Philip Rucker

With Nov. 3 just nine days away and coronavirus cases surging in many states, the new White House outbreak spotlighted the administration’s failure to contain the pandemic.

The past seven days have dealt one setback after another for the incumbent, including his hospitalization for covid-19, which he has long downplayed and dismissed.

Top Republicans signal push to vote on new justice nominated by Trump, while Biden and other Democrats say the decision should be delayed until after Inauguration Day.

President Trump is speaking tonight, as well as Ivanka Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, UFC President Dana White, former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson.

Officials say the party gathering will counter the image of Joe Biden presented by Democrats last week.

A politics-first, science-second attitude has become pervasive inside the White House — championed first and foremost by the president — as the pandemic rages out of control.

A politics-first, science-second attitude has become pervasive inside the White House — championed first and foremost by the president — as the pandemic rages out of control.

While most developed countries have managed to control the covid-19 pandemic, the United States has seen 3.3 million people infected and more than 133,000 dead.

In less than 24 hours this week, Trump twice had the whistle blown on his moves to bust through the boundaries of law.

Biden, the former vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee, accused Trump of ‘spiking the ball’ when millions are still unemployed or suffering.