U.S.Business InsiderUSPS told its postal police officers to stand down, igniting concerns about mail-in ballot security and sparking another lawsuit against the agency
The USPS ordered its uniformed police officers to halt their patrol duties at the end of August, raising concerns about the security of mail-in ballots and sparking a lawsuit against the agency. "Why not wait until after the election to neuter the postal police," a union rep for the officers told The Wall Street Journal. The order came a day after Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testified to Congress that he would suspend sweeping changes until after the election following criticism they could delay ballot delivery.
U.S.USA TODAYVanessa Guillén, Fort Hood soldier who went missing in April, died 'in the line of duty,' Army says
U.S. Army officials announced Tuesday that Vanessa Guillén, the 20-year-old Fort Hood soldier who went missing in April, died "in the line of duty." "The Army conducts a line of duty determination for all Soldier deaths," Fort Hood officials said in a statement. The line-of-duty determination means that Guillén's family will receive Army benefits, such as compensation for expenses, the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance, allowances and a funeral with full military honors.
PoliticsThe WeekMcConnell reportedly warned White House against passing stimulus bill before the election
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has reportedly shut down all hope of passing a COVID-19 stimulus bill in the next two weeks. Discussions on the next relief bill have gone on for months with no actual results since the last package — and the boosted unemployment insurance that came with it — expired after July.
U.S.The IndependentJoe Biden supporter who was installing BLM sign arrested for allegedly shooting at passing Trump supporter and son
A father and son in a pickup truck waving a Trump campaign flag were shot at after honking at a Joe Biden supporter installing a Black Lives Matter sign, police allege. Douglas Kuhn, 50, is being held without bail for allegedly firing a shotgun at Neal Houk and son Bradly Lang in Maryland on Saturday afternoon. The judge hearing the case before Baltimore County District Court on Monday was furious that the current political climate had come to this.
PoliticsSalonSCOTUS mail-in voting ruling raises alarm: Democrats may “never win another national election"
A divided Supreme Court rejected a Pennsylvania Republican effort to curtail mail-in voting, but experts say the Democratic victory may be short-lived — and confirming Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett would be a "disaster for Democrats." With Chief Justice John Roberts joining the court's three liberals, the court split 4-4 to reject a request from Pennsylvania Republicans to block an order from the state's Supreme Court allowing mail-in ballots to be counted if they are received within three days of Election Day — even if they do not have a clear postmark. The tie left the state decision in place, which Democratic lawyers hailed as "great news for voting rights."
U.S.Miami HeraldRecord-setting catch of 110-pound catfish in Georgia has angler under fire. Here’s why
A fisherman who reeled in a 110-pound “monster” catfish in Georgia, setting a new state record, is also catching heat for the rare fish's death. The massive fish, hooked last week on the Chattahoochee River, is the largest ever blue catfish caught in Georgia, the state's Department of Natural Resources said Tuesday. Tim Trone, of Havana, Florida, took the prized catch to DNR for an official weigh-in this week, and the record was made official.
PoliticsThe IndependentTrump news – live: President walks out of CBS interview, cuts rally short and says ‘nobody wants me’
Donald Trump stormed out of an interview with Lesley Stahl of CBS's 60 Minutes being filmed at the White House on Tuesday, posting a clip of the reporter on Twitter shortly afterwards attacking her for not wearing a face mask and threatening to release his own cut of the “FAKE and BIASED” discussion before the network can broadcast its version. The president later attended a rally in Eerie in the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania at which he said there was “no way” he would have come to the area had the coronavirus pandemic not put his re-election hopes in jeopardy. We're going to win.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderMore than 50 former intel officials signed a public letter saying they believe the Hunter Biden story has 'all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation'
More than 50 former intelligence officials wrote a public letter Monday saying they were "deeply suspicious" that Russia could be involved with the dubious New York Post stories published recently about Joe Biden's son Hunter. In the letter, first reported by Politico, the former officials said they believed the information at the center of the stories had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation." "It is high time that Russia stops interfering in our democracy," the officials wrote.
WorldSalonElon Musk becomes Twitter laughingstock after Bolivian socialist movement returns to power
Elon Musk | Luis Arce claims victory and celebrates with supporters during a press conference following the general election of MAS Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images This article originally appeared [here on Salon.com] Tesla CEO Elon Musk became an internet punchline on Monday after the party of Evo Morales, a left-wing Bolivian president whom Musk intimated that America had every right to overthrow, was restored to power by the Bolivian people. The redemption at the ballot box of Morales' party, Movement Toward Socialism, was seen as a rebuke of the role of American elites in helping to oust Morales last year.
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Barack Obama to campaign for Biden in battleground Pennsylvania
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U.S.Miami HeraldA night of flirting at a Broward casino leads to man being drugged, robbed, deputies said
What started out as an evening of flirting with a woman at a Broward casino ended with him being drugged and robbed, deputies said. New details have come to light as deputies try to find the woman. On Sept. 11, a Georgia man met a woman at a Broward casino near Dania Beach, the Broward County Sheriff's Office said.
PoliticsThe IndependentIvanka Trump mocked for saying she's been using pandemic to learn guitar, as eight million fall into poverty
Ivanka Trump has been mocked for saying she is using the coronavirus pandemic to learn how to play the guitar, just a few days after it was reported that eight million Americans have fallen into poverty since May. During an interview on Monday, Ms Trump, 38, who serves as an adviser to her father, president Donald Trump, revealed she has started learning guitar over the last few months. For a lot of us during this pandemic, we've reconnected to some of life's simple pleasures — board games, for example.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderBiden's K-shaped tax plan: Earners under $400,000 could see tax cuts, but rates could spike to as high as 62% for richer Californians and New Yorkers
Joe Biden's tax plan would see the highest earners in California and New York City paying as much as 62% in combined federal and state taxes, while top earners in New Jersey could face a combined rate totalling over 60%. Top earners in New York state could pay slightly more than a 58% tax rate. These calculations from the Tax Foundation come as discussions related to taxes on the wealthy have picked up steam, with the election now just two weeks away.
U.S.USA TODAY‘Cheer’ star Jerry Harris was warned before child porn arrest by the owner of a gym featured on ‘AGT,’ lawsuit claims
Four months before his arrest for sexual exploitation of children, cheerleader Jerry Harris ditched his cellphone after a friend told him he might be under investigation, federal prosecutors say. Authorities have not named the person who warned Harris, saying only that it was someone who owns a gym. An amended lawsuit filed Monday claims the unnamed friend is Angela Rogers, co-owner of Cheer Athletics, a prominent cheerleading company whose Wildcats team competed this year on NBC's "America's Got Talent."
U.S.TheGrioTrump supporter launches furious rant at Starbucks barista
This week a Trump supporter went viral for all the wrong reasons after video surfaced of her yelling anti-Black Lives Matter rhetoric at a Starbucks barista in Santee, California. The clip – which was taken by a concerned customer – shows the agitated woman getting into a heated war of words with barista Alex Beckom, 19, after being politely asked her to wear the Trump 2020 mask under her chin, correctly over her face. Instead of leaving quietly, the woman then accused the coffee shop employee of discriminating against her for her political views as a supporter of the president.
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PoliticsMiami HeraldFlorida is voting early. Here’s how many Democrats and Republicans are showing up
Floridians braved the rain and fears of COVID-19 to head to the polls in record numbers Monday on the first day of early voting, with slightly more Democrats casting ballots in person than Republicans. A total of about 366,000 people voted: about 154,000 Democrats, 153,700 Republicans and 55,000 unaffiliated voters, according to data from the Florida Division of Elections. In the past, Democrats have generally had an edge in early voting.
WorldThe IndependentOutrage among Hindu groups as Kamala Harris's niece shares image of her photoshopped as goddess
Hindu groups in the US have expressed outrage at a morphed photo of the Hindu goddess Durga with Kamala Harris's face, after it was shared online by the vice presidential candidate's niece. Meena Harris, who has been very active on social media with support for her aunt Kamala for the upcoming election, said in a tweet which has now been deleted: “I am speechless, other than to say that the first day of Navratri was LIT.” Navratri is a nine-day Hindu festival, which is currently being celebrated, to worship the feminine deity Durga.
PoliticsSalonTrump's business appears to have cut Matt Gaetz a RNC hotel discount that went unreported to the FEC
The campaign to re-elect Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., a reliable ally of President Donald Trump, appears to have received a deep discount on lodging at Trump International Hotel in Washington during the Republican National Convention in August, federal records show. Such a discount would violate federal election law barring corporations from contributing directly to campaigns, according to campaign finance experts. Recent Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings show the Gaetz campaign made four separate payments, ranging from $216.20 to $261.47, for lodging at Trump's hotel on Aug. 27, the last of four nights of the convention when Trump gave his acceptance speech from the White House lawn.
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China denies report it may detain Americans
China's government is denying that it may arbitrarily detain foreigners in that country, following a media report that it had warned Washington it could detain Americans as a response to U.S. prosecution of Chinese scholars. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on Monday: "I have noted relevant reports. The U.S. claim that foreign nationals in China are under threat of arbitrary detention is playing the victim and confusing black and white.
LifestyleThe TelegraphTeenage metal detectorists dig up 1,000 year old coins in most lucrative haul discovered by minors
Teenage metal detectorists have dug up 1,000-year-old coins in what is thought to be the most lucrative haul discovered by minors. Separate discoveries by Reece Pickering, 17, and Walter Taylor, 16, unearthed a Saxon coin in a Norfolk field and a regal silver penny in an Essex field respectively. Reece was metal detecting with his father Jonny Crowe, 41, in August when he discovered the Harold II silver penny which dated back to 1066.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderMitch McConnell reportedly told the White House to refrain from striking a stimulus deal before the election
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has told the White House to refrain from striking a stimulus deal before the election, The Washington Post reported. McConnell said he thought a stimulus agreement would complicate the GOP's efforts to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court next week, The Post said. Many Republicans are reluctant to support a relief bill with a likely price tag ranging from nearly $1.9 trillion to $2.2 trillion.
U.S.The IndependentUS spies and diplomats accuse Trump administration of cover-up after mysteriously getting sick in Cuba, China and Russia
United States spies and diplomats have accused the Trump administration of refusing to investigate mysterious illnesses that happened to officials while abroad in Cuba, China and Russia, with some calling it a cover-up, the New York Times reported. Cases of a mysterious illness among Americans first were reported in Cuba in 2016. Officials reported hearing strange noises and felt symptoms of nerve damage and headaches.
PoliticsThe WeekTrump's campaign just reported $63 million in the bank. What happened to its $1 billion war chest?
President Trump's "sprawling political operation has raised well over $1 billion since he took the White House in 2017 — and set a lot of it on fire," The Associated Press reports. Late Tuesday, the Trump campaign said it entered the final month of the campaign with just $63 million in the bank, far less than the $177 million war chest Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden reported. Trump and his shared committees with the Republican National Committee, which jointly raised $1.5 billion since the start of 2019, entered October with $251 million on hand, versus $432 million for Biden and his joint committees with the Democrats National Committee, The New York Times reports.
HealthBusiness InsiderRush Limbaugh says he's living 'under a death sentence' after discovering his cancer had spread and became terminal
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said on his show Monday that his lung cancer had progressed to stage 4 and had become terminal. "The scans did show some progression of cancer," Limbaugh, 69, told his listeners, adding "it's not dramatic, but it is the wrong direction." Limbaugh announced in February he had been diagnosed with "advanced" lung cancer and was undergoing treatment.
“Until solar and wind power take more of the energy load, I like not paying an arm and a leg to heat my house.”
“It is imperative to ramp down greenhouse gas emissions as quickly as possible.”
“Any kind of ban on fracking would cause severe damage to our stressed economy.”
“Climate scientists are urging us to leave all fossil fuels in the ground so that they’ll never be burned. That includes natural gas.”
“Any immediate economic repercussions to the economy can be offset if oil-and-gas companies are made to pay their fair share.”