The U.S. response is increasingly plagued by distrust, infighting and lethargy, just as experts predict coronavirus cases could surge this winter and deaths could reach 400,000 by year’s end.
Category: Politics
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Leader of company that flies Trump 2020 flag warns of layoffs if president isn’t reelected
The president of Orlando-based Daniels Manufacturing Corporation told employees in a letter that the company “could be forced to begin permanent layoffs” if Biden wins, WESH 2 News reported.
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Amid fears of Election Day chaos, one county prepares for anxious days after the vote
In Erie County, Pa., a crucial battleground in a critical swing state, the count could take days, and ‘nobody knows how everybody else is going to react, whichever way it goes.’
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Trailing in the polls and in fundraising, Trump clings to one marker as a sign of success — crowd size
The president has disregarded the pandemic dangers to stage large rallies as a show of strength and an ego boost after months of campaign stumbles.
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Election live updates: Biden campaigns in North Carolina; Trump visits Nevada, California
With a little over two weeks until Election Day, Biden and Trump are spending their Sunday wooing voters in key battleground states.
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Democrats’ stunning fundraising
In top Senate races, three Democrats beat the fundraising record set by Beto O’Rourke last cycle, and every Democrat outraised his or her GOP opponent — often by lopsided totals.
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The Trailer: What mattered in the record-smashing fundraising reports
In this edition: The meaning of the third-quarter fundraising hauls, the battle over drop boxes in California, and why Republican candidates are still circling to find the best Obamacare answer.
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‘My people fought for the right to vote’: With a surge of emotion, Black Americans rush to the polls
Black voters across the country are casting their ballots at the very first opportunity, calling 2020 the most important election of their lifetimes.
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Biden leads Trump. So did Hillary Clinton. For Democrats, it’s a worrisome campaign deja vu
Voters, party officials and campaign aides are caught between optimism and dread, the residue of seeing Clinton’s expectations of victory dashed.
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Texas is the most intriguing political state in the country this fall
Trump as president has accelerated trends that are weakening the Republican grip on the Lone Star State.
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As pandemic surges and economy stalls, Trump fails to live up to dealmaker image in face of partisan gridlock
Attempts to deliver a stimulus package have faltered as the president’s erratic approach to governing and Democrats’ eagerness to press a political advantage have repeatedly clashed.
