Biden and Trump’s first debate was a fiasco, where Trump was “nothing short of a horror show,” standing by white supremacists and actively sowing doubt about election integrity. / USA Today, The Washington Post, The New York Times See also: Trump highlighted his hunger for a rushed, election-eve vaccine
More than one million people worldwide have now died from COVID-19, and many regions are still reporting surges of new infections. / BBC Of the one million deaths, one in five victims was an American. / The Washington Post See also: Based on an average over the past month, more than
Twenty-one states report increased COVID-19 cases as experts warn of a fall surge. / CNN An interactive model lets your neighborhood become the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. / The Washington Post An org chart of Operation Warp Speed shows a highly structured organization in which
The White House is expected to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to fill fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. / The Washington Post Operation Warp Speed is the White House's best attempt at fighting coronavirus. Trump can't seem to help
Senate Republicans, including McConnell, dismiss Trump's refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses. The Senate also passed a resolution reaffirming its support for such a transition. / NBC News, The Hill Letters from presidents to their successors show what a peaceful transfer of power
A large genetic study shows the coronavirus mutating and potentially evolving amid its rapid spread in the United States. / The Washington Post Johnson & Johnson says it has made advancements with its potential Covid-19 vaccine and hopes to know its efficacy by the end of the year. / The New
France and Spain, currently Europe’s hardest-hit countries, are tracking a rise of coronavirus cases even worse than their springtime peaks. / Vox Over the weekend, multiple states including Wisconsin, North Dakota, and Utah experienced a record number of new daily cases. / Esquire Charting the pandemic over the next 12
The CDC has now reverted its guidance on COVID-19, removing language added on Friday stating the virus can spread through the air. / CNN What we've learned over the past six months of the pandemic: You don't need to disinfect your groceries, but you do need
Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at 87. / The Washington Post Ginsburg in 2004: "My heritage as a Jew and my occupation as a judge fit together symmetrically. The demand for justice runs through the entirety of Jewish history and Jewish tradition." / The Washington Post Ginsburg
A new allegation accuses the President of the United States of sexual assault, increasing the tally to at least two dozen. / The Guardian Related: Trump's former lawyer says Trump hit on his 15-year-old daughter in front of him. The daughter, Samantha Cohen, told her version to
