Debate fact-check: False claims amid disorderly fracas

Debate fact-check: False claims amid disorderly fracas-rollcall: Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden met on the debate stage Tuesday for the first time and stretched or mangled facts on several topics.  The debate in Cleveland was moderated by Chris Wallace of Fox News.

‘He just lies’: Florida’s senior voters suddenly are in play

"He just lies": Florida’s senior voters suddenly are in play-politico:  Florida seniors, long an unflinching bloc of reliable GOP votes, are suddenly in play as Trump’s handling of the coronavirus has his reelection campaign on the defensive.

Capitol bids goodbye to Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Capitol bids goodbye to Ruth Bader Ginsburg-rollcall:  As the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday became the first woman to lie in state in the Capitol, it was fitting that most of the members of Congress gathered for her intimate arrival ceremony were women.

Judge says 2020 census must continue for another month

Judge says 2020 census must continue for another month-AP:  A federal judge has stopped the 2020 census from finishing at the end of September and ordered the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident to continue for another month through the end of October, saying a shortened schedule likely would produce inaccurate results.

Survey: Hill aides don’t expect Congress to pass another virus relief bill before election

Survey: Hill aides don’t expect Congress to pass another virus relief bill before election-rollcall:  Congress, theoretically, has until lawmakers return to their districts and states in the coming days for the campaign recess to pass another coronavirus relief bill before Election Day.  But according to CQ Roll Call’s latest Capitol Insiders Survey of congressional aides, lawmakers might as well pack it in now.

7 reasons Gavin Newsom has the worst job in politics

7 reasons Gavin Newsom has the worst job in politics-politico:  Ronald Reagan used the California governor's office as a springboard to the White House. Jerry Brown and Pete Wilson tried to.  But now, the governor of the nation’s most populous state has to contend with massive wildfires, unhealthy air, rolling blackouts, unchecked homelessness, social unrest and the constant threat of earthquakes — not to mention ideological attacks by Trump.

Romney faces another crossroads on Trump's Supreme Court push

Romney faces another crossroads on Trump's Supreme Court push-politico:  Don’t assume Mitt Romney will stick it to Donald Trump and try to block the president’s Supreme Court nominee.  After the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Utah Republican finds himself at another legacy-defining crossroads. He must decide whether to support an effort to install Trump’s third Supreme Court justice and shift the balance of the court to the right for decades to come, or oppose the move on principle and hinder the plans of Trump and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Supreme Court’s legitimacy at stake in wake of Ginsburg’s death

Supreme Court’s legitimacy at stake in wake of Ginsburg’s death-rollcall:  For a Supreme Court that seeks to defend the legitimacy of its rulings as rooted in the law and not political ideology, what unfolds over the next few months is poised to be a historic test of its reputation.

Deal elusive on stopgap funding as deadline nears

Deal elusive on stopgap funding as deadline nears-rollcall:  Despite the best efforts of top Capitol Hill and White House officials, drama is creeping back into negotiations over the stopgap spending bill needed to avert a partial government shutdown Oct. 1.

Top health officials warn America won’t return to normal soon

Top health officials warn America won’t return to normal soon-politico:  The country's recent progress against Covid-19 could be short-lived if Americans do not continue to take precautions like mask wearing and social distancing, HHS testing czar Brett Giroir said Wednesday.

HHS chief overrode FDA officials to ease testing rules

HHS chief overrode FDA officials to ease testing rules-politico:  Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar led an escalating pressure campaign against his own Food and Drug Administration this spring and summer, urging the agency to abandon its responsibility for ensuring the safety and accuracy of a range of coronavirus tests as the pandemic raged.

Hoyer: House eyeing vote on stopgap funding bill next week

Hoyer: House eyeing vote on stopgap funding bill next week-rollcall: The House could vote on a stopgap spending bill next week to give the Senate plenty of time to approve the measure before the fiscal year ends Sept. 30, according to House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer.

Trump officials interfered with CDC reports on Covid-19

Trump officials interfered with CDC reports on Covid-19-politico: The health department’s politically appointed communications aides have demanded the right to review and seek changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly scientific reports charting the progress of the coronavirus pandemic, in what officials characterized as an attempt to intimidate the reports’ authors and water down their communications to health professionals.

What those born on Sept. 11, 2001, think of America on Sept. 11, 2020

What those born on Sept. 11, 2001, think of America on Sept.11, 2020-politico:  wins Arie and Aidan Hiester were born in Indianapolis right around 9 a.m. ET, on September 11, 2001, in between the first crash at the World Trade Center and the moment that a second airliner roared onto TV screens across the country and hit the South Tower.

Trump acknowledged downplaying COVID-19 threat, says Woodward book

Trump acknowledged downplaying COVID-19 threat, says Woodward book-thehill: Recordings of Trump privately acknowledging he downplayed the coronavirus’s threat to the nation put the White House on defense Wednesday, reinserting the pandemic as the central issue in the presidential race eight weeks before Election Day.

$2,933 for ‘Girl’s Night’: Medicaid chief’s consulting expenses revealed

$2,933 for ‘Girl’s Night’: Medicaid chief’s consulting expenses revealed-politico:  When Seema Verma, the Trump administration's top Medicaid official, went to a reporter's home in November 2018 for a "Girl's Night" thrown in her honor, taxpayers footed the bill to organize the event: $2,933.

Newsom: 'No patience for climate change deniers' amid historic wildfires

Newsom: 'No patience for climate change deniers' amid historic wildfires-politico:  As California battles another round of life-threatening wildfires, Gov. Gavin Newsom emphasized Tuesday that the state will continue to pursue policies that combat climate change as it faces a prolonged vortex of disasters.

The 8 states where 2020 will be won or lost

The 8 states where 2020 will be won or lost-politico:  At the traditional, post-Labor Day start of the fall campaign, Politico is zeroing in on eight critical battlegrounds where the 2020 election will be won or lost: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Five things we learned from this year's primaries

Five things we learned from this year's primaries-thehill:  Through a pandemic, protests and partisanship, voters in all but four states have picked party nominees for November’s general election, setting up the clashes that will determine the shape of American politics over the next two years.

Hahn, HHS in ‘tit for tat’ feud over Covid-19 messaging

Hahn, HHS in ‘tit for tat’ feud over Covid-19 messaging-politico:  The dispute over whether to allow the use of blood plasma treatments for coronavirus on an emergency basis has set off what one senior official described as a “tit for tat” battle between Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn and the leadership of the Department of Health and Human Services, with each side engineering the replacement of communications aides installed by the other.

A newborn baby and cursing lawmakers: California’s legislative session ends in chaos

A newborn baby and cursing lawmakers: California’s legislative session ends in chaos-politico:  Technological mayhem, a virus-spreading gathering and a one-month old baby on the Assembly floor: The end of California’s 2020 legislative session was peak Covid-era politics.

GOP governors ignored mask mandate advice from task force

GOP governors ignored mask mandate advice from task force-rollcall:  The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis released eight weekly reports from the White House Coronavirus Task Force this summer that showed concerns about the coronavirus’s spread, the same time period when the administration prematurely declared victory over the pandemic.