Most voters don't see Trump and Biden as mentally fit to be president, new poll shows  — A majority of voters in six swing states consider President Trump and Joe Biden mentally unfit to be president, according to a new CNBC/Change Research poll.  — At the same time …

Bob Woodward and the Nihilism of “LOL Nothing Matters” Republicans  —  Real people are dying.  Real people are hurting.  And all of this matters.  —  It was getting late on a balmy Charleston January night and we were all a few beers deep.  Earlier in the evening we had learned that Jon Huntsman …

Exclusive: Russian state hackers suspected in targeting Biden campaign firm - sources  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) recently alerted one of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's main election campaign advisory firms that it had been targeted by suspected Russian …

Expanding our policies to further protect the civic conversation  —  The conversation happening on Twitter is never more important than during elections.  Twitter is where people come to hear directly from elected officials and candidates for office, it's where they come to find breaking news …

The Post-Labor Day Sprint, Part Two: The Electoral College  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — Joe Biden is better positioned to win the presidency than Donald Trump, but it would be foolish to rule out another Trump upset.  — Trump's potential winning map would look a lot like 2016 …

How McConnell is maneuvering to keep the Senate in GOP hands — and navigating Trump  —  (CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was on a mission.  It was late February, and two vulnerable Republican senators facing voters this fall were pushing a bill that had generated opposition …

Treasury Sanctions Russia-Linked Election Interference Actors  —  Washington - Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated four Russia-linked individuals for attempting to influence the U.S. electoral process.  Russia uses a variety of proxies …

Voter Doubt of 2020 Outcome Possible  —  Trump statements about the military show little impact on the race  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden is seen as more respectful of American troops than Donald Trump, but recent news stories about this issue have not impacted the overall race for president.

On Cameo, Joe Arpaio welcomed a furry convention to Arizona.  Hours later, he learned what it was  —  It seems former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has found a new gig after another unsuccessful bid for public office.  —  Unsurprisingly, it's in front of the camera.

South Carolina 3rd grade teacher, 28, dies from COVID-19  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina third grade teacher who was last in her classroom less than two weeks ago has died from COVID-19, officials at the Richland 2 School District said Wednesday.

$2,933 for 'Girl's Night': Medicaid chief's consulting expenses revealed  —  When Seema Verma, the Trump administration's top Medicaid official, went to a reporter's home in November 2018 for a “Girl's Night” thrown in her honor, taxpayers footed the bill to organize the event: $2,933.

Seven reasons to vote every Republican out of office  —  There are no innocent Republicans running for reelection to the House or Senate.  Their grievous misdeeds, whether of commission or omission, were intentional.  Their desire to maintain their good standing in the Trumpified Republican Party …

AARP Poll: Biden, Trump Neck and Neck Among Arizona Voters  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump are locked in a statistical dead heat among likely Arizona voters, a new AARP public opinion survey finds.  The poll also shows that Democrat Mark Kelly has a slim lead …

'We're No. 28!  And Dropping!'  —  A measure of social progress finds that the quality of life has dropped in America over the last decade, even as it has risen almost everywhere else.  —  To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.

Large network of Facebook pages circulates voting misinformation from obscure right-wing website  —  Facebook has permitted a large network of Facebook pages and groups — with names like Trump's Deplorable Army, To The Death Media, and One Angry Conservative — to spread disinformation …

This Republican Party Is Not Worth Saving  —  I was a Republican for most of my adult life.  I came of political age in 1980, and although I grew up in a working-class Democratic stronghold in Massachusetts, I found a home in Ronald Reagan's GOP.  Back then, the Republicans were a confident …

2020 Election Live Updates: Biden Campaign Hits Trump on Coronavirus Revelations  —  Joe Biden and his surrogates seized on the news that President Trump played down the virus, knowing it was deadly.  A Monmouth poll showed Mr. Biden maintaining his lead over Mr. Trump nationally.

Judge blocks Tennessee law that limits new voter mail voting  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a Tennessee law for the November election that bars first-time voters from casting ballots by mail unless they show identification at an election office beforehand.

The Supreme Court Decides Who Is a Woman  —  'That's The Whole Ad': Dem Rep. Max Rose Cuts Fifteen-Second Video Calling De Blasio ‘The Worst Mayor in the History of New York City’  —  Senate Republicans Cast Doubt on COVID Relief Bill's Prospects, Prompting White House to Consider More Executive Orders

Trump ad touting ‘great American comeback’ features foreign stock footage  —  The campaign has used similar images in its ads before.  —  A new ad released by President Donald Trump's reelection campaign that looked to capitalize on the August jobs report to portray the country as being in the middle of a …

CNN's Jake Tapper urged Republican Sean Parnell not to run against Democrat Rep. Conor Lamb  —  ‘I was trying to talk you into running in a safer R district!  Lol,’ Tapper wrote  —  EXCLUSIVE: CNN anchor Jake Tapper tried to convince Republican Sean Parnell not to run against incumbent Democrat …

Honoring The Dishonorable, Part 2: The Dishonorable Living  —  In my previous essay, I argued—with some help from Adam Smith's moral psychology—that political life typically includes an excessive eagerness to admire and celebrate the powerful, to overstate the moral merit of those who rule, and to understate their moral faults.

Scarcity of key material squeezes medical mask manufacturing  —  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Rachel Spray is still grieving the loss of her fellow nurse who died after being exposed to the novel coronavirus at Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center.  Now, as she stands in front of the gleaming glass …

The Fog of the Pandemic Is Returning  —  President Donald Trump has never hidden his ambivalence about testing for the coronavirus.  In June, when he told an arena of supporters in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that he had instructed “his people” to “'slow the testing down, please,'” …