2020 Election Live Updates: Biden and Trump Barnstorm the Midwest  —  President Trump and Joe Biden are campaigning in Minnesota and Wisconsin, as Mr. Trump also stops in Michigan and Mr. Biden visits Iowa.  Kamala Harris is in Texas, where more people have voted early this year than the state's entire 2016 vote count.

Donald Trump Jr.'s ugly rant on Fox makes a strong case against his father  —  Nearly 90,000 cases of coronavirus were reported in the United States on Thursday, a record.  That's the third time we have topped 80,000 cases in one day, all three in the past week.  Cases are now surging in states all over the country.

Clay: Why I'm Voting For Donald Trump  —  On Tuesday, I will vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.  —  As a preliminary, I don't believe in endorsements.  I think all of you are smart enough to make your own decisions without needing to see what a newspaper, union …

At Least Never Trumpers Stood and Fought  —  Shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union, the author John le Carré's most famous creation, the fictional British spy George Smiley, reflected on a career spent fighting a now-vanquished enemy.  —  “There are some people,” …

Trump adviser Stephen Miller reveals aggressive second-term immigration agenda  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's senior adviser Stephen Miller has fleshed out plans to rev up Trump's restrictive immigration agenda if he wins re-election next week, offering a stark contrast to the platform of Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

Why the 2020s Could Be as Dangerous as the 1850s  —  If Joe Biden beats Donald Trump decisively next week, this election may be remembered as a hinge point in American history: the moment when a clear majority of voters acknowledged that there's no turning back from America's transformation …

Police took a Black toddler from his family's SUV.  Then, the union used his photo as ‘propaganda,’ attorneys say.  —  On Thursday, the nation's largest police union posted a photo to social media taken during the unrest in Philadelphia this week, where hundreds of protesters clashed …

Republicans gear up for day-of and post-Election Day litigation  —  Republican Party officials say they're already looking to Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Nevada as likely battlegrounds for post-election lawsuits if the results are close.  —  The big picture: As pre-election lawsuits draw to a close …

A top Interior official has controversial views on race.  He used a white supremacist website to support them.  —  Jeremy Carl called Black Lives Matter a racist organization in articles written before his appointment this month.  He also cited an opinion by Jared Taylor, who said Black people destroy any civilization they control.

'We've got to stop the bleeding': Democrats sound alarm in Miami  —  MIAMI — Democrats are sounding the alarm about weak voter turnout rates in Florida's biggest county, Miami-Dade, where a strong Republican showing is endangering Joe Biden's chances in the nation's biggest swing state.

As a Republican, I'm tired of Trump's division, discord, vitriol and hate  —  I am a lifelong Republican.  And I am exhausted.  —  Nearly all my career, I have worked for Republican candidates and conservative causes, managing campaigns, organizing coalitions and raising money.

Poll: Biden leads Trump by six in North Carolina  —  WASHINGTON — Joe Biden holds a modest six-point lead with likely voters over President Donald Trump in the hard-fought swing state of North Carolina, a new NBC/Marist poll shows.  —  Among likely voters, Biden's support stands at 52 percent …

Swing-state voters face major mail delays in returning ballots on time, USPS data shows  —  The delays loom large over 28 states that require ballots to reach election officials by Election Day to be counted  —  Absentee ballots are taking longer to reach election offices in key swing states …

Pennsylvania House GOP candidate refers Democrat's social media posts to US attorney  —  A Pennsylvania Republican House candidate contacted federal law enforcement about social media posts by an intern for the campaign of his opponent, Democratic Rep. Conor Lamb.

Hannity, Tucker, and Me  —  Mirrors don't lie.  —  Donald Trump will lose in four days.  Or in five days.  Or in six days.  But he will lose.  And when he loses, everyone in the conservative media world will have a decision to make.  If past is prologue, the vast majority of these folks …

United States Records Its Worst Week Yet for Virus Cases  —  The outlook for the pandemic continues to worsen, and many areas of the United States are experiencing their worst weeks yet.  The country reported a record of more than 500,000 new coronavirus cases in the past week.

Louisville police officer sues Kenneth Walker, boyfriend of Breonna Taylor, for emotional distress, assault and battery  —  An officer involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor has filed a civil suit against the 26-year-old's boyfriend for emotional distress, assault and battery on the night she was killed.

Why this conservative voted for Biden and you should too: Trump is a morally defective man  —  I'm a conservative and former Republican who did not vote based on policy.  Neither should you.  The 2020 election is about the moral future of America.  —  At the end of every campaign …

The unseen machine pushing Trump's social media megaphone into overdrive  —  Researchers say the online feedback loop between Trump, high-profile influencers and rank-and-file followers is more dangerous than Russian disinformation.  —  President Trump launched into a tweetstorm in April …

The congressional candidates who have engaged with the QAnon conspiracy theory  —  Washington (CNN) - In November 2017, Marjorie Taylor Greene, a small business owner in the suburbs of Atlanta, uploaded a nearly half-hour long video to Facebook outlining the elements of a new conspiracy theory known as QAnon …

How to spot a red or blue ‘mirage’ in early election night results  —  Road to 270: Trump running against Biden and his own record  —  Washington (CNN)Election night will be an unusual experience this year.  Early results that pop up shortly after the polls close might look very different …

The State Department wouldn't reveal its payments to Mar-a-Lago.  Here's how we found them.  —  In April 2018, President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club charged taxpayers $3 so that Trump could drink water.  —  That charge was one of many bills that Mar-a-Lago sent to the State Department …

Glenn Beck Says the 2020 Election Is a Spiritual Battle Against ‘Satan Himself’  —  Thursday night's episode of the “America Stands: Flashpoint” program airing on televangelist Kenneth Copeland's Victory Channel network featured an interview with Glenn Beck in which Beck revealed …

Walmart pulls guns and ammo from store displays, citing potential “civil unrest”  —  Walmart on Thursday said it has pulled guns and ammunition from the sales floors of its U.S. stores as it seeks to keep firearms from being stolen should social unrest erupt.

Healing From The Center Out  —  Joe Biden, a president for all Americans, period. … It's very strange to think of Joe Biden as a world-historical figure.  For decades, he seemed to me to be a bit of an irritating blowhard who rarely took the chance to edit himself.

The Ukraine Thing: A Timeline of GOP Betrayal  —  How the Republicans caved to Putin.  The whole party, not just Trump.  —  6 hr  —  Guest Post by Aaron Harris  —  AS THE MOST RECENT attempt to interfere with our elections circulates in the media—in the form of a Giuliani “hard drive” …

Republicans Face a Dogfight in Georgia  —  Late Campaign Stops Don't Seem to Do Much  —  Brett Kavanaugh Is Right about Wisconsin's Ballot Deadline  —  FBI Investigating Hunter Biden for Money Laundering: Report  —  President Trump is locked in a dead heat with Joe Biden in the long-red state.

Neither Trump Nor Biden Drink Alcohol  —  Spirits may be low around the country, but don't expect them to be raised in the White House after the election; neither President Trump nor Joseph R. Biden Jr. partakes in alcohol.  —  A presidential election that has driven a nation to drink …

The Answer to Extremism Isn't More Extremism  —  As one of the ugliest and most divisive American presidential campaigns in our history coasts to its finish, President Donald Trump's defenders are making their closing arguments.  Some of them assert that they like Trump's policies …

Americans Say They're Fired Up To Vote — Especially Democrats  —  Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup.  —  Poll(s) of the week  —  American voters are fired up to cast their ballots.  And many already have, in record numbers.  —  According to the latest Gallup poll …

PBS NewsHour White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor Named the NABJ 2020 “Journalist of the Year”  —  The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) today named PBS NewsHour White House correspondent , Yamiche Alcindor its 2020 “Journalist of the Year.”

Trump changes election night plans, cancels party at Trump International: report  —  President Trump has reportedly called off plans to host an election night event at Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., a person familiar with the plans told T he New York Times.

White House aide says Trump's vaccine-by-Election Day promise was ‘arbitrary’  —  A top White House adviser on Friday called President Donald Trump's longshot pledge to have a coronavirus vaccine by Nov. 3 “kind of an arbitrary deadline,” as Election Day prepares to come and go with no shot having even applied for approval yet.