Trump's task: Resetting campaign that GOP fears is slipping  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is running out of time to recover from a series of self-inflicted setbacks that have rattled his base of support and triggered alarm among Republicans who fear the White House is on the verge of being lost to Democrat Joe Biden.

Unofficial ballot drop boxes popping up throughout the state worry elections officials  —  Promoting such boxes — which have been found in Los Angeles, Orange and Fresno counties — could be a felony.  —  In a photo posted to social media last week, a young man wearing a mask …

Microsoft takes down massive hacking operation that could have affected the election  —  Washington (CNN Business)Microsoft has disrupted a massive hacking operation that it said could have indirectly affected election infrastructure if allowed to continue.  —  The company said Monday it took …

Removing Holocaust Denial Content  —  Today we are updating our hate speech policy to prohibit any content that denies or distorts the Holocaust.  —  Organizations that study trends in hate speech are reporting increases in online attacks against many groups worldwide, and we continue our efforts to remove it.

How Biden could end 2020 on election night — and why Trump's path is unlikely  —  President Donald Trump has demanded to know the results of the 2020 election on election night, even though some states warn that it will take days to count their votes.  But if there is a winner declared on Nov. 3 …

The Billionaire Who Stood by Jeffrey Epstein  —  Leon Black, whose $9 billion fortune could buy the best counsel in the world, paid at least $50 million to Mr. Epstein for advice and services after most others had deserted him.  —  The billionaire financier Leon Black …

Heavy turnout creates lines as polls open in Georgia for early voting  —  By Mark Niesse - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Kristal Dixon - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Ben Brasch - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Tyler Estep - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Portland protesters topple statues of Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln in ‘Day of Rage’; police declare riot  —  Protesters topple statues of former presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln  —  A group of protesters toppled statues of former presidents Theodore Roosevelt …

‘Green tsunami’: Inside Senate Republicans' financial freak-out  —  In mid-April, senior advisers to a dozen Republican senators gathered on the second floor of the National Republican Senatorial Committee's offices, where NRSC executive director Kevin McLaughlin detailed …

The Lincoln Project: Career Republicans call on Americans to vote out President Trump  —  A group of longtime Republican strategists who have worked with the likes of John McCain and George W. Bush have launched a scorching campaign against the president.  Lesley Stahl reports.

Mark Zuckerberg is spending millions like never before to overhaul a landmark law  —  The billionaire Facebook founder is making the most expensive electoral play of his career.  —  SHARE All sharing options  —  Mark Zuckerberg is politically worn down these days — besieged from both the left …

An Arrest in Canada Casts a Shadow on a New York Times Star, and The Times  —  A top editor is now reviewing Rukmini Callimachi's reporting on terrorism, which turned distant conflicts into accessible stories but drew criticism from colleagues.  —  Derek Henry Flood wasn't looking for work in March of 2018 …

Trump's children brought Secret Service money to the family business with their visits, records show  —  Eric Trump took his Secret Service agents to Trump golf courses in Scotland, as he led transatlantic tours for paying customers.  Donald Trump Jr. took his protectors to the Trump hotel in Vancouver …

Florida Sees Signals of a Climate-Driven Housing Crisis  —  Home sales in areas most vulnerable to sea-level rise began falling around 2013, researchers found.  Now, prices are following a similar downward path.  —  If rising seas cause America's coastal housing market to dive — or …

Coronavirus: WHO backflips on virus stance by condemning lockdowns  —  Lockdowns have been used to control the coronavirus around the world.  Now a WHO official has questioned the success of them.  — Video  — Image  —  WHO's huge lockdown backflip (VIDEO: The Spectator)

IBD/TIPP Presidential Election Tracking Poll 2020  —  From now through election day on Nov. 3, the IBD/TIPP Presidential Tracking Poll will post daily results of the race for the White House between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden.  —  Update: Joe Biden holds …

ABC NEWS HOSTS TOWN HALL WITH DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE AND FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MODERATED BY GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS - UPDATED  —  ‘The Vice President and the People’ a Live Special Edition of ‘20/20,’ Airs Thursday, October 15, at 8:00 p.m. ET

Why Facebook Can't Fix Itself  —  The platform is overrun with hate speech and disinformation.  Does it actually want to solve the problem?  —  When Facebook was founded, in 2004, the company had few codified rules about what was allowed on the platform and what was not.

Americans' Readiness to Get COVID-19 Vaccine Falls to 50%  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' willingness to be vaccinated against the coronavirus has dropped 11 percentage points, falling to 50% in late September.  This sharp decline comes after the percentage dwindled from 66% in July to 61% in August.

The New York Times Guild Once Again Demands Censorship of Colleagues  —  The New York Times Guild, the union of employees of the paper of record, tweeted a condemnation on Sunday of one of their own colleagues, op-ed columnist Bret Stephens.  Their denunciation was marred by humiliating typos …

Montana Senate Tight As Can Be  —  PPP's new Montana poll finds the race for Senate as tight as it can be.  Steve Bullock and Steve Daines are each at 48%.  Beyond that, they have nearly identical approval ratings for their work in their current offices.  Bullock has a net +4 rating as Governor …

Justice ready to charge Google with monopoly search practices  —  Insiders expect the Justice Department to charge Google with violating antitrust laws this week, in what would be the biggest such action against a U.S. tech company in two decades.  But questions still swirl around how broad and tight Justice's case will be.

Locked in Tight Race, GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan Caught in Environmental Scandal … In the final month of his reelection campaign, Alaska's one-term Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan is fighting to recover from a scandal that ties him more closely to a controversial mining project opposed by the majority of voters in his state.

Calls intensify for resignation of Michigan sheriff who shared stage with militia  —  BARRY COUNTY, MI — Calls for the resignation of a Michigan sheriff who recently shared a stage with members of the Michigan Liberty Militia are growing louder.  —  Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf …

We're public health experts.  We need to do a better job of talking to conservatives.  —  Lindsey Leininger is a clinical professor at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business and co-director of the Dear Pandemic public health campaign.  Harold Pollack is a professor at the University …

These 6 swing states are pivotal in the White House race.  But what are the keys to winning each state?  —  USA TODAY Network reporters explore battlegrounds within 6 swing states- the keys to the political map in the states likely to choose the next president.  —  Michigan again expected to be a key battleground