On political endorsement  —  A note from the publisher:  —  William Lewis is publisher and chief executive officer of The Washington Post.  —  The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election.  Nor in any future presidential election.

‘Washington Post’ won't endorse in White House race for first time since 1980s  —  Even though the presidential race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is neck and neck, The Washington Post has decided not to make a presidential endorsement for the first time in 36 years …

Playing It Safe Is Risking Democracy: Media's Silent Endorsement of Authoritarianism  —  I woke up this morning thinking about authoritarianism.  —  In his 2017 book On Tyranny, historian Timothy Snyder introduced the concept of “anticipatory obedience,” warning that “most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given.”

The Washington Post says it will not endorse a candidate for president  —  Publisher William Lewis explained the decision as a return to the newspaper's roots.  —  The Washington Post's editorial board announced Friday that it will not make an endorsement in this year's presidential contest …

Turbulence at the Times  —  Amid the current upheaval, the Los Angeles Times has notably refrained from publishing any coverage of the chaos enveloping its own newsroom … One day after opinion boss Mariel Garza resigned in protest of Soon-Shiong blocking the outlet's editorial board …

Ex-Trump aides emerge to back Kelly's harsh warnings  —  The letter from former White House officials comes as Harris is leaning into her closing argument that Trump is a threat to democracy.  —  More than a dozen former Trump administration officials on Friday came out in support of former chief …

Behind the Curtain: Dems fear they're blowing it … Trump and allied committees raised about half Harris' total, $92 million, from Oct. 1 to 16, the N.Y. Times reports this morning (gift link).  — And this is after Trump's cringy 40-minute onstage sway to '80s music, his threats to target …

Harris and Trump Deadlocked to the End, Final Times/Siena National Poll Finds  —  The electorate has rarely seemed so evenly divided.  The latest New York Times/Siena College poll found Harris and Trump tied 48 to 48.  —  Kamala Harris and Donald J. Trump are locked in a dead heat for the popular vote …

CNN Poll: Harris and Trump remain in a locked race and are tied heading into the final stretch  —  The race for the White House rests on a razor's edge in the final nationwide CNN poll before votes are counted.  The poll, conducted by SSRS, finds 47% of likely voters support Vice President Kamala Harris …

Exclusive: NASA head says report of Elon Musk talking to Putin should be investigated  —  The News  —  NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told Semafor's Burgess Everett Friday that a Wall Street Journal report about calls between SpaceX founder Elon Musk and Russian President Vladimir Putin “should be investigated.”

Stacey Williams says Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein ‘coordinated’ groping incident  —  Former model said of incident at Trump Tower in 1993: ‘I was rolled in there like a piece of meat in some kind of twisted game’  —  The former model Stacey Williams said she thought Donald Trump groped …