Politics

Wisconsin cannot count mail ballots that arrive well after the polls close, under an order issued Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court, a defeat for Democrats in a battleground state, NBC News reports.

Nevada officials are fining a northern county and an airport a total of more than $5,500 for allowing a campaign event for President Donald Trump in September that drew thousands of people, despite a 50-person crowd limit over the pandemic.

The Senate on Monday voted to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.

The Palestinian foreign minister says an international peace conference is the only way to generate momentum to bring Israelis and Palestinians to negotiate a peace agreement

White House adviser Jared Kushner described Black America’s issues with inequality and racism in the country as “complaining,” during an interview Monday on “Fox & Friends.” “The thing we’ve seen in the Black community, which is mostly Democrat,” he said, “is that President Trump’s pol...

KinderCare Education, one of the nation’s largest providers of day care, says it is offering families a free day of care from now until the end of the year, including Election Day. The company has more than 1,500 centers nationwide.

A Boston man faced a judge Monday for allegedly setting fire to a ballot box in Copley Square over the weekend, police said. Boston police said they arrested Worldy Armand, 39, Sunday at around 10:50 p.m. and said he was the suspect in the incident, which resulted in 35 ballots being damaged — some of which cannot be used. The…

The 2020 campaign enters its last full week with both presidential candidates focusing on crucial swing states. Trump’s campaign is hoping for a big win in Florida, while Democrats are hoping to take back the midwest. Meanwhile, COVID continues to be a concern, with five people close to Vice President Pence, including his chief of staff, test...

Maryland voters lined up on Monday for a busy, record-breaking first day of in-person early voting in the state. The first early voters began lining up before dawn outside the Silver Spring Civic Center and elsewhere. This is a “pivotal election” and it’s important to recognize “the massive level of sacrifices that have been made by African America...

Amy Coney Barrett is headed to the Supreme Court.

President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden are zeroing in on the critical battleground of Pennsylvania

President Donald Trump is campaigning relentlessly heading into the election’s final week.

With eight days before Election Day, more people already have cast ballots in this year’s presidential election than voted early or absentee in the 2016 race as the start of in-person early voting in big states led to a surge in turnout in recent days.