Top Trump adviser bluntly contradicts president on covid-19 threat, urging all-out response  —  “This is not about lockdowns ... It's about an aggressive balanced approach that is not being implemented,' says internal White House report that challenges many of Trump's pronouncements.

Florida And Ohio: Biden Has The Edge Over Trump, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Nationally, Biden Maintains A Strong Lead  —  On the eve of Election Day 2020, former Vice President Joe Biden has narrow leads over President Donald Trump in Florida and Ohio, according to the final Quinnipiac …

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.

As Voting Ends, Battle Intensifies Over Which Ballots Will Count  —  President Trump and his allies say they intend an aggressive challenge to how the votes are counted in key states, and Democrats are mobilizing to meet it.  —  With the election coming to a close, the Trump and Biden campaigns …

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 …

Trump spokesman Jason Miller paints dubious picture of Election Night  —  • No candidate will “be over 290 electoral votes” on Election Night, because electoral votes aren't cast until Dec. 14 and won't be counted until Jan. 6.  —  • Beyond that, media outlets won't be projecting winners …

What I Learned From Training to Be a Right-Wing Poll Watcher  —  Alan Vera, ballot security chairman for Texas' Harris County GOP, wants prospective poll watchers to keep an eye on their coffee.  —  “Here's a tip that I almost hate to have to tell you, but: Do not accept coffee …

This Is Joe Biden When No One Is Watching  —  When my son was diagnosed with leukemia in 2016, Biden didn't have to call.  But he did, three times, because he is everything he says he is.  —  On a brilliant spring afternoon in 2016, I stood in a classroom at a Secret Service training facility in Maryland …

Vienna Shooting Live Updates: Terrorist Attack in Austria Leaves 2 Dead and at Least 15 Wounded  —  The Austrian leader described the gunmen as terrorists, but no motive has emerged.  At least one attacker was still at large.  —  RIGHT NOW “We are going through a dark hour in our republic …

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.”

November Surprise: Fewer Ballots Rejected by Election Officials  —  With many voters casting their first absentee ballots, experts feared a wave of disqualifying mistakes.  But that may not be so.  —  WASHINGTON — With absentee ballots flooding election offices nationwide …

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 …

Donald Trump's 2020 Superspreader Campaign: A Diary  —  From “COVID, COVID, COVID” is a fake to “Fire Fauci!”  —  The Monday morning of Donald Trump's last full week as a Presidential candidate started, of course, with a tweet.  “The Fake News media is riding covid, covid, covid, all the way to 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.

GOP GOTV set to swamp Biden lead, ‘Election Day to look like a Trump rally’  —  The Trump campaign, exuding 11th hour confidence, is revealing raw voter data that suggests to them that Joe Biden's lead in early voting will be swamped by a red wave of GOP voters on Election Day.

Video shows Pinellas deputies repeatedly punching, elbowing Biden supporter during political rally in Palm Harbor  —  A video showing the arrest of a Clearwater man during a political rally in Palm Harbor has raised concerns over a deputy's use of force.  —  The video shows deputies punching …

Biden narrowly leads Trump in six swing states before Election Day, poll shows  — Joe Biden holds at least narrow leads over Donald Trump in the six 2020 election swing states of Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, according to a CNBC/Change Research poll.

Trump's Election Eve Message Focuses on Refusing to Pay Microphone Guy  —  President Trump, trailing in the polls, brought an unconventional message to the people of Wisconsin: He is mad at the guy who set up his rally microphone and is not going to pay him for his work.

Ballot processing begins in Detroit; 2 poll challengers removed … On the first day of absentee ballot processing in TCF Center in Detroit, police removed two poll challengers, including one man wearing a horror-movie mask who shouted that the ballot processing was “crooked.”

Executive Order on Establishing the President's Advisory 1776 Commission  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to better enable a rising generation to understand the history and principles of the founding …

Judge rules California's Newsom overstepped his authority with election order  —  Sutter County Judge Sarah Heckman issued a permanent injunction that prevents the governor from making additional unconstitutional orders  —  Former California assemblyman on why Trump will win Texas

In the Trump Campaign, Government Agencies and Officials Have Often Provided Help  —  The sustained effort by President Trump, members of his cabinet and other officials to use the powers of incumbency has gone far beyond anything done by his predecessors.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's …

What is The Cook Political Report?  —  The Cook Political Report is an independent, non-partisan newsletter that analyzes elections and campaigns for the US House of Representatives, US Senate, Governors and President as well as American political trends.

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.

Greg Gianforte's Political Director Attacked and Damaged a Woman's Car: Police Report  —  Gianforte has, shall we say, his own history of violent incidents during elections.  This time, it was an aide involved and an automobile on the receiving end.  —  Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT) …

Jewish cemetery desecrated with ‘Trump’ spray paint  —  The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of Michigan said on Monday that several tombstones in the Ahavas Israel Cemetery in Grand Rapids, Mich. had been desecrated with “Trump” and “MAGA” in red spray paint.  —  The civil rights organization …

Progressive Challengers Could Shatter a Washington Narrative on Tuesday … The 2018 House Democratic primaries saw the most robust battle between the party's progressive and centrist wings since the 2006 Blue Wave.  Flush with anger at President Donald Trump, dozens of progressives leapt …

New: Mueller Investigated Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, And Roger Stone For DNC Hacks  —  Prosecutors investigated Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, and Roger Stone for the hacking of Democratic National Committee servers as well as for possible campaign finance violations, but ultimately chose not to charge them …

In a Hot Election, the Cool-Headed Associated Press Takes Center Stage  —  At the end of a turbulent campaign, the global news organization has a big role to play, with 4,000 reporters collecting vote counts from county clerks in 50 states.  —  The Associated Press will not predict a winner of the presidential election.

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris Got a Big Social Media Boost from Indian Troll Farms  —  Joe Biden's Twitter account got a sizable boost beginning in August from tens of thousands of fake followers purchased on the open market from troll farms in rural India, an investigation has found.

Friedman to ‘Post’: ‘Trump can change Middle East for next 100 years’  —  US Amb. looks back on president's Israel policies and predicts what he may do with another four years.  —  If reelected, US President Donald Trump will continue to set policies with the potential to transform the Middle East …