CBS News Battleground Tracker: National, Wisconsin contests steady amid protests; more think Biden trying to calm situation  —  The presidential horse race remains unchanged by recent protests — Joe Biden still leads President Trump by the same margins nationally and in the battleground state of Wisconsin.

Louis DeJoy's rise as GOP fundraiser was powered by contributions from company workers who were later reimbursed, former employees say  —  Louis DeJoy's prolific campaign fundraising, which helped position him as a top Republican power broker in North Carolina and ultimately as head …

In tell-all book, Michael Cohen says Trump hired a ‘Faux-Bama’ during White House run  —  (CNN)Before Donald Trump ever sought the Oval Office, he was preoccupied by its occupant President Barack Obama, publicly questioning his birthplace and privately describing him as “a Manchurian candidate” …

Trump Ended 2018 France Trip Having Art Loaded on Air Force One  — President decided he wanted pieces from ambassador's residence  — Painting, bust, figurines flown home to display at White House  —  After Donald Trump's planned trip to a French cemetery for fallen Marines …

Wealthy NYC woman busted in BLM rampage  —  That's rich.  —  One of the Black Lives Matter protesters now facing felony rioting and misdemeanor graffiti charges — after a window-smashing free-for-all in Manhattan — is a wealthy Upper East Sider whose mother is an architect and whose father is a child psychiatrist.

The Atlantic's editor-in-chief says his story about Trump calling vets ‘losers’ is just the beginning  —  New York (CNN Business)Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, said his magazine's story about Trump calling Americans who died in battle “losers” and “suckers,” was just the tip of the iceberg.

Trump prepares a new fall offensive: Branding Kamala Harris  —  Kamala Harris is about to get the Trump treatment.  —  President Donald Trump has long excelled at ridiculing opponents and fomenting rivalries among those around him — from contestants on “The Apprentice” to his top aides inside the White House.

A New Front in America's Pandemic: College Towns  —  The coronavirus is spiking around campuses from Texas to Iowa to North Carolina as students return.  —  IOWA CITY, Iowa — Last month, facing a budget shortfall of at least $75 million because of the pandemic, the University …

Here's what the media must do to fend off an election-night disaster  —  I learned about the hazards of election night the hard way.  In late 2000, only a year into my job as the Buffalo News's top editor, I had to make the high-anxiety wee-hours decision about a main headline for the paper's first Wednesday morning print editions.

In Final Stretch, Biden Defends Lead Against Trump's Onslaught  —  The president is attempting to overtake his Democratic challenger with a strategy of racial polarization in heavily white Midwestern states, even as Democrats make inroads in the Republican-leaning South and West.

He once thought Hillary Clinton and Lady Gaga ate babies.  Now he wants to help people out of QAnon  —  Stephen Ross went from being one of Lady Gaga's “little monsters” in high school to believing she was a cannibal pedophile.  —  The Massachusetts native says he was a sheltered kid with …

Trump deploys YouTube as his secret weapon in 2020  —  In 2016, Donald Trump's campaign cracked the code on Facebook as a campaign tool — gaining an advantage over Hillary Clinton that was little noticed at the time but helped propel him to victory.  —  This time, the president is betting big on YouTube.

What Joe Biden didn't let himself see in Pennsylvania  —  PITTSBURGH — Sometimes, we are presented with opportunities that could change how we view the world outside the bubble of our daily lives.  One event can change how we see people, talk to people, and understand people and where they live …

Our Long, Forgotten History of Election-Related Violence  —  President Trump has sparked dangerous lawlessness, but killing and destruction linked to political antagonisms are nothing new for this country.  —  In the fall of 1856, according to news reports, a Baltimore resident named Charles Brown was …

At Least 4 Boats Sink During ‘Trump Boat Parade’ in Texas, Officials Say  —  No injuries were immediately reported at the event, which was taking place on Lake Travis.  —  The authorities rescued numerous people from the waters of Lake Travis in Texas on Saturday after at least four boats sank …

This rural Virginia community thought it could escape the pandemic.  Now, it has among the highest number of new cases in the state.  —  ST. PAUL, Va. — In the brightest red corner of Virginia, where “Trump Digs Coal” signs dot the Appalachian mountain hollers, Jerry Estep first brushed off the coronavirus as an urban plague.

Rare spat between Serbia and Russia after US-brokered deal  —  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A social media post by Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman apparently ridiculing Serbia's president after he signed a U.S.-sponsored agreement between Serbia and Kosovo has triggered a rare spat between traditional allies Moscow and Belgrade.