Democrats are second-guessing the decision to put Pennsylvania Senate nominee John Fetterman on the debate stage after a stumbling performance that put the spotlight on his condition after a stroke while playing to Republican Mehmet Oz’s strengths. 🧵 1/
thehill.com/homenews/campa… The state lieutenant governor’s auditory processing problems resulting from the stroke proved to be a major part of the debate just two weeks before Election Day. Fetterman had a number of awkward pauses and stumbles that are sure to be seized upon by the GOP. 2/👉

.@libradunn was thrown into the spotlight in the weeks following the January 6 Attack on the Capitol. He told @CheyannaMarie97 he was there for one reason: to hear the truth.🧵⬇️ The Capitol Police officer’s testimony before Congress detailed the horrors he faced on Jan. 6, 2021, from facing down the mob’s deluge of racial hatred to wondering if he’d make it home alive that night.

As the U.S. marks one year since pulling out of Afghanistan, Afghan women detail the perilous conditions they endure under Taliban rule with little help from Western countries, @Sarakshi reports. 🧵⬇️trib.al/ZtX9cJA One woman told The Hill she was in hiding due to her previous work with the U.S. government.

“The Taliban came to my father and told him they knew his daughter was working with U.S. ‘spies’. [They] don’t like women working with U.S. projects,” Fatima said. 2/➡️

House Republicans are not only forecast to win control of the lower chamber in November’s midterm elections, they’re also poised to bring with them a roster of new Trump loyalists. @emilybrooksnews and @RealMikeLillis report.🧵⬇️
thehill.com/homenews/house… A number of Trump loyalists have bumped off more moderate Republicans in the summer primaries — a list that grew longer this week with conservative victories in Florida and New York — while a number of other centrists are stepping into retirement. 2/ ➡️

The American West is experiencing its driest period in human history. @TheHill's new series - DRIED UP - kicks off with a piece on Lakes Mead and Powell, which are at the epicenter of the biggest Western drought in history, @BudrykZack reports. 🧵
thehill.com/policy/energy-… Nowhere is the Southwest’s worst drought since the year 800 more evident than Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the pair of artificial Colorado River reservoirs whose plunging levels threaten major water and power sources for tens of millions of people. 2/

The Department of Defense announced that U.S. forces had carried out a "successful" counterterrorism mission last night in northwest Syria. thehill.com/policy/defense… The operation targeted Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, who died at the start of the operation by blowing up himself and members of his family with a bomb.

In today's final installment of the "Forever" series (Part 4 of 4), The Hill reporters @sharonudasin and @rachelfrazin explore how past toxic exposure cases have informed #PFAS lawsuits (thread) hill.cm/AsyZwG5 Statutes of limitations have long been a central player in other toxic exposure cases. Toxic exposure cases also present unique difficulties that would not come about in other cases, such as a lawsuit regarding an automobile accident or even medical malpractice cases.

State-level laws pose hurdles for lawsuits seeking compensation for “forever chemical” #PFAS contamination, but some are trying to change that — however, such pushes have also met resistance, which has been particularly effective in GOP-led states. In Vermont, an official in the governor’s office coordinated with a lobbyist in “watering down” a bill that aimed to make polluters pay for health screenings, emails obtained by The Hill show.

It's election night and polls on the East Coast are starting to close, meaning results will start coming in shortly. Like this thread to follow along for updates on big race calls from every state. #Election2020 hill.cm/wTNrvec President Trump wins Kentucky in presidential race
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We are just two hours away from the first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Watch with The Hill at the link below, and like this thread to follow our pre-debate coverage: #PresidentialDebate2020

thehill.com/video/in-the-n… So what is expected to happen on the debate stage? Washington is bracing for an ugly and personal debate with both Trump and Biden expected to go after each other’s age, mental acuity and fitness for office. thehill.com/homenews/campa…

NEW: One hundred years ago, the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. In 2020, The Hill is paying tribute to 100 extraordinary women who are activists, elected officials, business leaders, entertainment giants and more. This is — Century of the Woman. From our Editor-in-Chief, Bob Cusack: “[Century of the Woman] is meant to highlight those whose stories have been glossed over, those who deserve recognition and those who are still contributing today.” hill.cm/ih6FT4X

Joe Biden: "We have a president who believes he's above the law. Pursuing the leader of another nation to investigate a political opponent to help win his election is not the conduct of an American president." hill.cm/FV4GQBD Joe Biden: "Denying Congress the information which it is Constitutionally entitled to and obstructing its efforts to investigate actions is not the conduct of an American president. It's an abuse of power." hill.cm/FV4GQBD

The third 2020 Democratic presidential primary debate is about to start. Here’s what you should know before 10 candidates square off in Houston:

First, who's taking the stage, and in what order? Who won’t be there? That and more (1/6) thehill.com/homenews/campa… A three-way clash between Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders is likely to dominate the debate. Here’s what strategists have said about Biden's approach. (2/6) thehill.com/homenews/campa…