The State Department said it would fund up to 50 clinics in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. “I don’t know the ones they are talking about,” a top Ugandan official said.

With two swing districts, the region from Scranton to Allentown could decide control of the House, and voters are expressing profound economic distress.

Across Wall Street, bankers have been clamoring to lead what is expected to be the biggest-ever initial public offering.