Lawmakers have come to opposite conclusions about the massive effort to shield businesses from the effects of COVID-19 closures. In reports released Tuesday, Democrats on the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis described the Paycheck Protection Program as riddled with fraud, waste, and abuse, while Republicans cheered it as a “resounding success.”

For many Americans, classic Disney films defined their childhoods. Yet in Asia, a different animation studio captured the imagination of a generation: Japan’s Studio Ghibli. Founded in 1985 by directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and producer Toshio Suzuki, Studio Ghibli has produced 20 animated films full of the fantastical and whimsical, the realistic and the thought-provoking.

For the first time since 1856, the Republican Party chose not to announce a new platform ahead of a presidential election. The decision to keep the 2016 one signals the Trump campaign’s solidified control over the party’s direction.

The battle for the U.S. House of Representatives has taken a back seat to the presidential election, but the makeup of the chamber will determine how effectively the occupant of the White House can accomplish his agenda over the next four years.

Madison Cawthorn, a 25-year-old Republican nominee, will become one of the youngest members of Congress in history if voters in western North Carolina elect him in November.

Joe Biden’s selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate makes the 2020 Democratic presidential ticket “the most pro-abortion in history,” the Susan B. Anthony List and March for Life said after Tuesday’s announcement.

Harris has held the titles of district attorney for the city of San Francisco and attorney general and now U.S. senator for the state of California, but she has the lesser-known distinction of being the defendant in a lawsuit brought by pro-life activists from the Center for Medical Progress.

WASHINGTON—When Stephen Shutters checks the status of his unemployment insurance application, he has seen the same message for the last two weeks: “Your claim is currently being processed. Please allow 48 hours for processing.”

Shutters, 25, is a low-voltage audio-visual installation technician living in Georgia. He installs cables and electronics in churches, schools, and office buildings.