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7:07 PM ET, October 31, 2020

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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Biden Team Cancels Texas Event After Highway ‘Ambush’ by MAGA Cavalry  —  Dozens of pickup trucks, many with Trump flags, surrounded a Biden campaign bus as it traveled from San Antonio to Austin.  —  Joe Biden's presidential campaign canceled a Friday event in Austin, Texas, after harassment from a pro-Trump contingent.
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KEYE:
Biden campaign cancels Austin rally; Trump supporters reportedly harass bus on I-35  —  AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) — The Biden-Harris Bus made a brief appearance in Downtown Austin at 11th and Lavaca on Friday.  Texas Democrats were hoping to host speakers like Congressman Lloyd Doggett …
Discussion: Forbes, Townhall and Raw Story
Doug P. / Twitchy:
‘Is this a joke?’  Biden/Harris supporter in Texas bus tour called 911 on Trump caravan that tagged along & put them 'in harm's way'  —  A Biden/Harris bus was driven around Texas (for a while, but we'll get to that in a minute) this week, and it was escorted by many, many supporters... of President Trump:
ABC News:
American hostage Philip Walton rescued in dramatic military operation: Officials  —  Walton was abducted recently in Niger, where he had been living.  —  Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.  —  An American citizen abducted last week in Niger has been rescued during …
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Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
American hostage rescued in West Africa by SEAL Team 6 in daring raid  —  The rescue took place earlier Saturday in northern Nigeria  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for October 31  —  An American hostage has been rescued in West Africa by SEAL Team 6 in a daring raid, Fox News has learned.
CNN:
CNN Polls: Biden leads in Michigan and Wisconsin as campaign ends, with tighter races in Arizona and North Carolina  —  (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden holds an advantage in the upper Midwest states of Wisconsin and Michigan, according to CNN Polls conducted by SSRS …
Washington Post:
Trump drags down GOP senators, giving Democrats more paths to the majority  —  From the deepest conservative states to more Democratic leaning terrain, Senate Republicans face a brutal political environment that has left the GOP needing to pull off a near-perfect run in a dozen highly competitive races to retain the majority.
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Politico:
USPS investigates undelivered Miami ballots  —  TALLAHASSEE — State and federal authorities are investigating a pileup of mail at a Miami post office that included a handful of completed ballots after Florida House Minority Leader Kionne McGhee posted a video Friday.
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Wall Street Journal:   Millions of Mail-in Ballots at Risk in Battleground States With Looming Deadlines
Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
Whitmer kidnap suspect wants out of jail.  He's diabetic, and fears COVID-19  —  After three weeks in jail, one of the suspects charged with plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is asking the judge to reconsider her decision to keep him locked up: He's worried about getting the COVID-19 virus.
New York Times:
The President's Taxes: A Reader's Guide  —  Over the past four years, The New York Times has independently obtained and published information on several decades of Donald J. Trump's taxes.  —  Over the last several weeks, The New York Times has published the findings of its investigation …
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Boris Johnson announces month-long COVID-19 lockdown in England  —  A new national lockdown will be imposed in England, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Saturday, as the number of COVID-19 cases in the country topped 1 million.  —  Details: Starting Thursday, people in England must stay at home …
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Intercept Staffers Roll Their Eyes Over Glenn Greenwald's Censorship Claim  —  Glenn Greenwald had the freedom to publish almost anything he wanted at The Intercept.  Then he cried censorship.  —  Glenn Greenwald officially left The Intercept on Thursday, complaining of censorship and heavy-handed editing.
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
Trump campaign rallies led to more than 30,000 coronavirus cases, Stanford researchers say  — Researchers looked at 18 Trump rallies held between June 20 and Sept. 22 and analyzed Covid-19 data the weeks following each event.  — The researchers found that the rallies ultimately resulted …
Chicago Tribune:
Kyle Rittenhouse cried, vomited and worried about social media as he told Antioch cops, ‘I shot two white kids’  —  Kyle Rittenhouse cried, vomited and worried about negative social media comments after turning himself in to a far north suburban police department following the fatal shooting …
New York Times:
Trump Dismisses Virus Coverage and Biden Dismisses Virus Leadership: This Week in the 2020 Race  —  President Trump has complained this week of what he calls a media obsession with the coronavirus pandemic.  The message from Democrats has been united — all coronavirus, all the time.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
The presidential election comes down to these 12 states
New York Times:
Their First Try Backfired, but Giuliani and Allies Keep Aiming at Biden  —  The former New York mayor's dirt-digging effort on Hunter Biden in 2019 ended with President Trump's impeachment.  Now he is back with new associates.  So far it is not going exactly as planned.
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Obama hammers Trump's claim that doctors have inflated coronavirus numbers  —  Former President Obama laid into President Trump on Saturday over his claim that doctors have tried to profit off of the coronavirus pandemic by intentionally inflating the number of COVID-19 cases.
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
Third-Party Candidates Had An Impact In 2016.  In 2020, They've Struggled To Gain Traction.  —  Alternative candidates have labored in obscurity this election cycle.  “This is probably the worst period for third parties in modern American history,” Ralph Nader says.  —  Reporting From
Discussion: Reason
President Donald J. Trump / Dallas Weekly:
OP-ED: President Donald J. Trump — My Message to Black America  —  In 2016, I had a straightforward question for Black Americans: “What do you have to lose?  —  Black Americans don't have to ask what they have to lose in 2020.  Instead, the question should now be, “how much more do we have to gain?”
Discussion: Fox News
CNN:
Rivals in landmark marriage equality suit: We are both voting for Biden  —  Opinion by Jim Obergefell and Richard Hodges  —  Biographer: Biden offers ‘decency’ in turbulent times  —  Jim Obergefell is the named plaintiff in the marriage equality decision Obergefell v. Hodges.
Discussion: HillReporter.com
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
So, while we're waiting . . . will Mike Pence ever be president?  —  Olivia Troye remembers a time when she wished Mike Pence were president.  —  Troye, a Department of Homeland Security official, had been working with the vice president on the coronavirus task force.
Discussion: Raw Story, Reuters and The Week
Jackie Calmes / Los Angeles Times:
Barack Obama is making the argument for Joe Biden — by roasting Trump  —  Barack Obama is uncorked and letting it fly.  —  For three-and-a-half years, he mostly honored the tradition that former presidents do not criticize their successors, even as his norm-breaking successor attacked him relentlessly.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Show your work: AP plans to explain vote calling to public  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press, one of several news organizations whose declarations of winners drive election coverage, is pulling back the curtain this year to explain how it is reaching those conclusions.
Discussion: New York Times
Molly Jong-Fast / Vogue:
I'm Still Reeling From 2016.  Am I Now Allowed to Hope Again?  —  I remember exactly where I was when The New York Times needle on my phone went from a cool blue “everything is fine; we're gonna make history, baby” to a fiery red “the carnival barker reality television host is going to take away all of your rights.”
Washington Post:
White House sidestepped FDA to distribute hydroxychloroquine to pharmacies, documents show.  Trump touted the pills to treat covid-19.  —  Documents detail efforts by White House officials to distribute hydroxychloroquine to coronavirus patients in ‘hard hit’ cities
Washington Post:
Trailing in the polls, Trump enlists his administration, and co-opts the government, to bolster his reelection  —  In the final days of the 2020 election, President Trump has featured his White House press secretary as a star at his campaign rallies, where she has triumphantly joined him onstage.
Discussion: E&E News and New York Times
Daniel Walters / News, Inlander:
One of the country's biggest Never Trumpers owes part of his journey to Larry Craig's ‘wide stance’  —  Tuesday, Nov. 3, may be remembered as the day when Never Trumpers got their revenge.  —  Led by conservatives horrified by the prospect of Donald Trump becoming the face of the Republican Party …
James Hamblin / The Atlantic:
Trump's Pathology Is Now Clear  —  The human brain makes decisions in two basic modes.  One is analytic, which involves carefully weighing costs and benefits and choosing the best option.  The other mode is intuitive: doing what feels right.  Both have their merits.
Michelle Lee / Washington Post:
More than 90 million ballots cast as of Saturday, as hopes and tensions magnify ahead of Election Day  —  At least 90 million Americans have already cast their ballots for the general election with three days left until Election Day, a historic early turnout that underscores voters' intense desire …
Discussion: USA Today, Vox and Raw Story
Laura Packard / USA Today:
My stepfather died alone of COVID-19 as Donald Trump throws unmasked rallies  —  I'm isolated home because of a pre-existing condition, and my mother needed to protect her own health.  So she was forced to make an impossible choice.  —  On the night of Sunday, Oct. 25, my stepfather died of COVID-19.
 
 
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New York Times:
Can Trump Woo Enough Black Men to Hurt Biden in Battleground States?
Tori B. Powell / The Daily Beast:
Self-Proclaimed ‘Proud Boy’ Arrested for Threatening to Blow Up North Dakota Polling Place: Police
Deanna Paul / Wall Street Journal:
Lawyers Prepare for Court Battles in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
With Election Day looming, an anxious nation hears rumblings of violence
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Fueled by Cash, Health Care and Trump's Woes, Democrats Aim for Senate Control
Discussion: Al Jazeera, Raw Story and CBS Boston
Richard Roth / CNN:
Epstein donations force resignation at international peace organization
Jade Scipioni / CNBC:
These voters switched political parties for 2020
Discussion: DemCast
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Biden's Justice dilemma: Unwinding the lock-em-up presidency
Discussion: CNN
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Selsky / Associated Press:
Oregon could become 1st US state to decriminalize hard drugs
Discussion: The Hill
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Judges nominated by President Trump play key role in upholding voting limits ahead of Election Day
Elizabeth Findell / Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Is Worse in the Dakotas Now Than It Was in the Spring's Hot Spots
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
A guide to Pennsylvania's political hot spots
Discussion: USA Today and CBS Philly
New York Times:
Americans Surge to Polls: 'I'm Going to Vote Like My Life Depends on It'
Washington Post:
As prosecutors, we find William Barr's words repugnant
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
A Frazzled World Holds Its Breath While the U.S. Chooses Its Leader
Roger Sollenberger / Salon:
Texas GOP senator didn't “graduate” from Oxford University law program, as claimed in prior campaign
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