An Open Letter to Judge Amy Coney Barrett From Your Notre Dame Colleagues  —  We write to you as fellow faculty members at the University of Notre Dame.  —  We congratulate you on your nomination to the United States Supreme Court.  An appointment to the Court is the crowning achievement …

Poll: Trump losing ground in NC  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — Three weeks out from Election Day, President Donald Trump is losing ground to Democratic challenger Joe Biden in the battleground state of North Carolina, according to the results of a WRAL News poll released Tuesday.

U.S. Justice Department accuses Melania Trump book author of breaking nondisclosure pact  —  The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday accused Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, author of a tell-all book about first lady Melania Trump, of breaking their nondisclosure agreement and asked a court …

U.S. Supreme Court ends Democratic lawmakers' anti-corruption lawsuit against Trump  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday put an end to a lawsuit brought by congressional Democrats that accused President Donald Trump of violating anti-corruption provisions in the U.S. Constitution with his business dealings.

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 …

Mamma Mia!  Rudy Giuliani Threw a Potential Superspreader Event for Trump on Columbus Day  —  It was Columbus Day in Pennsylvania, and in 2020 that could only mean one thing: Rudy Giuliani was in Philadelphia sounding like Livia Soprano.  —  As Donald Trump traveled to Florida …

How the 1619 Project took over 2020  —  One morning in mid-September, Nikole Hannah-Jones woke to a text message from a friend noting an unusual event on President Trump's schedule: the first “White House Conference on American History.”  —  It might have sounded banal, but Hannah-Jones …

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.

Anchorage Mayor Admits to ‘Inappropriate’ Relationship With TV Anchor  —  Mayor Ethan Berkowitz apologized for engaging in a “consensual, inappropriate messaging relationship” with a local news anchor after she posted a photo on social media.  —  The mayor of Anchorage, Ethan Berkowitz …

Twitter suspends accounts for spam and manipulation that claim to be Black Trump supporters  —  (Reuters) - Twitter Inc suspended a group of accounts for spam and manipulation on Tuesday that commonly claimed to be African-American supporters of President Donald Trump and his re-election campaign, according to a company spokesperson.

West Virginians favor Trump over Biden for president, latest poll shows  —  West Virginia once again overwhelmingly favors Donald J. Trump for president, although not by the dominating margin he achieved in his 2016 victory over Hillary Clinton.  —  The latest edition of the MetroNews West …

Trump Campaign Suggests Omarosa Manigault Newman Pay for $1 Million in Ad Spending  —  The suggestion emerged in an arbitration case over the critical comments Ms. Manigault Newman, a former White House aide, made about President Trump in her 2018 book “Unhinged.”

FBI: Whitmer plotters also discussed kidnapping Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam  —  Accused conspirators charged in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer also discussed “taking” Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, an FBI agent testified at a court hearing Tuesday.

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 …

Trump's Incompetence Does Not Excuse His Authoritarianism  —  Three weeks from now, President Trump will probably — probably — lose a reelection campaign to an opponent he has trailed consistently for three years.  And he will probably — probably — lose by a large enough margin to moot …

Travis County early voting: 14,000 people cast ballots as of noon Tuesday  —  Noon update: As of noon, 14,000 people voted in Travis County, Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir said.  —  She said the first day of early voting tends to be the busiest, but expects lines and wait times to thin out over the next few days.

Tara Reade penning memoir on coming forward as a Biden accuser, will be released before election  —  'Left Out: When The Truth Doesn't Fit In' will be released Oct. 27  —  EXCLUSIVE: Tara Reade is writing a memoir about the turbulent journey she has taken since coming forward with her allegation …

Exclusive: America's true unemployment rate  —  A person who is looking for a full-time job that pays a living wage — but who can't find one — is unemployed.  If you accept that definition, the true unemployment rate in the U.S. is a stunning 26.1%, according to an important new dataset shared exclusively with “Axios on HBO.”

Bank Of America Raised Concerns About Michael Flynn's Suspicious Transfers — But Not Until Eight Months Later  —  In 2017, Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, acknowledged that he concealed lobbying work that may have helped another country, Turkey.

Facebook says it will finally ban anti-vaccination ads  — Facebook said Tuesday it is launching a new global policy that bans ads that discourage people from getting vaccines.  — The company previously had a policy against vaccine hoaxes that were publicly identified by global health organizations.

Cindy McCain gives update on daughter Meghan McCain's baby: 'She's just perfect'  —  The widow of Sen. John McCain guest co-hosted “The View.”  —  Cindy McCain discusses Joe Biden endorsement  —  The widow of the late Sen. John McCain talks to “GMA” about her decision as a prominent Republican …

Obama to hit the campaign trail for Biden ‘soon’ as race enters final weeks  —  The former president also appears in a new DNC ad out Tuesday.  —  Big turnout for early in-person voting leads to long lines in Georgia  —  Early voters in Georgia waited up to six hours to cast a ballot …

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.

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

Andrew Cuomo book: Meadows threat over hydroxychloroquine  —  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo writes in “American Crisis,” out Tuesday, that White House chief of staff Mark Meadow implied a threat about federal funding for hospitals in New York state, after he demanded results from tests on hydroxychloroquine.

An analysis of Joe Biden's tax proposals, October 2020 update … - Using the Tax-Calculator (3.0.0) microsimulation model, we estimate that Joe Biden's propos­als would raise federal revenue by $2.8 trillion over the next decade (2021-30).  — The majority of new federal revenue …