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 …

North Carolina Voters Distrust Trump and Tillis, Poll Finds, Imperiling G.O.P.  —  President Trump trails Joseph R. Biden Jr. by four points in the latest Times/Siena survey of North Carolina, and Senator Thom Tillis is lagging behind his Democratic challenger in a crucial Senate race.

As Trump's chief conspiracy theory suffers a major blow, he reaches for more desperate ones  —  It was a crystallizing moment in our current political reality: The president, staring down an increasingly likely reelection loss, saw one of his favorite conspiracy theories about his 2020 opponent crumble.

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 …

Videos show closed-door sessions of leading conservative activists: 'Be not afraid of the accusations that you're a voter suppressor'  —  As the presidential campaign entered its final stages, a fresh-faced Republican activist named Charlie Kirk stepped into the spotlight at a closed-door gathering …

The Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court Hearings Are an Enlightening Sham  —  If Supreme Court nomination hearings are thought of as quasi-judicial proceedings to determine whether someone deserves to spend decades on the nation's highest legal bench, it was clear well before Tuesday morning …

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 …

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 …

White House Cites Herd-Immunity Petition Signed by Fake Experts Including ‘Dr. Johnny Bananas’  —  BEYOND THE PEEL  —  The White House has reportedly embraced a declaration by a group of scientists arguing for a “herd immunity” strategy to deal with America's coronavirus pandemic …

MSU releases its Treasure State pre-election poll  —  The 1,787 Montanans who responded to the 2020 Treasure State mail-in poll consisting of about 80 questions revealed a tight race in key elections.

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.

Biden Is Not Out of the Woods  —  Unanticipated electoral developments are affecting both presidential campaigns in surprising ways.  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.  —  With 20 days to go, most signals favor Joe Biden …

Goldman's Pandemic Hot Streak Continues in Third Quarter  —  Bank's profit nearly doubles; trading revenue rose 29% from a year ago  —  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said Wednesday its third-quarter profit nearly doubled, the latest confirmation that even in a pandemic and a recession, Wall Street can still make money.

'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 …

Texas surpassed 1 million votes on first day of early voting  —  More than a million Texans have already cast ballots after just the first day of early voting.  —  And the state isn't even finished counting the first day's numbers.  —  Record breaking early voting, combined with unusually high mail …

Covid-19 Live Updates: Europe and the U.S. Confront Spiking Cases as Temperatures Dip  —  Dr. Anthony S. Fauci reviews President Trump's coronavirus test results and says he is past the point of infectiousness.  Reinfection is possible, but extremely rare, experts say.  —  Here's what you need to know:

Americans Are Dying In The Pandemic At Rates Far Higher Than In Other Countries  —  During this pandemic, people in the United States are currently dying at rates unparalleled elsewhere in the world.  —  A new report in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds …

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.

President Donald Trump to award Dan Gable the Presidential Medal of Freedom  —  Watch Video: Ask Dan Gable: What was it like to win an Olympic gold medal?  —  Dan Gable is about to add a significant award to his already-crowded trophy case.  —  President Donald J. Trump plans to award Gable …

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 …

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 …