The Democratic nominee is focusing on COVID-19 in the final days of the election campaign, while the president downplays the threat during a visit to Arizona.
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Surge in early voting scrambles expectations for Election Day, as states head for record turnout
The massive turnout all but ensures the majority of ballots will be cast before Election Day for the first time.
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Republican former U.S. attorneys sign letter calling Trump ‘a threat to the rule of law’
The letter, signed by prosecutors appointed by every GOP president from Eisenhower to Trump, is the latest instance of Republicans backing Biden.
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In 1984, a Mainer cast the first-ever vote for Joe Biden for president
Keron Kerr said Monday she alone backed him at the Democratic convention because he wowed with his speech, his thinking and his smile.
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Joe Biden, Sara Gideon win mock elections in Maine schools
Democrats did well in the mock election exercise — a tradition in Maine schools — as students also chose incumbent Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden over their Republican challengers.
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Presidential debate is a chance for Donald Trump to generate momentum
President Donald Trump is openly contemplating the prospect of losing, while Democratic challenger Joe Biden is warning his supporters against overconfidence as the 2020 presidential election speeds into its closing days
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Trump, Biden go on offense in states they’re trying to flip
Both candidates are trying to make inroads in states that could help secure a path to victory, but the dynamics of the race are remarkably stable.
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Record avalanche of early votes nationwide transforms election
There have been extraordinary lines and hourslong wait times in Georgia, Texas and North Carolina as they’ve opened in-person early voting.
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Another poll shows Gideon leading Collins in Senate race
The poll by Portland-based Pan Atlantic Research gave Gideon a 7 percentage-point lead over the incumbent as the race heads into its final weeks.
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Fact-checking Hunter Biden’s alleged laptop and emails
An explainer on the New York Post’s Wednesday article based on emails purportedly obtained from a laptop that Hunter Biden supposedly left behind for repair in a Delaware shop in April 2019.