Hope Hicks, one of President Trump's closest advisers, tests positive for coronavirus  —  Hicks traveled with the president to and from Tuesday's first debate.  —  Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.  —  Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump's closest advisers …

Biden is still leading in the polls, and voters say he won his first debate against Trump  — Democrat Joe Biden came into the first debate ahead of President Trump in the national polls.  — The first scientific polls to ask who won the debate Tuesday night show Biden coming out on top.

The Secret History of Kimberly Guilfoyle's Departure from Fox  —  As President Donald Trump heads into the 2020 elections, he faces a daunting gender gap: according to a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll, he trails Joe Biden by thirty percentage points among female voters.

Amy Coney Barrett Signed Letter Urging End of ‘Barbaric’ Roe v. Wade  —  The letter may be in line with conservative thinking.  But it could complicate her Supreme Court fight.  —  Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett signed a letter in 2006 calling for the end of Roe v. Wade …

AG Nessel Files Felony Charges Against Jack Burkman, Jacob Wohl in Voter-Suppression Robocalls Investigation  —  LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed charges today against two political operatives for allegedly orchestrating a series of robocalls aimed at suppressing the vote in the November general election.

Proud Boys, Black Lives Matter leaders hold joint conference: We ‘denounce White supremacy’  —  Local leaders of the right-wing group Proud Boys in Salt Lake City held a joint news conference with a local Black Lives Matter leader on Wednesday to correct the record and “denounce White supremacy” …

Facing Grim Polls, Trump Leans Into Playing the Victim  —  Be it congressional Democrats, the news media, the standards enforcers at Twitter or, now, the debate commission, President Trump has repeatedly blamed others for problems and self-inflicted wounds.  —  On Thursday afternoon …

Abbott orders counties to close multiple ballot dropoff sites  —  Gov. Greg Abbott issued an order Thursday requiring counties to close multiple locations where voters can drop off completed mail-in ballots.  —  As an election security measure, counties will be limited to one dropoff site …

1,600 former Justice Department lawyers accuse Barr of using DOJ to help Trump in election … WASHINGTON - Former Justice Department attorneys expressed concerns Thursday that Attorney General William Barr is using the power of the agency to help President Donald Trump win reelection …

Hong Kong Is China, Like It or Not  —  After months of chaos in the city, something had to be done, and the Chinese government did it.  —  Ms. Ip is a legislator and a member of the Executive Council in Hong Kong.  —  HONG KONG — No amount of outcry, condemnation or sanctions …

Trump's plans for rally in western Wisconsin up in the air  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump appears to have canceled a planned appearance in western Wisconsin amid calls from the city's mayor and the state's governor, both Democrats, that he not hold a rally amid a surge in coronavirus cases.

Judge rules federal law enforcement commission violates law, orders work stopped as attorney general prepares to issue report  —  Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement is not diverse, doesn't hold public meetings as law requires  —  A national commission on law enforcement launched earlier …

Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale told friends he was under federal investigation just days before meltdown … - Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale told campaign staff and friends that he was under federal investigation, just days before police detained him, Trump advisers tell Insider.

Trump's ex-national security adviser says president is ‘aiding and abetting’ Putin  —  Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster said Thursday that President Donald Trump is “aiding and abetting” Russian President Vladimir Putin's efforts to sow doubt about the American electoral system.

Biden poised to launch in-person canvassing in key states  —  NEW YORK (AP) — After months of avoiding direct contact with voters because of the pandemic, Joe Biden's campaign is about to launch in-person canvassing efforts across several battleground states.

Kayleigh McEnany's first post-debate briefing goes off the rails  —  For the second time in a week, the United States bore witness to an animated and interruption-filled political discussion.  The first one was Tuesday's debate, but Thursday's White House briefing wasn't that different.

Internal document shows Trump officials were told to make comments sympathetic to Kyle Rittenhouse  —  WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement officials were directed to make public comments sympathetic to Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with fatally shooting two protesters in Kenosha …

American cyclist suspended over pro-Trump tweet  —  A rising American cycling star has been suspended after expressing support for President Trump in a Twitter feud with a Dutch journalist.  —  Quinn Simmons, the reining junior road race world champion and the junior U.S. road race champion …

House passes revised $2.2 trillion stimulus bill  —  The House passed Democrats' revised $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill 214-207 on Thursday as 11th-hour negotiations between leaders for a bipartisan deal are gaining momentum.  —  Why it matters: The legislation …

“Biden continually interrupts Ryan in a way I find incredibly annoying.”  —  I'm rereading my live-blogging of the October 11, 2012 debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan.  It's making me view Trump's debate behavior in a different way.  I hated the way Biden treated the very polite, earnest Midwesterner Ryan.

How Trump amassed a red-state army in the nation's capital — and could do so again  —  The call that came into state capitals stunned governors and their National Guard commanders: The Pentagon wanted thousands of citizen soldiers airlifted to the nation's capital immediately …

Inside a California Covid Revolt  —  Residents of Shasta County have taken resistance to Covid-19 restrictions to another level: “full-on anarchy.”  —  Some people who are good in a crisis need a crisis to be good.  They're better wired for hot zones than for ordinary life and so they do whatever …

Doomsday has arrived for tens of thousands of workers  —  Federal coronavirus aid for airlines expires on Thursday with no renewal in sight, meaning massive layoffs for the industry aren't far behind.  —  The big picture: Airline workers aren't alone on the unemployment line.