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The end of democracy? To many Americans, the future looks dark if the other side wins.
Heading into Election Day, partisans view each other not just as opponents, but as ‘deeply evil,’ supporters of either catastrophic socialism or devastating totalitarianism.

The secretaries of state and election officials you may be hearing about after Election Day
As heads of their state’s election offices, these officials -- who tend to be relatively unknown compared to other statewide officials -- are in charge...

Pelosi says she will seek another term as House speaker
Pelosi’s commitment underscores Democrats’ confidence that they will be able to retain their majority in the House after Election Day.

Barrett nomination clears Senate hurdle, putting her on course to confirmation to Supreme Court
The Senate is poised to vote on confirmation of the conservative jurist Monday night, and she could be sworn in as early as Tuesday for...

Trump privately tells donors it would be ‘very tough’ for GOP to hold Senate
The president offered this pessimistic assessment as he said there were some GOP senators he didn’t want to help in their reelection bids.

Spurned by his own party, mocked by his opponent, Joe Biden has emerged more popular and close to winning a job he has wanted for decades
Events have pushed the election in the former vice president’s direction and away from a president who fuels fears and speaks of carnage. But can...

Biden relies on circumstantial evidence to blame Russia for release of data from what is said to be his son’s laptop
In Thursday's debate, Biden cited a letter from former U.S. intelligence officials to describe material released by Giuliani as a “Russian plant,” but the letter...

Biden, Trump sharpen messages with campaign stops in battleground states
President Trump voted "for a guy named Trump" in West Palm Beach and then had a trio of appearances in North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin....

Trump bets on a 2016 replay, but faces a changed landscape
President Trump is urgently repeating his tactics of 2016: big rallies, conspiracy theories, insulting nicknames. But the political landscape has shifted, and the effect may...

Trump’s historic assault on the civil service was four years in the making
The sweeping executive order strips job protections from employees in policy roles across the government.