All eyes continue to be on battleground states that will ultimately decide the election.
Author: Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows tests positive for COVID-19
Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows has the coronavirus over a month after the president’s own bout with the virus.
Trump’s doctor, without addressing past tests, says president no longer a risk for transmitting COVID-19
President Donald Trump’s physician said Trump is not a “transmission risk to others” in a memo released after he held his first public event.
Trump suggests that North Carolina voters should test mail-in system by trying to vote twice
The president seemed to encourage North Carolina voters to send in their ballot by mail, then show up to vote in person as a test.
Report: New York tenants were not aware they would be featured at the Republican National Convention
The tenants were interviewed by a HUD official, they said. The RNC was criticized for blurring the lines between the government and partisan politics.
Here’s why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez nominated Bernie Sanders during the Democratic National Convention
Many were confused when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez nominated Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday, but her speech was part of convention procedure.
Sen. Tom Cotton under fire for comments on slavery, attacks on NYT’s 1619 Project
Many saw Cotton’s remarks as an endorsement of the idea that slavery was a “necessary evil.” He says he was only stating what the founders believed.
30 years after the ADA, access to voting for people with disabilities is still an issue
As the coronavirus makes the safety of voting in person uncertain, advocates are even more concerned about disabled Americans’ access to voting.
Trump’s ex-chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says U.S. has ‘inexcusable’ problems with COVID-19 testing
Trump’s former acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney broke from the administration’s stance in an op-ed that criticized coronavirus testing.
Trump asks Treasury Department to review universities’ tax exemption over ‘Radical Left Indoctrination’
Trump’s call to review the status of universities comes the same week he suggested revoking funding from schools that don’t reopen amid the pandemic.