World / Politics Oct 24, 2020
Trump and Biden lawyer up as they brace for White House legal battle
The campaigns of U.S. President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden are assembling armies of powerful lawyers for the possibility that the race for the White House is decided not at the ballot box but in court. They have been engaging in a ...
World / Politics Oct 24, 2020
Biden's debate pledge to ‘transition’ from oil puts climate at center of campaign finale
by Lisa Friedman
The comment gave President Donald Trump what his campaign saw as an enormous opportunity to blunt his opponent’s appeal to working-class voters.
World / Politics Oct 24, 2020
Trump launches intense campaign push as Biden hammers him on virus
Donald Trump launched an intense last-ditch re-election push Friday in Florida, insisting that COVID-19 is disappearing, while front-runner Joe Biden hammered his message that the president had abdicated responsibility for a pandemic that is actually surging. With 50 million people having already cast early ballots, ...
World / Politics | ANALYSIS Oct 23, 2020
Final U.S. election debate delivers brief interlude of normalcy in 2020 race
There were heated clashes between Trump and Biden on Thursday, but far fewer of the angry interruptions and crosstalk that made the opening debate nearly unwatchable.
World / Politics Oct 23, 2020
Biden punts on expanding Supreme Court, calling for panel on issue
by Charlie Savage and Katie Glueck
The matter took on new urgency after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died last month and Republicans rushed to fill her seat amid the election endgame.
Commentary / World Oct 21, 2020
A miserable 21st century: Poor America
by David Howell
What the U.S. is suffering from now, in acute form and in almost all its limbs and organs, is what great world powers throughout history have at some stage endured.
World / Politics Oct 20, 2020
Trump turns Anthony Fauci into campaign pawn, assailing him as ‘idiot’
by Mario Parker, Jordan Fabian and Josh Wingrove
Trump’s effort to disparage the scientist invites even more scrutiny of the president’s handling of the outbreak, already rated poorly by voters.
World / Politics Oct 20, 2020
Trump objects to 'mute' button in next Biden matchup, but debate will go on
Thursday's debate between U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will feature a mute button to allow each candidate to speak uninterrupted, organizers said on Monday, in a bid to avoid the disruptions that marred the first matchup. The Presidential Commission on Debates ...
World / Politics Oct 19, 2020
Trump and Biden go on offense in states they're trying to flip
Biden enjoys a significant advantage in national polls, while carrying a smaller edge in battleground surveys.
World / Politics Oct 18, 2020
Can Lindsey Graham lose South Carolina? A Senate upset is possible.
An epic political battle is cresting in South Carolina, where Sen. Lindsey Graham, a presidential ally, is neck-and-neck with a Black challenger two decades his junior, raising Democratic hopes of snatching a Senate seat in Trump country. Outfundraised by Democrat Jaime Harrison, and glued to ...