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Biden Makes the Strongest Case Yet for His Presidency

To anyone not grading on a curve, there was a clear winner of Thursday’s debate.

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Here’s Who Biden Is Considering for Top Jobs in His Administration

Campaign documents and sources close to Biden suggest how the cabinet could take shape.

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U.S. Sets New Record in Daily COVID-19 Cases, As Third Wave Surges On

With Winter looming, the pandemic is getting worse and there is no end in sight.
Is Republican Voter Suppression Starting to Backfire?

The same dynamic that led Wisconsin Democrats to turn out massively in the teeth of a pandemic could be fueling the surge in early voting.
Chait: Never Forget the Hypothetical Victims of Biden’s Swine Flu Disaster

Biden’s pandemic was much worse, except for the lack of death.
Militias Pose High Risk of Election Violence, New Report Says

Antifa isn’t a real threat. The far right is.
Where Trump and the GOP Need Immediate Gains to Win on Election Day

It’s getting late in the day for a Republican surge, and the trouble for Trump and his party is that they trail over a large landscape.
The Debate Guardrails Were a Gift for Trump

The restraints made the president more restrained. But his attacks on Biden still fell flat.
Trump Started the Debate Disciplined, Then Lapsed Into Being Himself

Trump needed to make a coherent case that his record entitles him to a second term. He tried that, then began raving in right-wing code.
Highlights From the Final Trump-Biden Debate

It went a lot better than last time, but the calm of civility only lasted so long.
Trump Tries to Make ‘Laptop From Hell’ the New Hillary Emails. It Won’t Work.

It’s not 2016, and Biden isn’t Clinton.
How a Second Stimulus Check Could Be Approved After the Election

If Pelosi and Mnuchin can’t do a deal before Election Day, a lot of possibilities and perils will emerge — not all of them good.
Trump Releases Footage of Yet-to-Air 60 Minutes Interview

The president told Lesley Stahl he wasn’t ready for tough questions, then cut things short after some tough questions.
New Poll Confirms That High Youth Turnout Would Doom Trump

Voters under 35 back Biden in 41 states; in Texas and Georgia, young voters oppose Trump by roughly 20 points.
A Third Wave of COVID-19 Has Begun in the U.S.

On October 16, the U.S. surpassed 70,000 new infections for the first time since July.
Biden’s Supreme Court Answer: Reform It, Don’t Pack It

A carefully worded reply that reveals a lot.
Trump Keeps Talking About ‘Tiny Windows,’ And No One Knows What He Means

Make fenestration great again?
U.S. Intelligence Accuses Iran and Russia of Interfering in 2020 Election

Tehran reportedly imitated the Proud Boys to send threatening emails to Democrats by obtaining voter information, as Russia did.
Obama Rips Into Trump in First In-Person Campaign Event for Biden

Though he reportedly planned on sitting out this campaign season, Obama said Trump’s actions embolden people “to be cruel and divisive and racist.”
Quibi Quick Bites the Dust

We hardly knew yi.
Everything We Know About Rudy Giuliani’s Borat 2 Encounter

The Borat sequel features the president’s attorney sticking his hands down his pants during an encounter with a woman he believed to be a reporter.
What Does the Pope’s Support for Civil Unions Really Mean?

It’s unclear whether he’s blurring the line against same-sex marriage or drawing it more clearly.

10:15 P.M. U.S. Sets New Record in Daily COVID-19 Cases Amid Third Wave With winter looming, the pandemic is getting worse and there is no end in sight.
7:37 P.M. Is Republican Voter Suppression Starting to Backfire? The same dynamic that led Wisconsin Democrats to turn out massively in the teeth of a pandemic could be fueling the surge in early voting.
4:43 P.M. Never Forget the Hypothetical Victims of Biden’s H1N1 Fiasco Biden’s pandemic was much worse, except for the lack of death.
3:31 P.M. Militias Pose High Risk of Election Violence: New Report Antifa isn’t a real threat. The far right is.
2:59 P.M. Focus Group Slams Trump for No Empathy in Final 2020 Debate Veteran pollster Stan Greenberg says it was a “disastrous” performance by the president, according to people who watched.
2:46 P.M. Biden Makes the Strongest Case Yet for His Presidency To anyone not grading on a curve, there was a clear winner of Thursday’s debate.
2:27 P.M. Where Trump and the GOP Need Immediate Gains to Win It’s getting late in the day for a Republican surge, and the trouble for Trump and his party is that they trail over a large landscape.
1:49 P.M. Gamblers Say Trump Is Almost Even Odds. Don’t Bet on It. It sure seems like the election-prediction markets are informed more by hobbyist enthusiasm than political reality.
12:35 P.M. Americans Are Voting on 120 Statewide Ballot Initiatives From criminal-justice reform to affirmative action to gig-worker protections, voters have a lot to consider beyond which candidates they prefer.
11:00 A.M. Here’s Who Biden Is Considering for Top Jobs If He Wins He still needs to win, of course. But campaign documents and sources close to Biden suggest how the cabinet could take shape.
10:15 A.M. How a Second Stimulus Check Could Happen After the Election If Pelosi and Mnuchin can’t do a deal before Election Day, a lot of possibilities and perils will emerge — not all of them good.
10:10 A.M. Trump’s Plan to Make Biden Look Senile Has Disappeared The whole plan was to expose Biden’s supposed dementia.
7:00 A.M. Honoring Her Wish In conversation with Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s granddaughter, ACLU fellow Clara Spera.
1:13 A.M. 3 Reasons Trump Lost the Final Presidential Debate The president spent his last 90 minutes of free airtime advertising his lack of empathy and opposition to the minimum wage.
12:32 A.M. The Debate Guardrails Were a Gift for Trump The restraints made the president more restrained. But his attacks on Biden still fell flat.
12:07 A.M. GOP Insiders Texted Me Their Honest Debate Feelings Republicans feel buoyed by the president who wasn’t a complete disaster this time around.
Oct. 22, 2020 Trump Starts Debate Disciplined, Lapses Into Being Himself Trump needed to make a coherent case that his record entitles him to a second term. He tried that, then began raving in right-wing code.
Oct. 22, 2020 Highlights From the Final Trump-Biden Debate It went a lot better than last time, but the calm of civility only lasted so long.
Oct. 22, 2020 Trump’s Debate Attack on ‘Laptop From Hell’ Won’t Hurt Biden It’s not 2016, and Biden isn’t Clinton.
Oct. 22, 2020 Arizona Is Ready to Toss Trump — and the Rest of the GOP In the waning days of the election, Jeff Flake sees a Democratic tide coming to sweep over the state that elected him, McCain, and Goldwater.

6:28 P.M. Discussing Fashion and Political Power at the Museum at FIT With Dr. Valerie Steele and Washington Post fashion editor Robin Givhan.
5:35 P.M. Electric Dahlias and the Children of the Revolution Raf Simons adds womenswear to his line.
4:01 P.M. What’s Going On With Mitch McConnell’s Hands? The senator denies having any medical issues after a photo of his bruised-looking hands went viral.
2:40 P.M. Today in Celebrities We Didn’t Expect to Make Candles Anthony Hopkins pivots to fragrance.
1:28 P.M. The FDA Has Officially Approved the First COVID-19 Treatment The anti-viral drug remdesivir has passed the agency’s regulatory standards.
1:18 P.M. 19 Migrant Women Say They Were Victims of ‘Uterus Collector’ More women have come forward with claims of forced procedures and other medical abuse at an ICE detention center in Georgia.
12:05 P.M. ‘I Left So Quickly I Didn’t Have Time to Pack My Things’ What it costs to lose your job and move back home in the middle of a pandemic.
11:51 A.M. Sacha Baron Cohen Was ‘Concerned’ During That Giuliani Scene The actress playing Borat’s daughter thanked Baron Cohen for intervening.
11:44 A.M. I Love These Horny Harry Styles Fanfic Movies But don’t call them a guilty pleasure.
10:43 A.M. 21 Things On Sale You’ll Want: From Dyson to Lululemon Including lots of warm jackets under $100 and highly giftable toys.
9:59 A.M. A Third Wave of COVID-19 Has Begun in the U.S. The U.S. just recorded the second-highest number of new daily coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic.
9:45 A.M. 11 Free Fitness Trials to Get You Through to 2021 Now’s the time for switch up your routine.
8:00 A.M. Help 6 Black Women Make History in Texas The “Sisters in Law” are running to be judges in a county that hasn’t had seen a Black woman elected since 1994.
8:00 A.M. The Mythmaking of Matthew McConaughey In his memoir Greenlights, the actor finally plays himself. Or does he?
7:05 A.M. Honoring Her Wish In conversation with Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s granddaughter, ACLU fellow Clara Spera.
Oct. 22, 2020 Could’ve Used More Mute Button The final presidential debate promised a mute button, but arguably underdelivered on it.
Oct. 22, 2020 Artful Lingerie Photos With a Sense of Humor Inside a new photo book from Araks. gallery
Oct. 22, 2020 Phil Collins’s Ex Has Allegedly Laid Armed Siege to His Home In a countersuit, the ex now accuses Collins of spying on her via secret hidden cameras.
Oct. 22, 2020 The Deposition Ghislaine Maxwell Doesn’t Want You to See She fought for years to keep it sealed. Now it’s public.
Oct. 22, 2020 Eavesdropping on Miranda July and Maggie Nelson The artists discuss longing for touch, the complications of parenting, and July’s new film, Kajillionaire.

9:28 P.M. See How Justin Bieber’s 2020 Is Going In Next Chapter Doc Aside from the nasal swabs, seems like he’s doing great.
7:59 P.M. Stephen! Come Watch the Laguna Beach Virtual Reunion! Let’s go back. Back to the beginning.
5:26 P.M. Eddie Van Halen Once Asked Ozzy Osbourne to Join the Band “I think he was a bit drunk. We’ve all done one of them calls at four o’clock in the morning.”
5:16 P.M. Samantha Bee’s ‘Panel of Losers’ Won Late Night This Week Can’t think of a better reminder that every vote counts than to interview people who lost their elections by just one vote.
4:18 P.M. Adrianne Lenker’s instrumentals Are Stunning Isolation Music This time, the singer-songwriter’s challenge to listen comes as a gift.
4:05 P.M. National Treasure Tiffany ‘New York’ Pollard Returns to VH1 I Love New York: Reunited, hosted by Vivica A. Fox, airs November 23.
4:00 P.M. The 80 Best Movies on Disney+ Right Now From Black Panther to Toy Story to Hamilton, here are the best films available on Disney’s streaming service.
3:53 P.M. Marielle Heller on Constitution and The Queen’s Gambit The actor-writer-director has two very different new projects in very different media.
3:18 P.M. Dash & Lily Trailer to Fill Rom-com Hole in Your Heart Ah, to be young and sharing a secret diary in the Strand.
3:15 P.M. Lureena Cornwell Can Teach You How to Thrift The comedian chatted with us on Instagram in front of her glorious wall of hats.
3:04 P.M. Sofia Coppola Calls Spike Jonze Her ‘Practice Marriage’ “It was fun and served its purpose for that time.”
2:00 P.M. Tim Heidecker: The Poet Laureate of Delusional Assholes We talked with the comedian about his very first stand-up special.
1:53 P.M. How The Queen’s Gambit Made Chess Believable and Exciting Breaking down what went into distinguishing the series’ many matches from one another and from all other onscreen portrayals of the game.
1:50 P.M. Tekashi 6ix9ine Speaks After Prison Release in Showtime Doc The three-part series will premiere in early 2021.
1:44 P.M. The Great British Baking Show Was Never Going to Save Us Perhaps we’ve been asking too much of Paul Hollywood and the gang.
1:40 P.M. Adele’s 25 Funniest Moments Ahead of Her SNL Hosting Debut In praise of one of the best senses of humor in pop music.
1:00 P.M. How New York Gave Birth to New Wave An excerpt from The Encyclopedia of New York.
1:00 P.M. On the Rocks Is a Light Comedy About Some Heavy Feelings Rashida Jones and Bill Murray are a daughter and dad who turn up some repressed familial pain in Sofia Coppola’s new film, streaming on Apple TV+.
12:56 P.M. Gwen Stefani Only Wants One Thing for Christmas in New Song Hallmark Channel is behind this, of course.
12:30 P.M. Every Classic Universal Monster Movie, Ranked A look back at the studio that created the blueprint for generations of horror films.

5:27 P.M. The Books Yaa Gyasi Read While Writing Transcendent Kingdom Including one that chronicles the history of cancer.
5:23 P.M. The Best Gifts for New Grandparents A lot has changed since they were parents themselves.
5:00 P.M. The Best Gifts for 12-Year-Olds, According to Experts We spoke to a librarian, two psychotherapists, three toy experts, and several seventh-graders to find the best gifts for 12-year-olds.
4:52 P.M. What’s the Best Gold-Plated Jewelry Under $100? “I’ve received so many compliments during my virtual meetings on its design, and no one can believe it is under $100.”
4:15 P.M. The Best Pots and Planters on Amazon Make your houseplants feel at home.
3:24 P.M. 15 Deals From Madewell’s (Early) Black Friday Preview Sale Including lots of in-season picks and Strategist favorites.
3:00 P.M. 3 Products That Will Bust Persistent Blackheads Including one that makes them “practically jump right out.”
2:00 P.M. This Keyboard May Torment Everyone, But You’ll Love It As it turns out, the louder you type, the better you type.
1:44 P.M. The Best Bras for Small Breasts, According to Stylish Women From triangle cuts and racerbacks to breathable mesh and French-girl lace style bras for the small-busted among us.
11:37 A.M. What Singer Bebe Rexha Can’t Live Without “I got the big one after Saweetie posted a video online.”
11:10 A.M. This Well-Reviewed Back Massager Is More Than 30 Percent Off Happy customers love that it heats up, has three speeds, and rotates in both directions.
10:44 A.M. The Best Backup Cameras, According to Reviewers “The night vision is really bright and I could drive the truck in reverse with no lights on. Not that I really want to, just saying … I could.”
10:36 A.M. 21 Things On Sale You’ll Want: From Dyson to Lululemon Including lots of warm jackets under $100 and highly giftable toys.
Oct. 22, 2020 Where to Buy Face Masks for Kids We spoke to pediatricians to find the face masks both you and your kids will love.
Oct. 22, 2020 62 Gifts for Every Type of Husband We’ve got ideas for gamer husbands, bald husbands, Starbucks-loving husbands, and more.
Oct. 22, 2020 The 48 Best Travel Gifts, According to Frequent Travelers From a space pen to indestructible headphones.
Oct. 22, 2020 The Best Sulfate-Free Shampoos, According to Hairstylists Including specific picks for hair that’s dry, thinning, fine, or curly.
Oct. 22, 2020 The 7 Kitchen Gadgets I Use to Feed My Quarantined Family Including a hand mixer, an air-frying countertop oven, and our own little hydroponic planter
Oct. 22, 2020 What Are the Best Olive Oils? Piquant, peppery, mild, grassy, and fiery, from California, Italy, Spain, and Greece.
Oct. 22, 2020 10 Things On Sale You’ll Want: From Le Creuset to Levi’s Including a bunch of rarely-on-sale cookware from Le Creuset and a pair of croc leather Chelsea boots.

11:53 A.M. Manhattan Rents Drop, Pig Busts Into a Garden, and More News The important — and unimportant — things that happened around town this week.
9:41 A.M. Norwood Young Got Tired of Being Famous for His L.A. House He’s moved to Bangkok, where he is treated like a king.
9:00 A.M. A Week of Curbside Finds From a Stooping Pro “I was looking for a cup of coffee, but instead stumbled upon this really nice desk.”
Oct. 22, 2020 We Unearthed the 61 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now Several spacious studios under $2,000 and a West Village three-bedroom with a particularly lush garden view.
Oct. 22, 2020 What Even Are Those Outdoor Dining Bubbles? Do they count as outdoor dining?
Oct. 22, 2020 The 8 Knives a Fourth-Generation Butcher Uses in Her Kitchen First and foremost, they’re functional. But — and don’t tell Grandpa Seymour this — they’re also beautiful to look at.
Oct. 22, 2020 Andy Coolquitt’s Austin Art Commune Was Inspired by Duchamp “It’s really an experiment in … learning how to live a sane existence.”
Oct. 22, 2020 Why Does Trump Keep Talking About ‘Tiny Windows’? Make fenestration great again?
Oct. 21, 2020 Artist Stephanie H. Shih Happily Gave Up On Minimalism “I realized that will never be me. It can’t be me.” A visit to her Carroll Gardens apartment.
Oct. 21, 2020 Two New Office Buildings Open, When Nobody’s at the Office Millions of new square feet. Pretty good architecture. Is anyone going to rent it?
Oct. 21, 2020 A $470K Co-Op by Brooklyn Museum and a Maximalist Studio Plus, a Hudson Heights apartment with tons of casement windows, a park-adjacent unit in Windsor Heights, and more.
Oct. 21, 2020 Where Could the City Squeeze New Housing Into Soho? The exclusive neighborhood could see thousands of new apartments — some of them “affordable” — if the city gets its way.
Oct. 20, 2020 Neutra’s Poolside Gossip House Asks $25M in Palm Springs The much-photographed house that helped to define postwar modernism in California is for sale.
Oct. 20, 2020 Artist Julie Verhoeven’s Favorite Spot at Home Is Her Toilet “The flat has become a giant collage of precarious layers of stuff.”
Oct. 20, 2020 It Came From New York Disco. The freak show. Neoconservatism. Q-tips. They all started in the world’s most creative, inventive city.
Oct. 20, 2020 First Look: New York’s Digital Subway Map Comes Alive Today And, almost incidentally, it resolves a five-decade fight for graphics supremacy.
Oct. 19, 2020 After A Sudden Shutdown, NYC Ferry Returns To Greenpoint A new landowner, giving minimal notice, briefly stopped it from docking on Monday. Riders were not happy.
Oct. 19, 2020 WeWork Didn’t Blow Up Without Help SoftBank’s reckless $10 billion bet on what became the city’s biggest landlord won’t be the last of its kind.
Oct. 19, 2020 Two Designers’ Brick Townhouse on a Flatbush Cul-de-sac Asking $1.7 million, the townhouse comes with new decks out back and a finished basement with its own spacious kitchen.
Oct. 19, 2020 Who Lived in That Farrah Fawcett Place, and Where Is He Now? Catching up with Raymond Donahue, whose home was on the cover of Nest’s first issue.

1:03 P.M. The Great British Baking Show Was Never Going to Save Us Perhaps we’ve been asking too much of Paul Hollywood and the gang.
6:00 A.M. Author Bryan Washington’s Grub Street Diet “Yeah, no, one curry a week isn’t enough, to put it lightly.”
Oct. 22, 2020 What Even Are Those Outdoor Dining Bubbles? Do they count as outdoor dining?
Oct. 22, 2020 The Nightmare Inside Mission Chinese Food The restaurant’s chefs preached kindness. Behind the scenes, it was a different story.
Oct. 22, 2020 The Odeon, Four Decades On “None of us was thinking of this as a career. It was just sort of a fun idea.”
Oct. 21, 2020 It’s Time for Funfetti This is not birthday cake or celebration cake. It’s cake because things are grim and it is a Wednesday.
Oct. 21, 2020 A Completely New Soft-Serve Lands in New York What happens when booza meets Mister Softee?
Oct. 20, 2020 Is This the End of the Road for Michelin in America? Even the storied guide realizes restaurants need support, not stars.
Oct. 20, 2020 Food-Stamp Ruling Is a Loss for Trump, a Win for Decency A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s plan to end SNAP benefits for nearly 700,000 unemployed Americans.
Oct. 19, 2020 Freed From Restaurants, a Chef Couple Turns to Pelmeni Jessica and Trina Quinn are diving into the cuisine of Eastern Europe.
Oct. 16, 2020 Even in the Bake Off Tent, Things Have Gotten Bad The world is mired in problems of our own making. Why must it also be that way in the tent?
Oct. 16, 2020 Xi’an Famous Foods Owner Jason Wang’s Grub Street Diet “The sauce is where it’s at.”
Oct. 15, 2020 Inside Fany Gerson’s Brand-new Doughnut Shop The fryer is on at Fan-Fan Doughnuts.
Oct. 15, 2020 How to Pair (Great) Wine With McDonald’s Big Macs and Burgundy.
Oct. 15, 2020 Mourning the Restaurants I’ll Never Get to Visit Everyone has the list of places they’ll get to eventually. What happens when they all close?
Oct. 14, 2020 Here Are the New Bon Appétit Test Kitchen Hosts Parent company Condé Nast remains cagey on its pay structure.
Oct. 14, 2020 As Coronavirus Persists, K-Town Adapts Koreatown’s amazing vertical density and reliance on all-night parties put the neighborhood’s restaurants in a uniquely precarious position.
Oct. 14, 2020 Going Sohla After leaving Bon Appétit’s Test Kitchen, the chef now has her own show — where she’s paid fairly for her fantastic creations.
Oct. 13, 2020 How to Pair (Great) Wine With Food From Trader Joe’s An excerpt from the new book Big Macs & Burgundy: Wine Pairings for the Real World.
Oct. 13, 2020 The Future of Midtown Dining When it’s back, the city will be too.

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