Trump weighs firing FBI director after election as frustration with Wray, Barr grows  —  President Trump and his advisers have repeatedly discussed whether to fire FBI Director Christopher A. Wray after Election Day — a scenario that also could imperil the tenure of Attorney General William P. Barr …

I Should Have Worn a Mask  —  It's not a partisan or cultural symbol, not a sign of weakness or virtue.  —  For seven months I was very careful about mask wearing, social distancing and hand washing.  As someone with asthma, I knew I faced heightened risk.

The Latest: Trump tells rally about ‘60 Minutes’ interview  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):  —  President Donald Trump is keeping up a public feud with “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl, who he says took him too seriously after he pleaded for suburban women to love him.

Armed guards at St. Pete early voting site told deputies they were hired by Trump campaign, election officials say  —  PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) - Two armed guards set up in a tent outside an early voting location in downtown St. Petersburg claiming to be with the Trump campaign …

FBI: Lincoln Project Never Trumpers Peddled Iranian Disinformation Meant To Help Biden  —  Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe and FBI Director Christopher Wray announced Wednesday that Iran and Russia are working to undermine the integrity of the 2020 election.

The news media helps Trump avoid the stench of death  —  As President Donald Trump heads into his final sprint to Election Day, nearly every news report notes that he is running behind in the polls.  Journalists aren't shying away from describing his wilder rhetoric as “studded with lies and falsehoods.”

Senate Democrats to boycott Barrett's Judiciary Committee vote Thursday  —  Senate Democrats plan to boycott Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett's Judiciary Committee vote Thursday in an act of protest, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday.

Supreme Court Blocks Curbside Voting In Alabama, An Option During Pandemic  —  The Supreme Court has sided with Alabama state officials who banned curbside voting intended to accommodate individuals with disabilities and those at risk from the COVID-19 virus.

Trump's Cash Crunch Constrains His Campaign at a Critical Juncture  —  With far less money that anticipated, campaign officials are scrambling to address a severe financial disadvantage against Joseph R. Biden Jr., producing something of an internal blame game.

Trump national security adviser says president will respect results of election  —  BATH, Maine — Robert O'Brien, President Donald Trump's national security adviser, said Wednesday that Trump would accept the results of the election if he loses on Nov. 3.  —  “If he loses, of course he will …

Ex-Spy Was Central to Project Veritas Hiring Effort, Testimony Shows  —  A British former intelligence officer was said to have recruited and interviewed potential hires as the conservative group sought to have former spies train employees.  —  WASHINGTON — A British former spy recruited by Erik Prince …

Inside the Week That Shook the Trump Campaign  —  Polls show that Trump has only partly recovered from his performance in the first debate and his management of the coronavirus at the White House  —  WASHINGTON—In the days after the first debate Sept. 29 between President …

My Wild 2 Weeks Inside the Trump Campaign Bubble  —  LAS VEGAS — Monday was a day of rage for Donald Trump.  —  He woke up at his Las Vegas hotel, a gold brick of glass on the edge of the Strip next to an abandoned lot, and was already in a foul mood.  The previous day he had seen a TV ad …

Fox News Poll: Trump gains in Ohio, Biden ahead in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin  —  Donald Trump holds a narrow advantage in Ohio, while voters in the three battleground states that put him over the top in 2016 prefer Joe Biden  —  How the campaigns are preparing for presidential debate changes

The Unseemly Urge to Excuse Jeffrey Toobin  —  CNN's Stelter Tells Reporter She's ‘Bitter’ after She Calls Out Media Double Standard on Hunter Biden Story  —  The New York Times Digs Into the Adoptions of Amy Coney Barrett's Children  —  FBI Reportedly in Possession of Hunter Biden's Laptop

Let's not mince words.  The Trump administration kidnapped children.  —  THE TRUMP administration's immorality, cruelty and bureaucratic malpractice in tearing migrant toddlers, tweens and teens away from their parents in 2017 and 2018 were the work of many co-conspirators …

Texas In Play: Biden And Trump In A Dead Heat, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; In Pennsylvania, Biden's Lead Returns To Single Digits  —  In the home stretch of the 2020 presidential election campaign, former Vice President Joe Biden is in a tied race with President Donald Trump in the reliably red state …

Sudan agrees to normalize relations with Israel -report  —  The report indicated that the formal and public announcement on the normalization of relations is expected to take place in the next few days.  —  Sudan has reportedly agreed to fully normalize relations with Israel …

Court ruling could block thousands of Iowa ballot requests  —  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A split Iowa Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a new Republican-backed law that could bar county elections commissioners from mailing absentee ballots to thousands of people who omitted information on their applications.

The Case Against Donald Trump  —  The president of the United States poses a threat to our collective existence.  The choice voters face is spectacularly obvious.  —  In 1973, a United States Air Force officer, Major Harold Hering, asked a question that the Air Force did not want asked.

North Carolina's mail-in ballot deadline extension upheld in federal court  —  A divided federal appeals court has upheld North Carolina's deadline extension for mail-in votes to be counted in the upcoming election, calling the measure a “common sense change” at a time when the U.S. Postal Service is inundated with ballots.

Trump's Attack on Fauci Is Unbelievably Idiotic  —  First the president got the pandemic wrong.  Now he's picking a fight with the guy who got it right.  —  Donald Trump has a long list of enemies.  In the course of his presidency, he has attacked the press, the FBI, the CIA, the military …