Surprise victories in the Midwest catapulted President Trump to victory four years ago, and the region again looms as the critical battleground. Both candidates are focusing on it in the final days. About one in 10 voters could still be considered “volatile,” half the number as at this point in 2016, but this time around, most of them have an unfavorable opinion of Donald J. Trump. White evangelicals have time and again offered uncompromising support for President Trump when he needed it the most. Hunter Biden’s business dealings have provided President Trump with plenty of political ammunition, while making an already complicated father-son relationship even more so. The coronavirus and battered economy are focal points in national campaigns. But in many local elections, systemic racism and police reform have emerged as dominant themes. Following Kanye West, 50 Cent and Ice Cube before him, the rapper faced criticism on social media after posting a seeming endorsement of the president. Children from Central America are being sent across the border to Mexico, where they may not have any family. An internal email said the transfers violated the government’s own policies. For weeks, the director of national intelligence has taken over a job usually done by an intelligence officer. The latest sell-off has come as a second wave of cases forced more lockdowns in Europe, threatening the economic recovery and spooking investors around the world. The real estate industry has long enjoyed uniquely favorable tax treatment — thanks in part to Mr. Trump’s actions before and after he became president. Make a stew for comfort, and a pie to restore you. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. In the swing state’s conservative retirement communities, some voters have switched sides. And some of them have reason to worry about what the neighbors might think. With just days left until Election Day, Michelle Goldberg and Ross Douthat are joined by the Time magazine columnist and senior editor of The Dispatch, David French. Current and former Trump administration officials are worried about what might happen on Nov. 4. To be in today’s Republican Party requires a particularly gross form of self-abasement. Something has to be done about the technology sector. Here’s what to keep in mind. America has become just as cynically transactional in its foreign dealings as Russia and China. In western Colorado, the election is about “not having the government think for us, the right to protect ourselves.” Trump unleashed our inner Scrooge. There are many parallels between 1860 and 2020. Let’s hope there aren’t too many. Many Americans have lost the comfortable bliss of not paying attention to politics. Toxic ideas can be turned into literal demons — and defeated. There will always be critics of a soccer super league, those who say the hurdles are too high, that it could never work. Except, of course, that one time when it did. Inspire Brands, backed by Roark Capital, is assembling a portfolio of quick-service restaurant chains it thinks will withstand the pandemic. M.L.B.’s owners voted to approve Cohen’s $2.4 billion purchase of the team, and New York City signed off on his taking over the lease of Citi Field. Suzanne Muscara, 38, sent a threatening letter to the senator’s home in 2018 after becoming upset with her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice, the authorities said. Statues of Christopher Columbus in Baltimore and a Union Army colonel in Madison, Wis., will be repaired. The actress and her husband pleaded guilty in May to charges that they conspired to have their daughters admitted to college as rowing recruits, even though neither participated in the sport. Once denounced by French leaders, the images are now defended across the political spectrum, widening a divide with Muslim nations and leaving many French Muslims alienated. A generation of young women in Egypt who have found their voice on social media are challenging the old rules that blamed women when they were attacked by men. British voters who opted in 2016 for leaving the European Union seem ready to move on from the president, who is widely disliked despite his cheerleading for that cause. The men used fake paperwork to steal more than 4,000 Prada, Gucci and Chanel items from a cargo area at the airport, prosecutors say. The Baltimore Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum both planned on selling works last Wednesday at auction, but Baltimore paused the sale after much criticism. Halloween will be the first blue moon visible in every time zone since 1944. Might be good to charge those crystals! More Recent Articles |
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