The Senate majority leader’s remarks to the White House show the raw political calculations both parties are making two weeks before the election.
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Dozens of allegations of possible voter intimidation and improper campaigning have marked the early days of voting.
A poll worker in Memphis was fired last week after interfering with early voters who wore T-shirts and masks with slogans supporting Black Lives Matter, according to a Shelby County election official.
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The agency sent the letter in response to a demand from Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) after Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe disputed the idea that Russia orchestrated the discovery of a computer that may have belonged to Joe Biden’s son.
Some have questioned whether the government is going too far with its crackdown — conducting raids, threatening deportations and targeting organizations with tenuous connections to Paty’s beheading.
At stake in the lawsuit is no less than the power and political willingness of Washington to watch over Silicon Valley, putting to the test whether century-old federal antitrust rules are sufficiently powerful to keep the country's technology giants in check.
The grand jury did not agree with prosecutors that the officers who shot Taylor were justified or that wanton endangerment charges were the only charges that should be brought in the case, the juror said.
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The Senate seats in danger of flipping parties this election. Facebook and Twitter struggle to tackle disinformation ahead of the election. And a Black man speaks out after his image was used for fake pro-Trump Twitter accounts.
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Obama hits the campaign trail for BidenFormer president Barack Obama is campaigning for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Oct. 21 in swing state Pennsylvania.
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With just 13 days to go until Election Day, there's been a surge in early voting, especially in battleground states and among new voters.
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Tom Bossert also fears Trump won’t level with Americans about such interference.
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Sen. Cory Booker brought his colleagues a simple sermon: “The only thing that heals this body is what I call a revival of civic grace.”
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National polling average
Biden is leading (+11) the national polling average.
Biden
54%
Trump
43%
Average of national polls since Oct. 4 that meet Washington Post standards for transparency and quality. Includes polls by CNN, Economist-YouGov, Fox, PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist, Pew, Post-ABC, NBC-WSJ and SurveyMonkey-Tableau.
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The central bank’s efforts to keep the economy afloat are undermining the long-term future of the U.S. pension system.
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