Scientific American announces 1st-ever presidential endorsement in magazine’s 175-year history

Scientific American announced it will be endorsing Joe Biden for president in its October issue, which will mark the first-ever presidential candidate endorsement in the magazine’s 175-year history

Massachusetts man puts up electric fence to protect Trump 2020 lawn sign

A Massachusetts man who has had several pro-Trump signs stolen from his front yard over the course of the summer erected a makeshift electrical fence around his latest sign in an effort to ward off potential thieves.

Harris, home in California, gets a look at wildfire damage

She didn’t mention President Donald Trump by name on Tuesday, but her remarks came a day after he visited California and again cast doubt on the science behind climate change.

Texas Supreme Court blocks Harris Co. Clerk from sending unsolicited mail-in ballot applications

Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins was planning to send the applications to all registered voters in Harris County. The Texas Supreme Court entered its order in response to a filing made earlier on Tuesday by Attorney General Paxton.

California wildfires raise fight over climate change ahead of Trump's visit

Trump is headed to McClellan Park, a former air base just outside Sacramento, California. California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said he would be meeting with Trump.

14 states ask federal judge to reverse changes at US Postal Service

A group of states suing over service cuts at the U.S. Postal Service is asking a federal judge to immediately undo some of them, saying the integrity of the upcoming election is at stake.

Twitter says it will label or remove misleading claims on election results

The new rule includes attempts at undermining people's faith in the process itself, such as false claims about election rigging or ballot tampering, or about the outcome of the election.

Judge: Texas voters must be notified of signature issues

In a ruling late Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia said the process used by Texas officials to determine whether someone's signature on a ballot envelope matched the signature on the person's vote-by-mail application violated "certain voters' constitutional rights."

Bob Woodward says Trump told him of COVID-19: ‘I wanted to always play it down’

President Donald Trump seemed to understand the severity of the coronavirus threat even as he was telling the nation that the virus was no worse than the seasonal flu and insisting that the U.S. government had it totally under control, according to a new book by journalist Bob Woodward.

South Lawn, Rose Garden under repair after White House stages RNC events

The White House South Lawn and its iconic Rose Garden are undergoing extensive re-sodding and other work after last month’s Republican National Convention turned them into a muddy mess.

Absentee ballot rejections could triple in battleground states

An Associated Press analysis of absentee ballot rejections found the number of ballots that could go uncounted this year in some key battleground states could be up to three times higher than during the last presidential election four years ago.