A Washington Post-ABC poll finds Joe Biden at 49 percent and President Trump at 48 percent among likely voters, with the economy buoying the president’s candidacy and Biden boosted by his potential handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
The president argued that the American people were no longer interested in taking precautions to prevent the coronavirus’s spread, even as the number of confirmed cases has been rising in most states.
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Gov. Ralph Northam (D), a Virginia Military Institute graduate, said the “culture is unacceptable for any Virginia institution in the 21st century, especially one funded by taxpayers.”
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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.
The Trump administration demanded a warhead freeze last week when it rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s offer of a one-year extension to New START.
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China delivers diatribe against U.S. climate policies
Officers Alejandro Amaya and Lucas Vinyard are charged in the 2017 fatal shooting of unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar.
Didi Elsyad, one of six Black students in her grade at Thomas Jefferson High School in Virginia, found confidence and self-love in her fight for diversity. But would the adults listen?
Lawmakers are set to establish new rules, including requiring scooter users to lock the devices to poles or bike racks after each ride.
A state is considered high-risk if its average number of new coronavirus cases is 10 or more per 100,000 people.
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich (D) said the government “simply cannot afford” the lost revenue during the pandemic.
A dreary start this morning should break through to a sunny and mild afternoon, with warmer weather moving in the next few days.
The president of Daniels Manufacturing Corp. told employees in a letter placed in their pay stub envelopers that the company “could be forced to begin permanent layoffs” if Joe Biden wins.
Hundreds of billions of dollars from the Cares Act remains uncommitted and may go unspent despite a scramble by White House to produce more aid.
Child labor among agricultural households in cocoa-growing areas of Ivory Coast and Ghana, the two primary suppliers, increased significantly between 2008 and 2019, according to the survey.
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The outfielder has Los Angeles in cheers, Tampa in fear and Boston in tears.
There are only so many ways to explain the October emergence of Randy Arozarena, the MVP of the AL Championship Series. Even his teammates are running out of them.
Bellinger said Monday his shoulder is feeling “pretty good” ahead of the World Series.
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The visiting Kansas City Chiefs moved to 5-1 with a 26-17 win over the Buffalo Bills in a rescheduled “Thursday Night Football” game.
Kyle Larson has "fulfilled the requirements set by NASCAR, and has taken several voluntary measures, to better educate himself so that he can use his platform to help bridge the divide in our country," NASCAR said.
