A U.S. coronavirus surge just before Election Day has exposed a clear split between President Trump’s bullish embrace of a return to normalcy and top government health officials’ urgent public warnings.
An unprecedented convergence of three crises that disproportionately affect people of color — the coronavirus pandemic, joblessness and police brutality — has led many to believe this presidential election is a referendum on race relations in America.
AP Explains: A shift to mail voting is increasing the chances that Americans will not know the winner of the 2020 presidential race on election night. But that doesn’t mean the results will be flawed or fraudulent.
ROAD TO 270: President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden each has a path to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House. Biden’s is appreciably wider. #Election2020
Trump won Pennsylvania by 44,292 votes out of 6.1 million cast in 2016. A Democratic surge of votes in cities and suburbs could quickly erase that narrow lead.
Polls show Trump consistently trailing Joe Biden in the state. #AmericaDisrupted
In a 5-3 order, the Supreme Court refused to reinstate a lower court order that called for mailed ballots to be counted in Wisconsin if they are received up to six days after the election.
Democrats argued that was needed because of pandemic challenges.
BREAKING: The U.S. Senate has confirmed Amy Coney Barrett as a Supreme Court justice, solidifying the court’s rightward tilt just days before the election. apne.ws/Yzy8a71
President Trump's choice to fill the vacancy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg potentially opens a new era of rulings on abortion, the Affordable Care Act and even his own election. Monday's vote was the first in modern times with no support from the minority party. apne.ws/JHnmCzH
"I will do my job without fear or favor": Amy Coney Barrett, at White House ceremony, takes first of two oaths to join Supreme Court. apne.ws/YaTbNIR