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Cover StoryHow Trump is moving heaven and earth to motivate evangelical votersGod is 鈥渙n our side,鈥� President Trump told Evangelicals. Their support is steadfast, but their numbers are shrinking as a share of the electorate.
First LookWhite House struggles with mixed messages on COVID-19As the virus cases grow, so has a chasm between the president and his public health experts, exposing the administration's challenge to find the balance between inspiring hope and diminishing fear against scientific facts.
Politics WatchWill Obama endorsements matter in November?Former President Obama is ramping up his 2020 engagement with down-ballot endorsements and more overtly political rhetoric in public. The Democrats are counting on him.
Rep. Karen Bass on women, politics, and this moment in historyThe head of the Congressional Black Caucus says she鈥檚 encouraged by the growing ranks of women in Congress. But the U.S. still has a way to go.
First LookSenate's new virus relief bill: Here's what they're deciding onThe Senate is slowly hammering out a new coronavirus relief package, and has agreed on loans for hard-hit businesses and $1,200 individual relief checks. But weekly jobless benefits, rent aid, and funding for state and local governments remain sticking points.
First LookDistrust haunts Black US voters: Go vote or use mail-in ballots?Many Black voters are concerned their mail-in ballots won't be counted, and plan to vote in-person on Election Day. Their fears are compounded by a history of being barred from the polls, and studies that show their mail-in votes are disproportionately rejected.
Cover Story19th Amendment: The six-week 'brawl' that won women the voteThe final ratification battle over women鈥檚 right聽to vote, in Tennessee, was deeply fraught 鈥撀燼nd it holds lessons for today.
FocusThe election is in 94 days. Will the results be seen as legitimate?A surge in mail-in voting due to the COVID-19 pandemic means results may not be known right away. Potential irregularities could further erode trust.
First LookPresidential election results could be delayed, but not by TrumpThere is no evidence to support mail-in voting as fraudulent, but Election Day results will likely be delayed because of the time required to count the votes. President Trump's suggestion聽of a delayed election was widely rejected by fellow Republicans.
How Portland protests became a campaign stage for TrumpPortland, Oregon, has been ground zero for a battle of perspectives, from the need for 鈥榣aw and order鈥� to signs of election-year calculations at work.
First LookNew chapter in DACA saga: US no longer accepts new applicationsAfter a monthlong silence, the Trump administration is firing back after its Supreme Court defeat on the DACA program: The U.S. will no longer accept new DACA applications. This year, 66,000 more children in the country would have been eligible to apply.聽
First Look'He was my leader': John Lewis to be celebrated in MLK's churchA service for Rep. John Lewis will take place in the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor. Dr. King's sermons inspired Mr. Lewis as a boy into a life of civil rights activism. Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush will attend.
Politics WatchWhither the White House in coronavirus negotiations?Releasing another COVID-19 relief bill this week, Republican senators dismissed many of the president's explicit goals. It may be a sign that some in the party are looking past Nov. 3.
Coronavirus relief: GOP caught between ideals and economic realityBoth parties say it鈥檚 urgent the government continue to prop up the economy with a new relief bill. But rifts over the size of the package remain.
First LookParties clash over latest Republican coronavirus relief packageSenate Republicans have unveiled their most recent coronavirus relief package, which includes another stimulus check and a cut to unemployment benefits from $600 to $200 a week. Democrats, who have their own proposal, say the package doesn't go far enough.
First LookMail-in voting attracts millions in donations for the first timeU.S. donors on both sides of the political aisle are investing millions in bolstering or blocking mail-in voting. The issue has come to the fore as President Trump touts the risk of voter fraud, and interest in voting from a distance grows during the pandemic.
One family, three generations, and 100 years of suffrageA century into women鈥檚 suffrage, the Monitor asks three generations of women in one family what voting means to them.
First LookCongresswomen assail sexism, demand 'dignity and respect'Joined by other Democratic congresswomen, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to the House floor to denounce a culture of "accepting violence and violent language against women" after being verbally assaulted by Florida Rep. Ted Yoho.
First LookWhat the end of Obama housing rule means for American suburbsThe Trump administration is revoking an Obama-era regulation to diversify U.S. suburbs,聽claiming it raises crime and lowers home prices. The new rule removes the requirement that local jurisdictions prove they are addressing racial disparities.聽
First LookTrump cancels Florida GOP convention, citing coronavirus surgeAfter planning a campaign "infomercial" in Jacksonville just months ago, President Donald Trump called off convention events in Florida due to COVID-19.
