Trump World Prays He Can Shut Up for Amy Coney Barrett Week  —  Beset by controversy and lagging in the polls, President Donald Trump this week was handed what his allies described as a gift: an opportunity to recede from the national spotlight while his party scored a win that would rearrange the tectonic plates of government.

Column: Make way for Slayer Pete.  Buttigieg is the Biden campaign's ruthless secret weapon  —  Mayor Pete has found his format: the five-minute, remote-feed evisceration.  —  He always looks so nice, Pete Buttigieg — handsome in that white, Midwestern, college yearbook way …

California Republican Party Admits It Placed Misleading Ballot Boxes Around State  —  Government officials say the receptacles are illegal and could lead to voter fraud, but the party says it will continue the practice.  —  The California Republican Party has admitted responsibility for placing …

Local 12 speaks 1-on-1 with Joe Biden as he visits Cincinnati for campaign event  —  CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The battle for Ohio voters is heating up with polls showing the race essentially tied right now.  Democratic nominee Joe Biden made his way to Cincinnati Monday evening to speak directly to voters.

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.

How Quickly Will Your Vote Be Counted?  A State-by-State Timeline  —  A lot of voters are asking these questions right now: How quickly will ballots be counted in the presidential election?  Which states will have results — and possibly a winner — on election night?

Always Trumpers: The president's unbreakable wall  —  More than 85% of elected Republicans who have been in Congress throughout President Trump's term have largely stood by him through seven crises that would have crushed most politicians, according to a comprehensive new study by “Axios on HBO.”

The outlook for House Republicans keeps getting worse  —  Here's how grim things look for House Republicans three weeks out from the election: They're struggling to win back seats even in conservative bastions like Oklahoma and South Carolina, where Democrats staged shocking upsets in 2018.

Dr. Fauci: The Trump Campaign Is ‘In Effect, Harassing Me’  —  The nation's top infectious disease expert says there is “not a chance” he quits the task force.  But he's openly angry with how he's being politicized. … The nation's top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci demanded …

Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine study paused due to unexplained illness in participant  —  The study of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine has been paused due to an unexplained illness in a study participant.  —  A document sent to outside researchers running the 60,000-patient clinical trial states …

As Trump Flouts Safety Protocols, News Outlets Balk at Close Coverage  —  Newspapers and networks are wary of exposing their staff members to the president and his aides, saying they do not have assurance that basic precautions will be taken to protect reporters' health.

Trump made it hard for me to protect America.  How could I vote for him again?  How could anyone?  —  My job was to keep Americans safe and Trump was my biggest obstacle.  He ignored white nationalist violence, ignored COVID-19, and nearly started a war.

Prez Race Stays Tight; Dem Senate Candidate Gains  —  Incumbent maintains lead in governor's race  —  West Long Branch, NJ - It continues to be a very tight race for president in North Carolina according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.  The race for U.S. Senate has grown …

Genomic evidence for reinfection with SARS-CoV-2: a case study  —  Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA  —  University of Nevada, Reno Center for Bioinformatics, Reno, NV, USA  —  Theiagen Consulting LLC, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA

Imagining the Trump Presidency That Wasn't  —  A politically incorrect administration might have succeeded where this one failed.  —  Where would we be now if we had a truly politically incorrect president?  Donald Trump is supposed to be politically incorrect, but, for the most part, he isn't.

Virginia voter registration down on last day to register to vote before election  —  Officials say that a cut cable is to blame for the “temporary” system shutdown.  —  WASHINGTON — An accidentally cut cable has caused the entire Virginia voter registration system to go down on the last day to register to vote before election day.

Dr. Fauci Isn't Stupid, He Just Thinks You Are  —  Think about much intellectually dishonesty it takes to go on CNN, a network that is working non-stop to discredit the President over everything, but especially the coronavirus, to spew such easily disprovable nonsense.

Anchorage mayor admits to “inappropriate” relationship with news anchor  —  Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz apologized Monday for what he termed a “consensual, inappropriate messaging relationship” with Anchorage news anchor Maureen “Maria” Athens.  —  “I apologize to the people of Anchorage …

Rudy Giuliani campaigns for Trump in a packed Philly office space, with fans in ‘Save Columbus’ masks  —  About 75 Donald Trump supporters — many of them wearing masks with an Italian flag and the words Save Columbus — squeezed shoulder-to-shoulder into the campaign's Northeast Philadelphia …

Fox News Pushing ‘Brain Room’ to Lend Credibility to Trump's Voter Fraud Paranoia, Insiders Say  —  ‘PROMOTING DOUBT’ … A seemingly innocuous project to chronicle “election irregularities” feels like “an attempt to push more baseless conspiracy theories” for Trump, insiders told The Daily Beast.

Texas' Abbott praises court ruling reinstating 1 ballot drop box per county  —  Counties can only have one location for people to drop off their mail-in ballots ahead of the election  —  Battle over mail-in-ballots heads for the Supreme Court  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday morning touted …

Votes and Vitality in Mind, Trump Addresses Rally in Florida  —  “I feel so powerful,” the president said in a 65-minute speech.  His voice sounded hoarse, but he claimed he was fully recovered and therefore immune to the coronavirus.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump …

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan donate $100 million more to election administrators, despite conservative pushback  —  Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, announced Tuesday an additional $100 million in donations to local governments to pay for polling place rentals …

Mitch McConnell's Mission of Misery  —  Why Senate Republicans won't help Americans in need.  —  I keep seeing news reports saying that the Trump administration is “pivoting” on economic stimulus.  But Donald Trump has been reversing positions so frequently that it looks less like a series of pivots than like a tailspin.