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.

Early Vote Sets Record Despite Pandemic and Legal Wrangling  —  A federal judge rejected a Republican effort to throw out 127,000 ballots in Texas.  With nearly 100 million votes already cast, President Trump makes his final pitch for re-election with five rallies in four states …

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.

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

Vienna Shooting Live Updates: Terrorist Attack in Austria Leaves 1 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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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) …

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.

Most Slate Staffers Are Voting for Biden—but Not All of Us  —  This is the sixth presidential election in which we've asked Slate staffers and contributors to violate the sanctity of the ballot box and reveal whom they're voting for—not something that journalists, traditionally, were supposed to do.

If New Batch of Polls are Correct, Trump Will Soar Past 300 Electoral Votes  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said that the Left is going to be “terribly shocked.”  The latest slate of polling from the liberal media fake press has Biden ahead by double-digits, though his campaign is acting anything like they're ahead.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

‘You are no longer my mother’: How the election is dividing American families  —  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When lifelong Democrat Mayra Gomez told her 21-year-old son five months ago that she was voting for Donald Trump in Tuesday's presidential election, he cut her out of his life.

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 …