Susan Page, USA TODAY’s Washington Bureau chief, will moderate the debate between vice presidential candidates Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris.
       

Adm. Charles Ray, No. 2 officer at the Coast Guard, has tested positive for COVID-19, and other top military officers are now in quarantine.

       

More than 4 million people have already voted early in the presidential election. Democrats have taken a commanding lead in returning mail ballots.

       

The report was released one day before Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris takes the debate stage in Utah against Vice President Mike Pence.

       

The nation could be waiting for Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania to count all its mail-ballots after Election Day.

       

President Trump is urging Americans not to fear COVID-19. But experts still warn the U.S. death toll could almost double by year’s end.

       

A federal judge denied the campaign’s motion for a preliminary injunction halting two New Jersey election rules.

       

“He said, ‘Don’t let COVID control your life.’ Tell that to the 205,000 families that lost somebody,” said Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.