Oct 27 WATCH: Pence speaks at campaign rally in Wilmington, North Carolina By Associated Press On Saturday night, the White House confirmed that Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, Marc Short, had tested positive for COVID-19, after the news of Short's diagnosis dribbled out. Continue reading
Oct 27 WATCH: Joe Biden holds campaign event in Atlanta By Will Weissert, Alexandra Jaffe, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press Joe Biden is going on offense in the final week before Election Day, heading Tuesday to Georgia and planning travel that may put President Donald Trump on defense in other states he won four years ago. Continue reading
Oct 27 Thai students aim for ambitious political change By Grant Peck, Chris Blake, Associated Press The protesters have three main demands: They want Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s resignation; changes to a constitution that was drafted under military rule; and, most controversially, reforms to the constitutional monarchy. Continue reading
Oct 27 WATCH: Trump holds rally in Lansing, Michigan By Associated Press During his final week of campaigning Trump will charge through nearly a dozen states, overlooking a surge of coronavirus cases in the U.S. and a fresh outbreak in his own White House. Continue reading
Oct 27 Barrett sworn in at court as issues important to Trump await By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Amy Coney Barrett was formally sworn in Tuesday as the Supreme Court's ninth justice, her oath administered in private by Chief Justice John Roberts. Continue reading
Oct 27 WATCH: Obama campaigns for Biden in Orlando By Associated Press Former President Barack Obama mocked President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying Trump "turned the White House into a hot zone."… Continue reading
Oct 27 Judge says U.S. can't replace Trump in columnist's slander suit By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press A federal judge on Tuesday denied President Donald Trump's request that he be replaced as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit alleging he raped a woman in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s. Continue reading
Oct 26 WATCH: Barrett sworn in as Supreme Court justice at the White House By Associated Press President Donald Trump hosted a swearing-in ceremony Monday for Amy Coney Barrett on the South Lawn of the White House, who was confirmed by a partisan Senate vote the same day. Continue reading
Oct 26 Supreme Court won't extend Wisconsin's absentee ballot deadline By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The justices on Monday refused to reinstate a lower court order that called for mailed ballots to be counted if they are received up to six days after the Nov. 3 election. Continue reading
Oct 26 WATCH: Barrett confirmed as Supreme Court justice in partisan vote By Associated Press A divided Senate is set to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Monday, giving the country a ninth justice Monday as Republicans overpower Democratic opposition to secure President Donald Trump’s nominee the week before Election Day. Continue reading