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.