Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad  —  Hunter Biden introduced his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, to a top executive at a Ukrainian energy firm less than a year before the elder Biden pressured government officials in Ukraine into firing …

Amy Coney Barrett Explained Why She Doesn't Care About Preexisting Conditions  —  From the beginning of Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court hearings, the Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have been focused on the message that Barrett represents a threat to the survival …

‘Unmasking’ probe commissioned by Barr quietly concludes without charges or any public report  —  The federal prosecutor appointed by Attorney General William P. Barr to review whether Obama-era officials improperly requested the identities of individuals whose names were redacted …

NBC Says Trump Will Hold Town Hall Meeting Thursday, Competing Against Biden  —  President Trump may not be debating Joseph R. Biden Jr. on the same stage on Thursday night as originally planned.  But the two candidates will still face off head-to-head.  —  NBC News confirmed on Wednesday …

Amy Cooper Made 2nd 911 Call to Falsely Accuse Black Bird-Watcher  —  Prosecutors said Ms. Cooper called the police twice, saying she had not only been threatened but had been assaulted by a man in Central Park who had asked her to leash her dog.  —  Amy Cooper, the white woman who called …

Proposal to hasten herd immunity to the coronavirus grabs White House attention but appalls top scientists  —  Maverick scientists who call for allowing the coronavirus to spread freely at “natural” rates among healthy young people while keeping most aspects of the economy up and running …

‘Straight to Gunshots’: How a U.S. Task Force Killed an Antifa Activist  —  New accounts from the scene raise questions about whether Michael Reinoehl, suspected of killing a far-right Trump supporter, pulled out a gun before officers fatally shot him.  —  Michael Reinoehl was on the run.

Joe Biden is the luckiest, least scrutinized frontrunner  —  Eight months ago, Joe Biden was in danger of losing the Democratic nomination.  Now he's a prohibitive favorite for president — who got there with lots of luck and shockingly little scrutiny.  —  Why it matters …

Democrats dominate early voting in Florida  —  MIAMI — Republicans typically hold a slight edge in absentee ballot returns in Florida elections.  But this year, there's been a stunning development.  —  For the first time ever at this stage of a general election, Democrats here are outvoting Republicans …

'He's just so angry all the time': Trump hemorrhaging support among suburban women  —  LANSING — Michigan is looking less competitive by the day, and there's a growing likelihood of Joe Biden blowing out Donald Trump here come November 3.  —  All three Rust Belt states that Trump improbably won in 2016 …

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 …

What Kamala Harris Learned About Power at Howard  —  As a college student, she wanted to have an impact.  The answer she landed on — working inside institutions — set her on the path to the vice-presidential nomination.  —  WASHINGTON — Lita Rosario remembers when she first noticed the girl named Kamala.

Trump's campaign nearly went broke for the 2020 home stretch amid Brad Parscale's $200 million budgeting misfire, Republicans tell Insider … - Before his ouster earlier this summer as President Donald Trump's campaign manager, Brad Parscale had been banking on a $200 million cash surge for October, Republicans told Insider.

Trump, Trailing in Pennsylvania, Launches Familiar Attacks on Biden  —  At a rally in Johnstown, Pa., the president's aides nudged him toward a populist script.  But he also had other issues in mind.  —  WASHINGTON — With just three weeks until Election Day, and President Trump on the defensive …

Pittsburgh-area mail carrier under investigation is apparent QAnon conspiracy theorist  —  Yesterday, the Baldwin home of Sean Troesch was raided by special agents from the United States Postal Service, who confiscated eight large garbage bags of suspected undelivered mail, according to KDKA.

“Staggering” need: COVID-19 has led to rising levels in food insecurity across the U.S.  —  Before the coronavirus pandemic hit Mississippi earlier this year, Lee County had seen a significant decrease in food insecurity.  —  “Our food insecurity rate was at about 16.2%,” said Jason Martin …

'They're turned off by him': Trump in trouble as Florida's seniors shift towards Biden … If Donald Trump believed joining the ranks of Florida's senior voters would earn him political capital with a group crucial to his hopes of a second term in the White House, it may have been a miscalculation.

Scottish independence  — Among those who would be likely to vote in an independence referendum, 58% say they would vote Yes while 42% would vote No.  — Almost two thirds (64%) of Scots say that the UK Government should allow another independence referendum to be held within …

When NIMBY Met MAGA Liberals on the Upper West Side wanted to oust hundreds of homeless men from a hotel.  Then Tucker Carlson took up their cause.  —  By the time Alison Morpurgo heard that 283 homeless men would be moving into the Lucerne Hotel, just a few blocks from her apartment on the Upper West Side, she was already riled up.

Trump's Great “Unmasking” Hoax Is Finally Dead  —  Another “Deep State” non-scandal goes down the memory hole.  —  G uess we can close the file on that one.  —  William Barr has quietly ended the probe into the supposed “unmasking” scandal which was only opened as fan service …

Last Exit From Autocracy  —  The most important ballot question in 2020 is not Joe Biden versus Donald Trump, or Democrat versus Republican.  The most important question is: Will Trump get away with his corruption—will his crooked and authoritarian tactics succeed?  —  If the answer is yes, be ready for more.

Trump Touts Falconer's Benghazi Blood-Sacrifice Conspiracy Theory  —  Trump's endorsement of the insane story shot it to national prominence, fueling the bizarre allegations about blood sacrifice and Bin Laden body doubles.  —  President Donald Trump backed a budding conspiracy theory …

In Minneapolis, Rage And Fear Have Hobbled A Great American City  —  The one-two punch of riots over George Floyd's death and shutdowns over the pandemic have taken a terrible toll on the City of Lakes.  —  MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The intersection in south Minneapolis where George Floyd died …

How can 42 percent of Americans still support the worst president in our history?  —  I have some good news and some bad news.  The good news: 52 percent of Americans support Joe Biden in the FiveThirtyEight poll average.  The bad news: 42 percent support President Trump.  Why isn't Trump losing by a whole lot more?

Trump's COVID Task Force Is Now Openly Rebelling Against Him  —  From Fauci, to Birx, to Redfield, the president's top health officials appear to be at their wits' end.  —  Standing outside of one of the main buildings on the University of Connecticut campus last week, Dr. Deborah Birx …