like 50,000 cases in the middle of October per day." 10 Downing Street hide caption
