Former Michigan governor Rick Snyder: I am a Republican vote for Biden  —  Forty-four years ago, I celebrated my 18th birthday at the 1976 Republican National Convention as part of Gerald Ford's national youth group.  At that convention, I had the honor to watch two great leaders in action — Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.

Gov. Cuomo says: Trump ‘better have an army’ to protect him if he comes to NYC  —  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday all but threatened President Trump's safety if he returns to New York City in a rant responding to an exclusive story by The Post that Trump is looking to pull federal funds from “lawless” cities including New York.

Fox News Poll: Biden tops Trump among likely voters in key states  —  Democrat Joe Biden is ahead in three key states that President Donald Trump won in 2016, according to new Fox News statewide surveys of Arizona, North Carolina, and Wisconsin.  —  Support for reelecting Trump falls below his 2016 vote share in each state.

Facebook Moves to Limit Election Chaos in November  —  The social network said it would block new political ads in late October, among other measures, to reduce misinformation and interference.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook on Thursday moved to clamp down on any confusion about the November election …

U.S. Launches Probe Into Pension Payments to Firefighters Union Leaders  —  FBI and others issue subpoenas to International Association of Fire Fighters  —  WASHINGTON—Federal authorities have launched a criminal investigation into pension distributions made to two top executives …

U.S. Unemployment Claims Fell in Latest Week  —  New measurement method could be a factor in weekly figures, along with slowly improving labor market  —  New applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, a possible sign of a slowly improving labor market and the impact of a new measurement method.

Black Man Died of Suffocation After Officers Put Hood on Him  —  Relatives of the man, Daniel Prude, said the police officers involved in his death in March in Rochester, N.Y., should be charged with murder.  —  A Black man died of suffocation in Rochester, N.Y., after police officers …

Speaker Pelosi calls salon visit a ‘set-up,’ refuses to apologize  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declined to apologize Wednesday for her controversial visit to a San Francisco hair salon, calling it “a set up” and suggesting that she had been tricked by the business owner.

Donald Trump Would Like to Momentarily Pause This Campaign to Tell You How Good His Brain Is  —  The president can't help trampling on his message, especially if his self-image is on the line.  —  Following a carefully manicured, four-day convention in which Donald Trump's chief lieutenants branded …

How to Stop a Police Pullback  —  This article is a collaboration between The Atlantic and ProPublica.  —  Across the United States, cities are experiencing turbulence and a rise in gun violence following the protests against abusive policing sparked by the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Covid-19 has killed more police officers this year than all other causes combined, data shows  —  By one estimate, coronavirus deaths among law enforcement are likely to surpass those of 9/11  —  In a speech this week in Pittsburgh, Joe Biden linked the Trump administration's mismanagement …

Devin Nunes May Be Trump's ‘Person’ Who Witnessed the Antifa Plane ‘Firsthand’  —  The mega-loyalist Nunes was seemingly the first person in Trumpworld to publicly float the rumor of a plane full of geared-up antifa soldiers—days before the president spread it.

Active shooter drills are meant to prepare students.  But research finds ‘severe’ side effects.  —  A few things go through Tim Tredwell's mind when he's in the middle of an active shooter drill, leading his physical education class into the locker room at John Winthrop Middle School in Deep River, Connecticut.

Trump and Top Aides Ditch Masks After Saying Patriots Wear Them  — President didn't wear mask at convention or on recent travel  — New Trump adviser downplays masks despite widespread consensus  —  Donald Trump and his top aides are conducting near-daily public events without wearing masks …

Where's ‘The Talk’ When We Need It?  —  For many years now, we've gotten mountains of press about “The Talk,” the rite of passage lecture that black parents feel obliged to give their sons so that they won't end up getting shot by the police.  Apparently, unlike white people who are always fighting …

'Can you imagine if we're waiting on Pennsylvania?':  State Dems scramble to avoid voting fiasco  —  PHILADELPHIA — With concerns about an Election Day debacle rising in this critical swing state, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf privately convened a group of Philadelphia Democrats recently …

Sanders Says Trump Joked About Her ‘Taking One for the Team’ With Kim Jong-un  —  Sarah Huckabee Sanders writes in a new book that after Mr. Kim winked at her, President Trump joked that “you're going to North Korea,” “your husband and kids will miss you, but you'll be a hero to your country!”

Woman assaults 12-year-old boy in Boulder over Trump yard sign, police say  —  Boulder police are investigating a report that a 12-year-old boy was assaulted over a President Donald Trump yard sign.  —  According to Boulder police, the assault occurred at 3 p.m. Monday at Folsom Street and Glenwood Drive.

Jacob Blake Sr. Has Long History of Racist, Antisemitic, Anti-Christian Posts; Set to Meet Joe Biden  —  Note from management: The fact that Jacob Blake's father appears to have a long history of bigoted social media posts has no bearing on questions surrounding his son's shooting by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Overall Seat Projection  —  Simulation Results:  —  ● Median Projection: seats for the GOP for the Democrats.  —  ● Average Projection: seats for the GOP for the Democrats.  —  ● Democrats win at least seats in 20% of the simulations.  —  ● Republicans win at least seats in 20% of the simulations.

Fact check: A guide to 9 conspiracy theories Trump is currently pushing  —  Why Trump embracing QAnon is so dangerous  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump has been a conspiracy theorist for years.  Perhaps never before, though, has he pushed so many conspiracy theories at one time.

EXCLUSIVE: Chinese Embassy's PR Firm Received Coronavirus Relief Loan  — A registered foreign agent of the Chinese embassy received a coronavirus relief loan of between $150,000 and $350,000.  — BLJ Worldwide serves as a propagandist for Beijing, handling the embassy's media relations …

St. Louis mayor temporarily relocates following protests at her home  —  ST. LOUIS — Mayor Lyda Krewson has temporarily relocated after a string of protests at her Central West End home.  —  The mayor on Wednesday confirmed that she and her husband, former television reporter Mike Owens …

My run-in with the New York Times … It's never a good sign when you're watching a scene of street terror in yet another gut-churning YouTube video and you find yourself thinking: 'Hang on a minute, that's around the corner from my apartment!'  But there's a now infamous video from last week …

Wirecard and me: Dan McCrum on exposing a criminal enterprise  —  Intimidation, surveillance and conspiracy theories: inside the FT's five-year investigation of a billion-dollar fraud  —  January 30 2019: it was mid-afternoon on a grey Wednesday in London when a dozen or so anonymous Twitter bots burst into life.