The court’s action carried outsized importance because of Pennsylvania’s pivotal role in the upcoming presidential election.
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.
In Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Sarasota, St. Petersburg and many other Florida communities, voters lined up before the polls opened Monday.
Some people are still figuring out if they want a second term for President Trump. Fired-up voters can’t believe it, sometimes even exuding hatred for those who can’t decide. It wasn’t always this way.
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In a state where voters routinely vote across party lines, personal connections have long mattered. The 2020 gubernatorial contest is different, led by ad spending and partisan identity, centered on President Trump.
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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.
Two U.S. officials reportedly met with intelligence chief in rare high-level talks and discussed Austin Tice, abducted in Syria in 2012.
Saeb Erekat, the longtime public face of senior Palestinian leadership, tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this month. He is on a ventilator in an Israeli hospital.
China delivers diatribe against U.S. climate policies
The man confessed to espionage, including spying on Arab dissidents, a Turkish official said.
Rules published Friday either strongly discourage or ban practices that many agencies have adopted, stressing management’s “sole and exclusive” authority to choose a penalty.
Officers Alejandro Amaya and Lucas Vinyard were arraigned on an indictment handed up last week, then released on bond.
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.
There could be some late-night fog in spots. Temperatures head deeper into the 70s tomorrow.
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.
China reported third-quarter growth figures that will probably make it the only country to grow, rather than contract, in 2020.
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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.
