Trump accuses North Carolina of using coronavirus restrictions to hurt his re-election chances President Trump suggested that voters in North Carolina should test the state's election system by voting once by mail, then a second time in person. USA TODAY WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – President Donald Trump kicked off a campaign rally on Tuesday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to accuse the state's governor of using coronavirus restrictions to hurt his re-election chances in November. Election Day anti-voting message spray-painted on Kansas City's World War I Museum The entrance to the National World War One Museum and Memorial in Kansas City was marked with anti-voting messages on Election Day before voters arrived at the polls. The museum said that its stonework was defaced early Tuesday, which also serves as a polling location. "We are proud to be a polling location & condemn this attempt at voter intimidation," the museum said in a statement.
Biden picks Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge for HUD secretary, Tom Vilsack to lead Agriculture President-elect Joe Biden tapped Rep. Marcia Fudge to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development and former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack to serve as Agriculture Secretary, sources familiar with the decision told NBC News on Tuesday. Apple event on Sept. 15: Don't look for new iPhones just yet, analysts say Rumors initially suggested this event would focus on the iPhone 12 lineup, but now it appears that this event might unveil a new Apple Watch and iPad. Video Elephant Apple has traditionally introduced new products the week after Labor Day, and 2020 is no exception.
Protests Over Vote Count Sweep Through Minneapolis, Portland and Other Cities PORTLAND, Ore. — Calling on election officials to “count every vote,” protesters marched through the streets of several American cities on Wednesday in response to President Trump’s aggressive effort to challenge the vote count in Tuesday’s presidential election. In Minneapolis, protesters blocked a freeway, prompting arrests. In Portland, hundreds gathered on the waterfront to protest the president’s attempted interventions in the vote count as a separate group protesting the police and urging racial justice surged through downtown, smashing shop windows and confronting police officers and National Guard troops. In Phoenix, about 150 pro-Trump protesters, some of them armed, gathered outside the county recorder’s office where a closely watched count of votes that could help determine the outcome of the election was being conducted. Keely Varvel, Mr.
US Coronavirus: A vaccine could soon get the green light, but Americans need to stay vigilant to avoid 'unthinkable death toll,' expert says "We are in a totally unprecedented health crisis in this country. The disease is everywhere -- Midwest, West Coast, East Coast, North, South. Health care workers are exhausted, hospitals are totally full," former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told CNN Wednesday night.
Donald Trump boat parade draws hundreds in Pennsylvania: 'We are the majority and we're going to make some noise' Sunday’s events also included a road tour of Trump backers, and anti-hate rallies by anti-Trump demonstrators. A few hundred boaters doubling as Donald Trump voters crossed the channel between Lake Erie and Presque Isle Bay, honking horns, flying their blue “Keep America Great” flags and waving to the dozens of land-based MAGA backers who took in the spectacle from the South Pier. Vessels of all sizes, including personal watercraft, took part in Sunday’s event, which was organized by 19-year-old Greene Township resident Austin Detzel as a way to show support for Trump’s reelection campaign amid a campaign season curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s been happening all over the country and honestly I thought someone in Erie would have done this by now, but nobody did,” said Detzel, a Gannon University sophomore who rode a personal watercraft. “With COVID, there’s nothing to do anyway.
Ivanka Trump breaks Obama record on way to $35M-plus fundraising haul: reports Ivanka Trump, White House senior adviser and first daughter, has reportedly raised tens of millions of dollars for her father’s reelection -- even breaking former President Obama’s single-day fundraising record at a Texas stop in September. Last week – the final full week before the election – Trump, 39, raised $13 million at three California fundraisers and another in Detroit, The Hill reported. Within 9 fundraisers hosted by Ivanka Trump, she banked more than $35 million, a White House official told Fox News. Trump has also hosted more than 30 events (including rallies and question and answer sessions) since August, including at least 11 since last Sunday, according to Washington Examiner. Ivanka Trump, daughter and adviser to President Donald Trump, wears a protective mask as she greets supporters along a rope line after a campaign event Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, in Sarasota, Fla.
French President Emmanuel Macron tests positive for Covid-19 "The President of the Republic has been diagnosed positive for Covid-19 today," the statement from the Elysee Palace read. It said the president was diagnosed after he was tested "at the onset of the first symptoms." "In accordance with current health regulations applicable to all, the President of the Republic will isolate himself for 7 days. He continues to work and carry out his activities remotely." French Prime Minister Jean Castex will also self-isolate, his office said.
'Astonishingly risky': COVID-19 cases at colleges are fueling the nation's hottest outbreaks luck Communal living spaces and a younger population may be a contributing factor to new surges in COVID-19 cases on college campuses. USA TODAY About three weeks ago, the University of Mississippi started its fall semester, bringing students from around the country back to Lafayette County. Philadelphia election officials continue vote count as Trump tries to create chaos Philadelphia election officials continued to count mail-in votes on Thursday and Donald Trump’s campaign continued to try to create chaos. Pro-Trump supporters, organized by the powerful conservative group FreedomWorks, gathered throughout the day outside the Pennsylvania convention center in the heart of the city where workers have been methodically counting the city’s 358,257 mail-in ballots. They faced off with counter protesters who blasted music and loudly chanted that every vote should be counted.
Denmark extends lockdown; just 40% in France plan to get vaccine - as it happened 4h ago00:06 Thank you all for following tonight’s latest developments. You can keep up with the Guardian’s coverage of Covid-19 through our coronavirus keyword tag and our team in Australia but that’s it from me Nadeem Badshah. 5h ago23:43 A COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech is likely to be as effective for the elderly as it is for other adults, a senior official at the Brazilian biomedical institute conducting late-stage trials told Reuters. A house divided: As millions of Americans face evictions, others buy dream homes during COVID-19 The federal government CARES Act and various cities and banks are offering relief. Here's what you should know. USA TODAY