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| Good morning, Daily Briefing readers! It's Jane, bringing you Tuesday's news. |
| The USA TODAY Editorial Board has never endorsed a candidate for president. Until now. Today, the USA TODAY Editorial Board, which is separate from the news department, endorsed Joe Biden for president. |
| "If this were a choice between two capable major party nominees who happened to have opposing ideas, we wouldn't choose sides. Different voters have different concerns. But this is not a normal election, and these are not normal times. This year, character, competence and credibility are on the ballot. Given (President Donald) Trump's refusal to guarantee a peaceful transfer of power if he loses, so, too, is the future of America's democracy," reads the endorsement. |
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| In other happenings, the Democrats and Republicans could reach a COVID-19 relief deal. President Donald Trump will hit the campaign trail in Pennsylvania. And look to the sky tonight because you might get a glimpse of the best and brightest meteor shower of the fall. |
| Here's today's news: |
Will there be a COVID-19 stimulus deal by Tuesday deadline? |
| The clock is ticking for Democrats and Republicans to reach a COVID-19 stimulus deal after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi set a Tuesday deadline for both sides to come together to restore urgently needed benefits before Election Day. Both sides are struggling to cut a deal just two weeks before the election, with Democrats and Republicans hundreds of billions of dollars apart in their proposals and unable to resolve major policy differences on COVID-19 testing, child tax credit provisions, and funding for state and local governments. Congress last passed a comprehensive package in March, and many of the package's provisions have since lapsed. The federal boost to unemployment benefits ran out in July, airline assistance expired in October, and Americans weathering an economic recession eagerly await another round of stimulus checks. |
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President Trump, first lady Melania Trump to campaign in Pennsylvania |
| President Donald Trump will appear at Erie International Airport in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, where he's expected to be accompanied by first lady Melania Trump in her first appearance at a campaign event outside of the Republican National Convention since 2019. Trump's visit comes with just two weeks until Election Day as candidates from both tickets and their surrogates crisscross the all-important battleground. At stake is Pennsylvania's 20 Electoral College votes, which Trump won four years ago. Polls continue to show a tightening race. A Realclearpolitics.com average of polls gives former Vice President Joe Biden a 49.2% to 44.8% lead over Trump, or 4.4 points, compared to a 7.1-point margin in Biden's favor 10 days ago. Melania Trump recently announced that she has recovered from her bout with COVID-19, which also afflicted President Trump and the couple's 14-year-old son, Barron. |
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Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Rays square off as World Series begins |
| The two best teams in baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays, square off as the World Series begins Tuesday night at the brand new site Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas (8:09 p.m. ET, Fox). The Dodgers are National League champions for the third time in four years following a 3-1 NLCS comeback against the Braves, but are still seeking their first World Series championship since 1988. The Rays, making their second World Series appearance in franchise history after fighting off the Houston Astros in the ALCS, have never won the championship since their founding in 1998. |
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Look up! A meteor shower's coming to a sky near you ☄️ |
| If skies are clear late Tuesday night, look skyward: You might catch a glimpse of the Orionids at the peak of the best and brightest meteor shower of the fall. The meteors will streak eastward and will be visible from anywhere on Earth, with as many as 20 to 25 zipping by per hour. The best time to view the shower is after midnight – when the constellation Orion begins to rise above the horizon – until the first light of dawn in the early hours of Wednesday, when Orion stands at its highest above the southern horizon. For your best bet at seeing some, try to avoid light pollution and don't use binoculars or telescopes. In other space news, the U.S. takes its first crack on Tuesday at collecting asteroid samples for return to Earth, a feat accomplished so far only by Japan. NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft will attempt to descend to the treacherous, boulder-packed surface of the asteroid Bennu and snatch a handful of rubble with its robot arm. Any collected samples won't reach Earth until 2023. |
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