Oct 27 How the AP calls races and what to expect on election night By Candice Norwood The coronavirus pandemic and a historic surge in voting early and by mail have sparked a number of questions about election night, among them: What will calling races look like, and when will we have results?… Continue reading
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: 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 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 Watch 7:11 Trump, Biden focus on Pennsylvania as race's final week dawns By Judy Woodruff, Kate Grumke, Alexis Cox As President Trump and Joe Biden enter the final week of the presidential campaign, COVID-19 is roiling the race again. At least five of Vice President Mike Pence’s staffers have tested positive for the virus, including one deemed a close… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch 8:57 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump's pandemic message, House outlook NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including President Trump’s and Joe Biden’s campaign strategies in battleground states, Vice President Mike Pence’s decision not to quarantine despite… Continue watching
Oct 26 COVID-19 deaths are rising again in the U.S., as experts feared By Lisa Marie Pane, Associated Press Average deaths per day across the country rose 10 percent over the past two weeks, from 721 to nearly 794 as of Sunday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Continue reading
Oct 26 WATCH: Trump campaign plans battleground state blitz despite mounting virus concerns By Zeke Miller, Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press President Donald Trump plans intensify in the final full week of the presidential campaign despite growing worries about the coronavirus nationwide. Continue reading
Oct 25 GOP slowly gaining as early vote total surpasses 2016 By Nicholas Riccardi, Angeliki Kastanis, Associated Press With nine days before Election Day, more people already have cast ballots in this year’s presidential election than voted early or absentee in the 2016 race as the start of in-person early voting in big states led to a surge… Continue reading