Democracy Dies in Darkness
Career employees have come under siege as a president and his political appointees have attacked bureaucrats they view as resistant.
Wynnton Mott, 19, center, and Faith Ocoko, 19, right, vote early in Madison, Wis. (Lauren Justice for The Post)
Data on early voters and recent polling suggest eligible voters under 30 could break their historic 2008 turnout, when it peaked at 48 percent when Barack Obama was elected.
The Energy 202Analysis
It's part of an October push to appeal to the youngest bracket of voters.
Heritage Hall in Leesburg, Va., with more than a dozen covid-19 deaths, was issued a $5,000 fine for not separating residents in a common area. (Michael S. Williamson/The Post)
All told, nursing homes that received a clean bill of health earlier this year saw about 290,000 coronavirus cases and 43,000 deaths among residents and staff, state and federal data shows.
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Losing Control
Once, a handful of cartels focused on moving narcotics to the United States. Now they’ve splintered into perhaps more than 200 groups preying on Mexicans and reaching deeper into local governments and communities.
Analysis
Recent growth in the U.S. economy relied on one-time purchases of items such as cars, decks and dishwashers. That’s unlikely to last.
While the crusading journalist claimed “censorship,” his former editors accused him of trying to publish unsupported innuendo.
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A Black woman running for mayor wants Portland to reckon with its racist past
Teressa Raiford, the founder of the non-profit "Don't Shoot PDX," is a write-in candidate for Portland's mayoral election on Nov. 3.
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Jennifer Lopez was excluded from consideration for a government advertising campaign because she criticized President Trump’s immigration policies during her Super Bowl performance. (AP)
Jennifer Lopez, Judd Apatow and George Lopez were among those who did not make the cut because of their political views, according to documents obtained by Democratic House lawmakers.
Christie was fooled into making a video for Cameo, a service that allows users to hire celebrities to create short personalized clips, by the campaign of Montana gubernatorial candidate Mike Cooney (D).
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In this edition: The 2024 campaign kicks off, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) talks, and new swing-state polls show Democratic nominee Joe Biden entering the weekend ahead of President Trump.

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Biden is leading (+10) the national polling average.

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Biden

53%

Trump

43%

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Average of national polls since Oct. 12 that meet Washington Post standards for transparency and quality. Includes polls by CNN, Economist-YouGov, NBC-WSJ, PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist, SurveyMonkey-Tableau and Quinnipiac University.

The report concluded that the party did not adequately address anti-Semitism within its ranks during Corbyn’s time at the helm.
The Trump administration announced its latest sanctions against Iran, likely to be the last before the U.S. elections, and moved for the forfeiture of Iranian weapons bound for Yemen.
Police work near the Notre Dame church in Nice, France, after Thursday's attack. (AP)
The attack comes less than two weeks after a gruesome beheading related to cartoons deemed sacrilegious to some Muslims.
After military clashes between the countries broke out last month, fast-food franchisees began to weigh in — on behalf of Azerbaijan.
The island never went into lockdown, which experts say was due to its swift response, widespread mask use and close tracking of cases.
Falwell, who resigned in August as president of the evangelical school founded by his father, alleges that the university accepted without verification what he called false statements made by a man who had an affair with Falwell’s wife and attempted to extort the couple.
Some police chiefs had pushed back against a ban on the cameras. But personnel from the FBI and other federal agencies still will not use body cameras at any time.
Jenifer Hitchcock, who teaches AP Government, has avoided this year’s partisan disputes in the presidential race and focused on process and responsibilities. (Matt McClain/The Post)
The world’s largest retailer said customers can continue to buy firearms on request.
Leanza Cornett1971-2020
At a time when AIDS was considered a terminal illness and HIV-positive people faced discrimination, Leanza Cornett made headlines for bringing her pro-condom message to schools.
The average is the highest in the region since Aug. 8 and mirrors a national increase.
It may be too late to return ballots by mail because of Postal Service delays, said officials in Maryland and D.C. and Virginia’s Fairfax County. 
Claudia Gordon is a disability rights advocate who recently left Gallaudet University's Board of Trustees over allegations of racism. (Marvin Joseph/The Post)
The recent departures of two officials and a summer of protests over racial justice has spurred the private school into action. Some question how long the commitment will last.
Zeta is moving out of the picture, but a little system on its heels keeps us unsettled into tomorrow.
From a dog-friendly cemetery to nearby hiking trails, Mass Ave has a little bit of everything.
Virtual film festivals, trivia nights, concerts and poetry slams offer an escape for everyone staying at home.
A trio of outdoor art installations confront the urgent social movements roiling the country.
The collective shrug from analysts highlights the depths of investor faith in the iPhone maker and its CEO, Tim Cook.
(Jovelle Tamayo for The Post)
Pandemic-fueled online shopping, coupled with the expected crush of holiday sales, has led Amazon to add 400,000 jobs this year.
Perspective
Everyone is struggling at work in the pandemic, child-free workers and parents, and it’s time to recognize that we are all stretched too thin.
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D.C. United is in the early stages of the search and the discussions with Ellis, the former USWNT coach, were informal.
NFL Week 8
The Giants, who face Brady and the Bucs on Monday night, are 0-4 against teams with a winning record this season and 0-3 against the spread at home.
Jack Hoffman, 7, takes the field with the Nebraska football team in 2013. (Ryan Soderlin/Omaha World-Herald/AP)
Jack Hoffman’s battle with brain cancer drew national attention when Nebraska football players helped the 7-year-old score during the team’s 2013 spring game. Now Jack's father Andy, who recently published a book about his son, is facing brain cancer as well.
Perspective
We've never had a sports whirlwind like the one we just completed. But something was missing.
Cornhuskers fans are seeing big red after the Nebraska-Wisconsin game was canceled. 
Brandy performs at the Billboard Music Awards on Oct. 14 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Christopher Polk/NBC/AP)
After an eight-year stretch between albums, R&B singer Brandy is a household name again.
Perspective
The master storyteller, who died Wednesday at 81, was one of the greatest saloon poets of the 20th century.
What might have been an earnest historical novel about the labor movement is transformed by Walter’s irresistible voice and characters.