The 8 states where 2020 will be won or lost: A POLITICO deep dive  —  Within each of these swing states, the roadmap ahead for President Donald Trump and Joe Biden is clear.  Polling, however, is not.  —  POLITICO Illustration  —  Minnesota's Iron Range.  Wisconsin's “WOW” counties.

1,000 people double-voted in Georgia primary and may face charges  —  Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Tuesday that 1,000 Georgians voted twice in the state's June 9 primary, a felony that he said will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Newly renovated Rose Garden under repair less than 3 weeks after unveiling  —  (CNN)The newly renovated White House Rose Garden is under repair less than three weeks after it's official unveiling.  The garden is experiencing “issues with water drainage” and “some minor complications with updated construction …

Ex-fixer for Trump links Falwell's endorsement in 2016 to suppression of racy photos  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In his book released today, Michael Cohen, the former fixer for U.S. President Donald Trump, ties for the first time the 2016 presidential endorsement of Trump by American evangelical …

Hundreds of Americans Planted ‘Chinese Mystery Seeds’  —  What I learned by reading thousands of internal emails about the Chinese mystery seeds.  —  Jason Koebler  —  In late July, America was briefly enthralled with “Unsolicited Seeds from China,” which started showing up in mailboxes in all 50 states.

Why Disney's new ‘Mulan’ is a scandal  —  The most devastating part of “Mulan,” Disney's much-anticipated live-action remake of the 1998 animated film, isn't the story.  It's the credits.  The film retells the ancient Chinese tale of Hua Mulan, a filial daughter who dresses as a man to join the army …

Senate returns with a path to nowhere on coronavirus aid  —  The Senate returns from its August recess Tuesday with no signs of progress on a new coronavirus relief package — and only days to reach a deal before lawmakers head back home to campaign.  —  Despite weeks of high-level talks between …

Poll: Trump and Biden are tied in battleground Florida  —  Biden overperforms with seniors but lags with Latinos in the key battleground state according to a new NBC News/Marist poll.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are deadlocked …

For the First Time, America May Have an Anti-Racist Majority  —  After George Floyd was killed, Donald Trump sensed an opportunity.  Americans, anguished and angry over Floyd's death, had erupted in protest—some set fires, broke the windows of department stores, and stormed a police precinct.

How Maine Turned on Susan Collins  —  Six years ago, Karin Leuthy, a registered Democrat, voted for Republican Sen. Susan Collins.  Like many Mainers, Leuthy, 48, took pride in not voting a straight party ticket that year.  “I thought it was really important to have women in the Senate who were Republican …

Scott Adams: Trump Is The Most Successful Stand-Up Comic Ever; Democrats Want To Burn Down The Country Because They Don't Get The Joke  —  During Monday morning's “Coffee With Scott Adams” podcast, the comedian and ‘Dilbert’ creator again discussed Joe Biden's repeated references to what Adams calls the …

Trump's dilemma: How much longer to contest Michigan?  —  BRIGHTON, Mich. — President Donald Trump won Michigan in 2016 by a total of just 10,704 votes out of some 4.7 million cast, a lightning-in-a-bottle victory over a fatally flawed opponent.  —  Four years later, Trump's already-microscopic margin …

President Trump Autographed Bible for Sale  —  Here's a shocker for 54 percent of the country ... President Trump opened a Bible (that's not the shocker), signed his name in it, and now the good book could now be worth nearly $40k.  There it is.  —  Yes, as Trump would almost certainly put it …

Another Facebook worker quits in disgust, saying the company ‘is on the wrong side of history’  —  Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg's stances on hateful and racist speech prompted the engineer to resign.  —  Facebook software engineer Ashok Chandwaney has watched with growing unease as the platform has become a haven for hate.

A Black seventh-grader played with a toy gun during a virtual class.  His school called the police.  —  Dani Elliott was at work last month in Colorado Springs when her 12-year-old son's vice principal called with alarming news: A police officer was on the way to her house …

I was a casket bearer at Dover.  I never thought a U.S. president would insult the fallen.  —  The straight-line distance between Washington, D.C., and Dover, Delaware, is less than 85 miles.  It takes a helicopter about 40 to 45 minutes to make the trip.  I was 19 years old, and it was my first time riding a helicopter.

ACLU Official Attacks University For Admitting Nick Sandmann While Professor Denounces His “Anti-Intellectual” Views [Updated]  —  I have previously written, as a long supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), about my concern over how the venerable group has changed under …

Michele Bachmann Claims Biden Will Collapse the U.S. Economy and Impose Communism  —  Right-wing former Rep. Michele Bachmann appeared on televangelist Kenneth Copeland's “The Victory Channel” last week, where she warned that Black Lives Matter and anti-fascist protesters are trying to destabilize …

Joe Biden is beefing up his campaign in Georgia  —  Joe Biden's campaign is expanding its footprint in Georgia with 10 additional staffers for the final stretch of the presidential race.  —  The 10 operatives will join a small campaign apparatus in Georgia that launched in July with the hire of five well-known strategists.

Pittsburgh police investigating after viral videos of protesters spread on social media  —  Pittsburgh police are investigating after videos of a Saturday protest in Downtown Pittsburgh showed protesters yelling at restaurant patrons and breaking a glass.  —  The videos, which have been viewed millions …

Mark Meadows: ‘Additional documents’ spell ‘trouble’ for ex-officials in Durham investigation  —  White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said he has seen “additional” documents that are pertinent to U.S. Attorney John Durham's criminal inquiry into the Russia investigation.

The Left Secretly Preps for MAGA Violence After Election Day  —  DOOMSDAY SCENARIOS  —  The progressive coalition Fight Back Table has been meeting to game out what happens if Joe Biden doesn't win by a landslide.  It's not pretty.  —  Last week, a coalition of leading progressive groups gathered …

IZA DP No. 13670: The Contagion Externality of a Superspreading Event: The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and COVID-19  —  Large in-person gatherings without social distancing and with individuals who have traveled outside the local area are classified as the “highest risk” for COVID-19 spread …

At Least 37 Million People Have Been Displaced by America's War on Terror  —  A new report calculates the number of people who fled because of wars fought by the United States since Sept. 11, 2001.  —  At least 37 million people have been displaced as a direct result of the wars fought …

‘Not The Same Joe Biden’: White House Stenographer Says Former VP's ‘Mental Acuity’ Has Deteriorated  —  Joe Biden's former White House stenographer said the vice president's public speaking ability has deteriorated significantly since leaving office to the point where he's “not the same Joe Biden.”

What Russia Really Has in Mind for Belarus … Popular protests against the authoritarian regime of Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus have left Western leaders anxious about how Russia will respond.  Forceful intervention would not seem out of character for Russian President Vladimir Putin …