Election at Hand, Biden Leads Trump in Four Key States, Poll Shows  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr. leads President Trump in Pennsylvania, Florida, Arizona and, by a wide margin, in Wisconsin, according to a Times/Siena College poll.  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr. holds a clear advantage over President Trump across four …

Scoop: Trump's plan to declare premature victory  —  President Trump has told confidants he'll declare victory on Tuesday night if it looks like he's “ahead,” according to three sources familiar with his private comments.  — That's even if the Electoral College outcome still hinges …

Texas Supreme Court rejects Republican-led effort to throw out nearly 127,000 Harris County votes  —  A handful of GOP activists and candidates had asked the state's highest civil court to rule Harris County's drive-thru voting locations illegal, and invalidate votes that have already been cast.

The man and the record  —  “He's unpresidential.”  —  “He's crude and unkind.”  —  “He's just not a good man.”  —  These things, and much worse, are commonly said of President Donald Trump.  His personality totally eclipses his record.  —  So we, seemingly, have him on the dunk tank, ready for a very cold bath.

Why Trump Can't Afford to Lose  —  The President has survived one impeachment, twenty-six accusations of sexual misconduct, and an estimated four thousand lawsuits.  That run of good luck may well end, perhaps brutally, if Joe Biden wins.  —  The President was despondent.

Forty-One Percent.  —  I've been covering American politics for a long time and I can't remember a number that so dramatically altered the political community's perception of a presidential campaign as that number did, last night, at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time.  —  The source of the number …

Political Groups Elude Facebook's Election Controls, Repost False Ads  —  Company faces challenges as it seeks to enforce its policies designed to curb misinformation  —  Political groups are getting around Facebook Inc.'s system for blocking false political advertising by reposting ads found …

Statement Regarding Attacks on The Intercept and Its Journalists … Over the past several days, I have watched in disgust as a barrage of lies, smears, and vicious attacks has been unleashed against The Intercept and its journalists.  This is a news organization filled with dedicated reporters …

My party is destroying itself on the altar of Trump  —  Benjamin L. Ginsberg practiced election law for 38 years.  He co-chaired the bipartisan 2013 Presidential Commission on Election Administration.  —  President Trump has failed the test of leadership.  His bid for reelection is foundering.

Conservative Supreme Court justices are threatening a post-election coup  —  They are pushing a theory that makes a mockery of America's constitutional design.  —  After handing down orders in a spate of challenges to states' efforts to make voting easier during the coronavirus pandemic, the Supreme Court is catching its breath.

Veteran journalist and author Robert Fisk dies aged 74  —  Highly regarded, controversial foreign correspondent had long relationship with Ireland  —  about 2 hours ago Updated: 52 minutes ago  —  Robert Fisk joined the London Independent in 1989 and continued to work for that publication until his death.

Days before U.S. election, Biden's lead widens in Rust Belt: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden's lead over U.S. President Donald Trump has widened a little in the final days of the 2020 campaign in three critical Rust Belt states that Trump narrowly won four years ago …

‘She Kind of Reminds You of Margaret Thatcher’: Liz Cheney Prepares To Make Her Move  —  Earlier this year, Liz Cheney's ambitions came into focus.  —  After Wyoming Senator Mike Enzi announced his retirement, Mitch McConnell and his team offered Cheney, the state's sole House member …

How There Was No October Surprise for President Trump  —  Trump's hope that an economic recovery, a Covid vaccine or a Biden scandal could shake up the race fades with the last light of October.  —  President Trump began the fall campaign rooting for, and trying to orchestrate …

Dishonesty Has Defined the Trump Presidency.  The Consequences Could Be Lasting.  —  Whether President Trump wins or loses on Nov. 3, the very concept of public trust in an established set of facts necessary for the operation of a democratic society has been eroded.

Biden leads, Trump needs Election Day surge to win — CBS News Battleground Tracker  —  Joe Biden heads into Election Day preferred by voters who have already cast their ballots early.  President Trump has a lead among those who plan to show up on November 3.  So will Biden's lead hold up?

Scholars warn of collapse of democracy as Trump v Biden election looms … Dozens of historians of fascism and authoritarianism have signed a letter warning that democracy “is either withering or in full-scale collapse globally”, and urging ordinary people to take action.

Biden team weighs informal ban on naming Democratic senators to Cabinet  —  Joe Biden's team is considering an informal ban on naming Democratic U.S. senators to the Cabinet if he wins — which would effectively block Elizabeth Warren for Treasury or Bernie Sanders for Labor — people familiar with the discussions tell Axios.

White House plots possible second-term Cabinet purge  —  A second-term Trump administration is considering expelling Cabinet members who have crossed the president, refused to mount investigations he has demanded or contradicted him on coronavirus.  —  White House advisers say Trump is likely …

Biden camp cancels multiple Texas events after a “Trump Train” surrounded a campaign bus  —  The highway skirmish came as Democrats close ground in a state that is polling competitively in the race for president.  Recent polls indicate the presidential race in Texas between President Donald Trump …

The son of Lev Parnas offers one more Trump tell-all  —  As Rudy Giuliani searched for damaging information on the Bidens in Ukraine, waged shadow diplomatic campaigns in Venezuela and Turkey, and spoke regularly to President Donald Trump about all of it, a 19-year-old law student was quietly watching and soaking it all in.

The systemic problems with our immigration courts are dire  —  If you are a person seeking asylum in the United States, the fact is whether or not you get to remain here depends on which im­mi­gration judge is assigned to hear your case, according to TRAC's October 2020 report.

‘They All Got Careless’: How Falwell Kept His Grip on Liberty Amid Sexual ‘Games,’ Self-Dealing  —  When Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife Becki strolled around the Lynchburg, Va., campus of Liberty University, the evangelical school which Falwell led as president, they would play a secret game called “Would you rather.”