Trump says Gold Star families could have given him Covid-19  —  President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that he might have contracted Covid-19 from Gold Star family members who were too close to him when telling stories of their loved ones who died in the line of duty.

Post-debate CNN poll: Harris seen as winner in a contest that matched expectations  —  See who undecided voters thought won the VP debate  —  (CNN)More Americans said Sen. Kamala Harris did the best job in the vice presidential debate Wednesday night, according to a CNN Instant Poll of registered voters who watched.

Second Trump-Biden debate will be remote  —  The Commission on Presidential Debates announced Thursday that President Trump and Joe Biden will appear at next week's second presidential debate from “separate remote locations.”  —  The state of play: The decision comes as Trump continues …

Top White House aide hosted lavish Atlanta wedding in May despite virus restrictions  —  At time, state banned gatherings of more than 10 people  —  White House chief of staff Mark Meadows hosted a lavish wedding for his daughter in Atlanta this May, despite a statewide order and city …

Facebook Just Forced Its Most Powerful Critics Offline  —  “Nothing says ‘free speech’ quite as much as a multi-billion dollar corporation with a global monopoly getting its critics shut down.”  —  DG  —  Facebook is using its vast legal muscle to silence one of its most prominent critics.

What is The Cook Political Report?  —  The Cook Political Report is an independent, non-partisan newsletter that analyzes elections and campaigns for the US House of Representatives, US Senate, Governors and President as well as American political trends.

Jim Dwyer, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist, Dies at 63  —  Working for New York Newsday, The Daily News and The Times, he covered the human stories of New York in dramatic prose and crusaded against injustice.  —  Jim Dwyer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, columnist …

Greenfield Shatters Fundraising Records With $28.7M Haul  —  Theresa Greenfield raised more money in the last three months than any Iowan running for U.S. Senate had raised in an entire election cycle.  —  In the third fundraising quarter of 2020, spanning July through September …

Dying in a Leadership Vacuum  —  Article  —  Covid-19 has created a crisis throughout the world.  This crisis has produced a test of leadership.  With no good options to combat a novel pathogen, countries were forced to make hard choices about how to respond.  Here in the United States, our leaders have failed that test.

With Just Weeks to Go, Trump is Not Making up Ground  —  Dear Readers: Join us today at 2 p.m. eastern for our latest episode of Sabato's Crystal Ball: America Votes.  Vice presidential expert Joel K. Goldstein will be joining us to react to the VP debate.  If you have questions you would like us …

Economic relief talks are back on, Trump asserts, two days after he cut them off  —  Latest pronouncement comes as Pelosi and Mnuchin negotiate on airline relief; Trump says he's pushing for broader deal  —  President Trump said Thursday that economic relief talks are back on …

Trump's antibody treatment was tested using cells originally derived from an abortion  —  The Trump administration has looked to curtail research with fetal cells.  But when it was life or death for the president, no one objected.  —  hide  —  This week, President Donald Trump extolled …

Sen. Ron Johnson has been using a private plane owned by his adult children during coronavirus pandemic  —  U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson has been using a private plane owned by his adult children to travel between Wisconsin and Washington, D.C., amid the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.

Michigan AG: Burkman, Wohl turn themselves in on voter intimidation charges  —  DETROIT - Two right-wing political operatives accused of voter intimidation in Michigan have turned themselves in to authorities in Detroit, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday.

Why Americans Fall for Grifters  —  For its evening programming on January 20, 2017, Turner Classic Movies, a network known for its commitment to the cinematic canon, not its politics, made a pointed scheduling decision.  The channel would be airing A Face in the Crowd.

Maya Wiley Enters N.Y.C. Mayor's Race: ‘I Am Not a Conventional Candidate’  —  Ms. Wiley, a former analyst for MSNBC, wants to distance herself from Mayor Bill de Blasio and cast herself as an outsider who looks different from past mayors.  —  Maya D. Wiley, a former top lawyer …

Colorado Voters Could Determine Abortion Access Nationwide  —  Proposition 115 would ban abortions after 22 weeks except when the pregnant person's life is immediately threatened.  —  TRENDING  — THIS WEEK  —  Amy Coney Barrett Exposed Her Kids to COVID-19.  Black Moms Have Been Jailed for Less.