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Sorry, there will be no return to normalcy under Joe Biden
Biden becoming president will not make COVID-19 disappear and return the country back to normal. Just vote for whatever form of abnormal you prefer.
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"Biden becoming president will not make COVID-19 disappear and return the country back to normal. Just vote for whatever form of abnormal you prefer," writes Glenn Harlan Reynolds for @usatodayopinion.
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Twitter sticks 'misleading' label on Donald Trump's tweet about problems with mail-in ballots
President Donald Trump's tweet about "big" problems with mail-in ballots was labeled by Twitter as part of its pledge to stop election disinformation.
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Hours after Twitter announced it would preemptively debunk false information about voting by mail and election results, the tech company only waited about 30 minutes to put a label on one of the president's tweets.
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Ida B. Wells was driven out of Memphis in 1892. She might soon have her own statue there.
Ida B. Wells left Memphis, Tennessee, in 1892, forced to stay away from the city after threats were made on her life and her office was destroyed.
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Ida B. Wells left Memphis in 1892, forced to stay away from the city after threats were made on her life and her office was destroyed. Now, she might soon have her own statue there.
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'Totally irresponsible': Dems criticize Pence presiding over Amy Coney Barrett vote after aides contract COVID-19
"As vice president, I’m president of the Senate. And I’m gonna be in the chair because I wouldn’t miss that vote for the world," Pence said Saturday.
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News broke this weekend that Mike Pence's Chief of Staff, Marc Short, had tested positive for COVID-19.
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'No child should be away from their mom': Trump policies make it nearly impossible for refugees to come to US
The Trump administration has limited the number of refugees allowed into the country to 15,000 applicants. Thousands of their families are waiting.
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Across the United States, thousands of refugees are desperately waiting to be reunited with their children, parents, spouses and other siblings.
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Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who slammed Trump, to become first African American cardinal
Wilton Gregory would become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red cap.
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Pope Francis has appointed the first African American cardinal, Washington, D.C., archbishop Wilton Gregory.
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Fauci: Trump has not attended a White House coronavirus task force meeting in 'several months'
The infectious diseases doctor said the frequency of meetings has also "diminished" over time as the White House focused on the economy and reopening the country.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, said Friday that President Donald Trump has not attended a coronavirus task force meeting in "several months" and the meetings themselves have greatly "diminished."
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Fact check: What Trump and Biden got wrong in the final presidential debate
A team of fact checkers corrects false claims from Trump and Biden on COVID-19, Russia, minimum wage and more at the final presidential debate.
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Not only are COVID-19 cases up, so too are hospitalizations and deaths. However, during the debate, President Trump blamed the higher numbers on testing, which is not true. Extensive testing will identify more cases, but only if those infections exist. bit.ly/35kFaD2 pic.twitter.com/2aHZxIlKH6
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Trump’s campaign made stops nationwide. Coronavirus cases surged in his wake in at least five places.
A USA TODAY analysis shows county COVID-19 cases grew at a faster rate after at least five of Trump's rallies across three states since mid-August.
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As President Trump jetted across the country holding campaign rallies during the past two months, he didn’t just defy state orders and federal health guidelines. He left a trail of coronavirus outbreaks in his wake.
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'I here to defend America’s mayor': Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat pokes at Rudy Giuliani, Trump online
After Rudy Giuliani was caught in a compromising prank for 'Borat 2,' Sacha Baron Cohen's character is chiming in on him and President Trump.
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Borat has finally chimed in on Rudy Giuliani, "defending" President Trump's personal lawyer in a new video.
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19 women have accused Trump of sexual misconduct. Here's what their stories have in common.
Allegations of women who've accused Trump of non-consensual sexual contact share many details, from forced kisses to where it took place.
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Allegations of women who've accused President Trump of non-consensual sexual contact share many details in their own words, from forced kisses to where it took place.
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Though our analysis focused on 19 women who alleged physical contact, more women have alleged other inappropriate behavior of a sexual nature from Trump.
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Elect Joe Biden. Reject Donald Trump.
Our View: In 2016, we broke tradition in urging you not to vote for Trump. Now we're making our first presidential endorsement. We hope it's our last.
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USA TODAY’s Editorial Board is endorsing Joe Biden for president, an extraordinary step for @usatodayopinion, which previously had never endorsed a presidential candidate.
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Trump 'lock 'em all up' chant: Gov. Whitmer says it's inciting terrorism. Lara Trump says it's just rally 'fun.'
"He was having fun at a Trump rally," said campaign adviser Lara Trump of the chant while Gov. Whitmer called the president's rhetoric "dangerous."
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Trump aides said the "lock 'em all up" chants are only jokes, not to meant to threaten anyone.
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Trump retweets satirical news story about Joe Biden and Twitter
Trump likes to denounce alleged "fake news," but he retweeted a story Friday from a satirical news site Babylon Bee.
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The story was the from the Babylon Bee, a satirical news site. The motto on the Bee's Twitter page says: "Fake news you can trust."
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Herd immunity strategy endorsed by White House a 'ridiculous' way to stop COVID, say scientists — it will just kill people
Herd immunity, the idea that if enough people get a disease it will stop spreading, won't work for COVID-19, say scientists. Trump thinks it could.
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Critics said that instead of pushing for herd immunity, the Trump administration should promote public health measures known to be safe and effective.
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Johnson & Johnson pauses COVID-19 vaccine trial due to unexplained illness — the second US trial now on hold
The Phase 3 clinical trial was temporarily halted Monday because of an unexplained illness in one of the participants, Johnson & Johnson said.
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It is not known if the unidentified illness is related to the vaccine, but clinical protocols require a pause while it is investigated.
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'I’d wait for hours if I had to': Long lines greet voters on first day of early voting in Georgia
The computer failures that plagued the primary elections in June were again an issue in pockets of precincts. There also were reports of locations with too few workers.
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“This is the worst voting experience I’ve ever had,” one voter said, who had been waiting in line for about three and a half hours.
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Columbus Day: Trump accuses 'radical activists' of trying to undermine explorer's legacy in holiday proclamation
Trump used a typical White House holiday announcement to accuse "radical activists" of seeking to undercut Christopher Columbus' legacy.
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Advocates for Native Americans have sought to change the federal holiday to Indigenous Peoples Day, arguing that celebrating Columbus ignores the explorer's widespread use of slavery and genocide against indigenous populations.
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About 75,000 more Americans died from COVID-19 pandemic than reported in spring and summer, study finds
Other diseases, delayed care, fear of seeking care and emotional crises stemming from the pandemic may have contributed to excess deaths, experts say.
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The coronavirus pandemic may have caused tens of thousands of more deaths in the spring and summer than previously thought, a new study says.
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White House sends mixed signals on stimulus as Pelosi announces opposition to latest White House proposal
On Sunday, Pelosi told House Democrats, "we remain at an impasse" on stimulus negotiations.
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Any negotiated deal will have to pass through the Republican-controlled Senate, where members have expressed hesitancy at spending trillions of dollars on COVID-19 relief.
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