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The seven political states of Texas
Democrats hope a swing toward them in urban and suburban areas can overwhelm Republicans' strength with the state's many rural, White, conservative voters.
Candidates, debate organizers push ahead with in-person events despite public health concerns
The vice-presidential debate is on track for Wednesday after 11 cases traced to preparations for the first presidential debate in Ohio.
Biden tests negative for coronavirus, campaign says
The Democratic presidential nominee’s operation had not previously been providing details about each test.
Positive tests for senators raise doubts about fast-track confirmation of Trump’s Supreme Court choice
In a statement to The Washington Post, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer demanded that all members of the Judiciary Committee be tested before participating...
A pandemic, a crushed economy, racial protests and now a president with coronavirus
In America’s annus horribilis, Trump’s illness puts the uncontained coronavirus back to the forefront of the presidential campaign.
N.C. Democratic challenger apologizes for intimate texts to a woman who is not his wife
Cal Cunningham said he would remain in the race against Sen. Thom Tillis (R), one of the most closely-watched contests critical to majority control of...
Rose Garden ceremony attendees who tested positive for coronavirus
Several people who attended an event for the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett at the White House on Sept. 26 have tested positive...
Supreme Court opens new term at the center of America’s bitter political divide
Already swamped with emergency lawsuits over the voting process, the court also faces the prospect of having to decide November’s presidential election.
White House provides confusing and incomplete answers about Trump’s health as president says he is ‘feeling well’
The questions raised by the news conference and subsequent comments from White House aides further fueled a credibility problem that has plagued the White House...
Their president is hospitalized, but that hasn’t changed their view of the coronavirus
President Trump’s most avid supporters react to his illness with a fatalistic shrug, and his campaign rolls on.