New York Post Published Hunter Biden Report Amid Newsroom Doubts  —  Some reporters withheld their bylines and questioned the credibility of an article that made the tabloid's front page on Wednesday.  —  The New York Post's front-page article about Hunter Biden on Wednesday was written mostly …

Fauci admits administration has restricted his media appearances, says he's not surprised Trump got COVID  —  In a wide-ranging 60 Minutes interview, Dr. Anthony Fauci expresses his frustration with a Trump campaign ad; explains why, early in the pandemic, masks were largely recommended …

Brian Wilson Disavows Trump's Beach Boys Benefit in California (EXCLUSIVE) … It will be fun, fun, fun under the California sun for many well-heeled attendees at today's Donald Trump fundraiser in Newport Beach — but not for Beach Boys Brian Wilson and Al Jardine, who are chagrined …

Beastie Boys License a Song for an Ad for First Time Ever, for Joe Biden Spot Focused on Live Music Shutdown … The Beastie Boys had never before licensed any of their songs for an advertisement, but that commercial blackout came to an end during Sunday's Steelers/Browns game, when the sounds of …

As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place  —  A nationwide operation of 1,300 local sites publishes coverage that is ordered up by Republican groups and corporate P.R. firms.  —  The instructions were clear: Write an article calling out Sara Gideon …

Donald Trump Is Losing His Touch.  So Is the TV Producer Who Shaped His Image.  —  Mark Burnett helped turn Donald Trump into a national figure with “The Apprentice.”  But since 2016, his impact “has kind of gone bust.”  —  Did you catch Steve Harvey's “Funderdome” on ABC?

Trump mocks Biden for trusting scientists while Biden slams Trump for Covid-19 ‘lie’ … President Donald Trump mocked Joe Biden on Sunday for trusting scientists about Covid-19 shortly after Biden lambasted the president for continuing to “lie” about the state of the pandemic.

Scoop: What Trump's debate coaches are telling him  —  President Trump's team is telling him ahead of Thursday's final debate: Stop interrupting Joe Biden.  And try to be more likable.  —  What to watch: Trump will tell more jokes and try, if he can stay on message, to strike a softer tone.

David Perdue's mocking of Kamala Harris yields nearly $2M haul for his rival  —  Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue inadvertently sparked a movement that benefited his rival's campaign when he mocked the pronunciation of Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris' name.

Chuck Todd: The Michigan Supreme Court Did Not “Cite Any Law” In Ruling Whitmer's Actions Unconstitutional  —  Chuck Todd interviewed Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer this morning and turned to the recent decision of the Michigan Supreme Court that ruled that she had violated the Michigan Constitution in her extended pandemic orders.

Do Originalists Ignore the Reconstruction Amendments?  —  Critics of originalism sometimes claim that originalists focus only on the original 1787 Constitution, while ignoring the Reconstruction amendments, which transformed the Constitution after the Civil War.

With Covid-19 Under Control, China's Economy Surges Ahead  —  Exports jumped and local governments engaged in a binge of debt-fueled construction projects.  Even consumer spending is finally recovering.  —  BEIJING — As most of the world still struggles with the coronavirus pandemic …

Top White House Official Flew to Syria for Talks to Free U.S. Hostages  —  Counterterrorism official's visit believed to be first such high-level meeting with Syrian officials in more than a decade  —  A top White House official recently traveled to Damascus for secret meetings with the Assad regime …

Trump Runs the Kind of Campaign He Likes, but Not the One He Might Need  —  With little time left to change the trajectory of the race, there is a large gulf separating the president's experience of the campaign from the more sobering assessments of party officials.

Partisan Sites Posing as Local News Expand Ahead of Election  —  As local news outlets suffer cuts, political donors see an opportunity to influence coverage  —  The Copper Courier in Arizona and the Decatur Times in Alabama both describe themselves as startup news sites helping to fill …

The crazy uncle: Trump puts right-wing extremism on the ballot  —  What if the United States is not as divided and unhinged as it has seemed these past four years?  What if the result of the 2016 election was primarily the product of a flawed electoral-college system, the mistaken assumption …

Federal judge strikes down Trump plan to slash food stamps for 700,000 unemployed Americans  —  A federal judge on Sunday formally struck down a Trump administration attempt to end food stamp benefits for nearly 700,000 unemployed people, blocking as “arbitrary and capricious” …

The chilling part about ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’?  It's all happening again in 2020  —  There's a shocking real-life plot twist in the middle of The Trial of the Chicago 7 — Aaron Sorkin's occasionally flawed but mostly compelling and timely new film that washed across an entertainment-starved nation …

Alexey Navalny Has the Proof of His Poisoning  —  The Russian anti-corruption activist, who nearly died in August, talks about his recovery and his future.  —  Alexey Navalny is the biggest thorn in Vladimir Putin's side.  A decade ago, Navalny, as a young lawyer in Moscow …

What early voting can (and can't) tell us about the election  —  Democratic strategists think the early numbers show a 2020 electorate that's bigger, younger and more diverse than in 2016 — and not just shifting forward votes that would have otherwise arrived on Election Day.

Could Joe Biden Actually Bring America Back Together?  —  Earlier this month, on a sunny, cloudless day at the Civil War battlefield in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, former Vice-President Joe Biden delivered a sombre speech about “the cost of division” in America.  “The country is in a dangerous place,” he said.

Biden leads Trump in Wisconsin, has edge in Arizona — CBS News Battleground Tracker poll  —  From Wisconsin to Arizona, as in much of the country, these final weeks of the campaign look to be about who actually votes, because voters say they've made their choices, and many have made it official.

Cornyn defended Trump for siphoning Pentagon budget to pay for border wall, but now claims he was against it  —  Assertion to Fort Worth Star-Telegram editorial board contradicts multiple statements backing Trump for shifting defense funds to sidestep Congress's refusal to pay for the controversial project.