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.

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.

Final Ratings for the 2020 Election  —  Dear Readers: Due to popular demand, we decided to release a final pre-election Sabato's Crystal Ball: America Votes webinar.  We will be going through our picks for the election.  We'll also hear from Rob Griffin, the research director …

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.

Days before election, Jewish cemetery in Michigan vandalized with ‘TRUMP’ and ‘MAGA’ graffiti  —  (JTA) — A Jewish cemetery in Michigan was graffitied with the words “TRUMP” and “MAGA.”  —  The graffiti comes days before the presidential election, in which Michigan is a key swing state …

Here's What We've Found Digging Through Hunter Biden's Alleged Laptop  — The Daily Caller News Foundation's reporters have been poring over the contents of Hunter Biden's alleged hard drive, which show how Hunter tried to leverage his father's position for financial gain.

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.

Republicans: Trump Will Be Our Leader, Even if He Loses  —  The president won't go quietly even if things don't go well Tuesday night.  Beyond that, politics have forever been changed by his presidency.  —  Although President Donald Trump could lose his bid for re-election on Tuesday night …

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.

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 …

Exclusive: Tired of Trump, Deutsche Bank wants out but sees no good options - sources  —  NEW YORK/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank AG is looking for ways to end its relationship with President Donald Trump after the U.S. elections, as it tires of the negative publicity stemming from the ties …

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 …

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 …

Trump's suburban crash drags House GOP down with him  —  In only four years, a crescent of Atlanta's northern suburbs has swung from a safe, iconic Republican House seat to a near-lock for Democrats — a startling shift illustrating how far President Donald Trump and his party have fallen in the suburbs before the 2020 election.

Scoop: Biden's plan to assert control  —  If news organizations declare Joe Biden the mathematical president-elect, he plans to address the nation as its new leader, even if President Trump continues to fight in court, advisers tell Axios.  —  Why it matters: Biden advisers learned the lesson of 2000 …

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 …

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 …

Texas Republicans appeal after judge rejects bid to toss 127,000 drive-thru ballots  —  Texas Republicans again appealed a court order allowing drive-thru voting to continue in Harris County, Texas, with a late filing Monday evening.  —  Earlier in the day, a federal judge ruled …

Four GOP Campaign Chiefs Make Their Final Election Predictions.  They're as Divided as the Country.  —  They battled Donald Trump and lost.  Despite the polls, a couple of them think he could pull out a surprise win again.  —  Election Day is here—and with it, the chance to look very smart …

Judge limits Governor Newsom's powers during coronavirus pandemic  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California county judge on Monday preliminarily ordered Gov. Gavin Newsom to stop issuing directives related to the coronavirus that might interfere with state law.

Trump signals chaotic stretch after election  —  President Trump is signaling that Election Day could be followed by a stretch of uncertainty and chaos as a purge of top officials, legal challenges to election results and a potential resistance to a normal transition cloud the prospects …

Partisan differences in physical distancing are linked to health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic  —  Nature Human Behaviour (2020) Cite this article  —  Abstract  —  Numerous polls suggest that COVID-19 is a profoundly partisan issue in the United States.

Hope Dies Last  —  On Election Day we dare to believe the best of people.  —  My best friend and I have an ongoing disagreement about the nature of people.  It's too reductive to say that I think people are generally good and he thinks they are generally bad.

Flag-waving Trump supporters block California voting station with vehicle caravan  —  A caravan of President Donald Trump's supporters blocked access to a voting station in southern California.  —  The caravan paraded for 60 miles through Riverside County before arriving at a Temecula sports park …

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 …

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.

Election Day shadowed by threats of legal challenges  —  President Donald Trump says he's planning an aggressive legal strategy to try prevent Pennsylvania from counting mailed ballots that are received in the three days after the election  —  Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.

‘This is how democracy crumbles’: Melanie Campbell on the fight to defend Black votes  —  Melanie Campbell would love to be in Georgia, where a diverse coalition of activists has never been closer to flipping the state from red to blue.  Or Florida, her home state, one of the top battlegrounds in the fierce fight for the presidency.

Republicans publicly silent, privately disgusted by Trump's election threats  —  President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Gerald R. Ford International Airport, early Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Grand Rapids, Mich.  —  At rallies across the Midwest and Sun Belt swing states …

Abortion restrictions are on the ballot in Colorado and Louisiana  —  Voters in Colorado and Louisiana will weigh in on state ballot measures Tuesday that have the potential to chip away at abortion access.  —  Coloradans are considering Proposition 115, which would ban abortions after 22 weeks …

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 …

Joe Biden takes all 5 votes in tiny township that is one of the first to announce results on Election Day  —  (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden took all five of the votes cast for president in Dixville Notch, a tiny New Hampshire township along the US-Canada border that is among the first places …

Collision in Oakland: Move to defund police meets homicide spike  —  Inspired by Black Lives Matter, Oakland set a goal to cut its police budget in half.  But the reality is more complex, with support dwindling in neighborhoods most affected by police abuses.