Wednesday on the NewsHour, the Trump administration steps up pressure on schools to resume in-person classes in the fall -- despite an ongoing coronavirus surge. Plus: How COVID-19 is renewing the debate over American exceptionalism, struggles with U.S. coronavirus testing, Supreme Court rulings, the rush to mine lithium for batteries, two anti-racism scholars on race in America and inside China.

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WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS
Trump presses schools to resume in-person classes this fall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4qxcR4yDe0
News Wrap: Vindman retires, saying Trump blocked promotion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpkKVAMQryk
What coronavirus shows about American exceptionalism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f4kbQIQe44
Why is the U.S. struggling to test everyone who needs it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auv_8xp-8G8
How this Supreme Court sees religious freedom 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSW82-qSKHg
The global rush to mine lithium, a battery essential
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su_UC9ZCD-0
How anti-racism is a treatment for the 'cancer' of racism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ8ZuJQVBIk
Documentary pulls back the curtain on China's rise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqRtFH-Zldc

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