White House Blocks New Coronavirus Vaccine Guidelines  —  The F.D.A. proposed stricter guidelines for emergency approval of a coronavirus vaccine, but the White House chief of staff objected to provisions that would push approval past Election Day.  —  WASHINGTON — Top White House officials …

Poll: Biden bolsters lead over Trump in Michigan after first debate  —  Biden holds lead in early voting  —  DETROIT - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has increased his lead over President Donald Trump in Michigan following the first debate, according to a new WDIV/Detroit News poll.

Joe Biden takes shot at Trump over wearing masks with Twitter meme  —  The tweet read, ‘Wear a mask’  —  Did Trump get discharged from Walter Reed Medical Center too soon?  —  When the gloves come off, the mask goes on.  —  Joe Biden tweeted a meme showing President Trump removing …

E. Jean Carroll, Trump Accuser, Seeks to Bar Justice Dept. From Case  —  Ms. Carroll, a writer, has asked a judge to reject the department's move to intervene in her lawsuit against the president, whom she has accused of rape.  —  In defending himself against the many legal actions he is facing …

North Carolina elementary school teacher dies days after testing positive for Covid-19  —  (CNN)A third-grade teacher died in North Carolina days after testing positive for Covid-19 and while her students were quarantined as a result of the exposure.  —  Julie Davis, who taught …

Subject of Project Veritas voter fraud story says he was offered bribe  —  Liban Osman is featured prominently in a video released last week by the conservative media operation Project Veritas claiming there is “massive voter fraud” in Minnesota orchestrated by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.

Plexiglass to separate Harris and Pence at VP debate  —  Pence's campaign opposed the move.  —  The Commission on Presidential Debates has approved plans for plexiglass to be used in Wednesday's vice presidential debate amid mounting concerns about coronavirus transmission, according to two people familiar with the discussions.

The murky legal concept that could swing the election  —  Amy Coney Barrett hasn't even arrived yet, but the Supreme Court has begun delivering its first big signals of how aggressive a role the court plans to play in setting the rules for next month's election.

A U.S. senator kept taking off his mask on a Delta flight, raising questions about safety oversight  —  The chairman of the Senate committee that oversees airlines and U.S. transportation policy had his mask off for extended periods on a Delta flight to Mississippi on Thursday night …

Seth Meyers Destroys Trump's 'Don't Be Afraid of COVID' Nonsense  —  “Remember, he might get better from COVID, but he will never get better as a person,” the “Late Night” host warned.  —  Seth Meyers wasn't the first late-night host to cover the massive coronavirus outbreak at the White House.

Trump's Campaign Saw an Opportunity.  He Undermined It.  —  The health crisis was a chance for a political reset, some advisers believed, to show a new, more empathetic stance toward the coronavirus.  But the candidate did not stick to the narrative.  —  On Friday, even as President …

Nearly One-Third of Covid Patients in Study Had Altered Mental State  —  The hospitalized patients showed signs of deteriorating neurological function, ranging from confusion to coma-like unresponsiveness, new research indicates.  —  Nearly a third of hospitalized Covid-19 patients experienced …

The next chapter in the Task & Purpose story  —  I'm incredibly excited to tell you about the next chapter in the Task & Purpose story.  —  Over the past six years, Task & Purpose has established itself as a leading digital media site by providing news, culture stories, and analysis by and for the military community.

Trump administration revokes the visa of a Ukrainian political fixer tied to Giuliani  —  The State Department last month revoked the visa of a Ukrainian political fixer who aided President Trump's personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, in his gambit last year to dig up information from Ukraine …