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.

“Law & Order” in Donald Trump's America  —  A sorry study in contrasts.  —  THE WHITE HOUSE IS SEEN BEHIND A LINE OF PARK POLICE OFFICERS WEARING RIOT GEAR AS THEY PUSH BACK DEMONSTRATORS OUTSIDE OF THE WHITE HOUSE, JUNE 1, 2020 IN WASHINGTON D.C., DURING A PROTEST OVER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.

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.

I'm Here To Remind You That Trump Can Still Win  —  A 10 percent chance isn't zero.  And there's a chance of a recount, too.  —  It's tempting to write this story in the form of narrative fiction: “On a frigid early December morning in Washington, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 …

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 …

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.

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 …

Vladimir Marugov murder: Russian ‘Sausage King’ killed in sauna with a crossbow  —  A Russian oligarch, nicknamed The Sausage King, has been murdered with a crossbow, investigators say.  —  Vladimir Marugov and his partner were in an outdoor sauna when they were attacked, reportedly by two masked assailants.

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.

A decades-long blue wave  —  Young voters, projected to turn out overwhelmingly for Joe Biden, could provide a huge advantage for Democrats not just this for this election, but for decades to come.  —  Driving the news: Pollsters and political scientists have been poring over two new reports …

It's the End of an Era for the Media, No Matter Who Wins the Election  —  Trump made the legacy media great again.  Here's what's next for them.  —  There's a media phenomenon the old-time blogger Mickey Kaus calls “overism”: articles in the week before the election whose premise …

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.

Doctors Begin to Crack Covid's Mysterious Long-Term Effects  —  Severe fatigue, memory lapses, heart problems affect patients who weren't that badly hit initially; 'It's been so long'  —  Nearly a year into the global coronavirus pandemic, scientists, doctors and patients are beginning …

Man thought people were stealing Donald Trump signs; three shot  —  Three people were shot late Saturday in North Topeka after a man confronted people he thought had been stealing signs promoting the campaign of Republican Presidential incumbent Donald Trump, a Topeka police supervisor said Sunday.

Biden will win Nevada, blue wave should help down ballot  —  Election signs outside of the Washoe County Registrar of Voters Office on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020.  (Trevor Bexon/The Nevada Independent)  —  It's not impossible for President Donald Trump to win Nevada.

Sacha Baron Cohen, Propagandist  —  CIA contacts, a web of lies, and a robust propaganda operation.  It's time to start asking questions about Borat's methods—and his goals.  —  Ayman Abu Aita is a family man.  For years, he was a grocer by trade, running his shop in Bethlehem while serving …

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.

Speaker Pelosi reveals the plan for investigating Trump's abuses of power  —  Scott speaks with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) about what's next for the House's investigation of Donald Trump over his administration's failed coronavirus response has killed over 235,000 Americans.

Swing State Poll Finds No Late Shift in Presidential Race  —  In 2016 election, many pollsters missed 11th-hour shift among undecided voters toward Trump  —  WASHINGTON—Support for President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden in a group of battleground states has remained unchanged in recent days …

Gross campaign, Anti-Defamation League call on Sullivan to remove ad seen as anti-Semitic  —  An ad from Sen. Dan Sullivan's campaign came under fire over the weekend after several organizations called it anti-Semitic.  —  The ad shows Sullivan's challenger, Al Gross, holding a bunch of money, and standing behind a pile of $100 bills.

The 2 big bets that will decide Florida  —  Democrats outnumber Republicans in Florida.  But Republicans have more high-propensity voters.  —  POLITICO animation  —  MIAMI — The presidential contest in the nation's tightest swing state, and perhaps the entire race for the White House, ultimately comes down to two big bets.

Trump lashes out after FBI announces investigation of Biden bus incident  —  President Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out at the FBI after the agency said it was investigating reports that a caravan of the president's supporters harassed a bus belonging to Joe Biden's campaign.

Witnesses describe clash at Lee Circle between caravan of Trump supporters and a crowd of opponents  —  Tempers flared Sunday as a “Trump train” of cars tried to pass Lee Circle along Monument Avenue and clashed with opposing protesters, drawing a police presence that blocked off the area to traffic.

Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin Set to Flip in U.S. Election  —  Ohio remains too close to call, while there is little danger for the Democrats in Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey and New York.  —  Democratic nominee Joe Biden holds the upper hand over Republican incumbent Donald Trump …

How Trump Could Attempt a Coup  —  The Biden team is preparing for the worst.  Here are three possible scenarios.  —  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.

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 …

The wealthy rush to shield their assets from Biden  —  High-net-worth Americans are busy setting up trust funds, giving large gifts to heirs and philanthropies, and even selling family businesses as they brace for the tax hikes a Biden presidency might bring.

This Place Has Picked Every President Since 1952.  Is Its Streak About to End?  —  Dear Washington,  —  You know what they say: “As Valencia County goes, so goes the nation.”  —  What?  You've never heard that?  You've never even heard of Valencia County?  —  Well, I suppose that's not altogether surprising.

QAnon received earlier boost from Russian accounts on Twitter, archives show  —  (Reuters) - Russian government-backed social media accounts nurtured the QAnon conspiracy theory in its infancy, earlier than previously reported, according to interviews with current and former Twitter executives …

Trump's Paris agreement endgame is here  —  On Nov. 4, the U.S. will have bailed (pretty sure that's the precise diplomatic term) on the Paris climate agreement, but the date's significance depends almost entirely on what happens a day earlier.  —  Driving the news: Wednesday marks a year since …