The United States struggled Wednesday to get clarity from Turkey over the severity of its opposition to Finland and Sweden joining NATO, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took an increasingly tough line against their membership bids. Clayton Neville reports on that.

COVID-19 cases are increasing in the United States — and could get even worse over the coming months, federal health officials warned Wednesday in urging areas hardest hit to consider reissuing calls for indoor masking. John Stolnis recaps that for us.

Kids ages 5-11 are about to get the OK for another COVID-19 booster shot. Hilary Brueck covers health for Insider.com. She joins us to discuss.

The person hired to run the Department of Homeland Security’s newly created disinformation board has resigned after the department paused the board. We get caught up on that story as we talk to the AP's Nomaan Merchant.

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