Biden Holds Lead Despite Trump Gains in Swing Counties  —  Biden trusted more to handle pandemic  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden holds a 5-point to 7-point lead over Donald Trump among likely voters in Pennsylvania, according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.

U.S. judge skeptical of Texas Republican bid to scrap 127,000 votes  —  HOUSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge in Texas on Monday appeared skeptical of an attempt by Republicans to throw out about 127,000 votes already cast in the U.S. presidential election at drive-through voting sites in Houston, a Democratic-leaning area.

As Election Day Arrives, Trump Shifts Between Combativeness and Grievance  —  The president is sounding notes of bravado and exasperation at the end of a divisive campaign.  But he may have severed himself from the political realities of a country in crisis.

Needle Update: What to Expect on Election Night  —  We'll have live estimates for Florida, Georgia and North Carolina.  —  For many Times readers, the memory of election night in 2016 is inseparable from the image of a semicircular chart that has since become known — affectionately or not — as “the needle.”

Trump just revealed his plot to steal the election.  Here's a way to stop him.  —  President Trump has revealed his endgame in all its corrupt glory.  If Trump is on track to losing once all the votes are counted, he will seek to invalidate as many ballots as possible …

How Trump and Barr's October Surprise Went Bust  —  On September 10, Nora Dannehy resigned as the deputy to John Durham, the federal prosecutor investigating the government's probe into the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.  Dannehy left her post and the Justice Department …

How Do Donalds Vote?  Take Our Name Quiz to Find Out  —  We found some unexpected trends when we sorted our polling data by first name.  —  Over the past two months, The New York Times and Siena College have conducted polls in almost every battleground state, creating a large database of likely voters and their preferences.

Trump rally Wi-Fi login for journalists celebrates ACB's confirmation: ‘FilledTheSeat’  —  The WiFi login and password for a Trump rally featuring Vice President Mike Pence gave a nod to newly-minted Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.  —  New York Magazine's Olivia Nuzzi tweeted a photo …

Federal Judge Rejects G.O.P. Attempt to Toss 127,000 Ballots in Texas  —  President Trump used the first of his five rallies scheduled for Monday, the last day of campaigning before Election Day, to air grievances about polls, the media, the investigation into Russian interference in the election …

Psychiatrist Who Evaluated Trump's Mental State on CNN and MSNBC Argues President is Worse Than Hitler  —  Dr. Bandy X. Lee, a psychiatrist who has appeared on CNN and MSNBC and briefed members of Congress, appeared to argue on Monday that President Donald Trump is worse than Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.

How Trump Could Attempt a Coup  —  A wretched presidential campaign has played out at last, but Election Day is not how this story ends.  Unable to overtake his opponent in the polls, Donald Trump decided months ago to run against the election itself.  That race does not conclude when the ballots are counted.

DOJ sending voting rights monitors to 18 states, including Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio … The Justice Department is dispatching voting rights monitors to 18 states Tuesday, including jurisdictions in the key battlegrounds of Florida, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Ohio.

Twitter names 7 outlets to call election results  —  Twitter on Monday provided more details about its policies around tweets that declare election results, and named the seven outlets it will lean on to help it determine whether a race is officially called.

Ex-RNC officials won't back Trump  —  Three former communications directors at the Republican National Committee (RNC) voted against President Trump this year, they said Monday.  —  In a tweet posted Monday, Ryan Mahoney, who ran communications for the party apparatus during President Trump's …

Facial recognition used to identify Lafayette Square protester accused of assault  —  A line of U.S. Park Police officers pushed protesters back from Lafayette Square on June 1, firing pepper balls and rolling canisters spewing irritant gas into the retreating crowds on H Street NW, video shows.

Federal authorities expected to erect ‘non-scalable’ fence around White House  —  Washington (CNN)Federal authorities are expected to put back into place a “non-scalable” fence around the entire perimeter of the White House on Monday as law enforcement and other agencies prepare …

The work of the Never Trumpers is just beginning  —  What a weird, wild ride it has been — and it's not over yet.  —  When Donald Trump began running for the presidency on June 15, 2015, I never imagined he would win the Republican primaries, much less the general election.

My predictions for the 2020 presidential and congressional races  —  Henry Olsen is a Washington Post columnist and a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.  —  “These are the times that try men's souls.”  The opening line of Thomas Paine's Revolutionary War pamphlet series …

Trump Has No Free-and-Fair Path to Re-election  —  At no point since Donald Trump filed his re-election paperwork on inauguration day in 2017 has he or his campaign acted with the purpose of winning the most votes, or even of convincing people that he'd be the popular favorite in 2020.

NYC businesses board up shops ahead of 2020 presidential election  —  With the 2020 US presidential election just a day away, scores of New York City businesses have taken no chances and boarded up their storefronts over fears of potential civil unrest and riots.

Final House Ratings: Democrats Poised to Expand Majority by 10 to 15 Seats  —  After impeachment and a Supreme Court fight (that wasn't much of one) and amid a global pandemic and racial reckoning, many congressional candidates have struggled to control their own destiny.

Report: South Dakota official distracted before fatal crash  —  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was distracted before he drove onto a highway shoulder where he struck and killed a pedestrian in September, state Secretary of Public Safety Craig Price said Monday.

Court File Shows Joe Biden Listed as Possible Witness With Son in Fraud Case  —  Devon Archer, far left, named Joe and Hunter Biden, right, as possible witnesses in a fraud case, according to a recording recovered from Hunter's laptop.  —  A federal judge named Joe Biden as a possible …

Joe Biden's Effort to Make This Election a Moral Referendum  —  Early last Thursday, after a day spent close to home, in Delaware, Joe Biden flew to Broward County, Florida, to begin the campaign's final swing.  Two hundred and one cars arrived for a rally in a parking lot on the Broward College campus …

Help is not on the way  —  The near-term plan for the US economy is that there is no plan.  —  SHARE All sharing options  —  It is quite possible, even probable, that the American people are staring down at least three more months without any further stimulus or economic support …

Trump's Risky Bet on Rural America  —  LEVANT, Maine—Hardly anyone knew that President Donald Trump was on his way here.  And among those who did get a whiff of the news in advance, even fewer knew his destination was Treworgy Family Orchard in Levant, a tiny rural town about 10 miles northwest of Bangor.

Photos: Police Stand By As Caravans Of Trump Supporters Block Bridges, Threaten Counter-Protesters  —  Multiple caravans of Trump-supporting motorists cruised through the streets and highways of New York on Sunday, threatening counter-protesters and blocking traffic on major bridges, just two days ahead of the November 3rd election.

November Surprise: Trump to Fire Fauci After Election  —  Trump ensures the campaign's final news cycle is about his virus trutherism.  —  At the end of a one-day, five-stop coronavirus superspreader tour extending from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico, the president of the United States …