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.

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 …

Federal Judge Rejects Bid to Toss Texas Drive-Through Votes  —  A federal judge rejected a bid by Republican activists to invalidate 127,000 votes in the most populous county in Texas.  —  “For lack of a nicer way of saying it, I ain't buying it,” U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

The 2020 general election has arrived  —  President Donald Trump talks with reporters outside the White House.  He faces Joe Biden in the presidential election on November 3.  Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images  —  All you need to know for this crucial Election Day.  —  It's finally here.

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.

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 …

Supreme Court sides with activist DeRay McKesson in lawsuit over officer injured at protest  — The Supreme Court on Monday sided with the prominent Black Lives Matter activist DeRay McKesson, who is fending off a lawsuit from a police officer injured at a protest that McKesson attended.

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 …

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.

‘Like local terrorism’: Trump caravan roars into Marin City, angering residents  —  A caravan of flag-fluttering Trump partisans motored into the parking lot at the Gateway Center in Marin City on Sunday morning, with some members hurling racial epithets at bystanders in what is Marin County's …

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.

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.

Saudi crown prince girds for legal battle in a changing Washington over human rights allegations  —  Attorneys defending Saudi Arabia from lawsuits by 9/11 families will represent Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against allegations in Washington that he targeted a former top Saudi intelligence official …

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 …

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.

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.

Donald Trump wins on the economy  —  Is this the single greatest and fastest comeback from a recession in our history?  A strong case could be made that it is with the recent news that national economic output soared to the highest rate in more than seven decades.

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.

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 …