The race for Joni Ernst's seat could help determine control of the Senate. At a recent campaign event, the GOP lawmaker echoed a debunked conspiracy theory about the pandemic's death toll.
Football fans are also getting a dose of presidential politics during the commercial breaks. The ads don't come cheap, but they're going to keep coming.
Campaigning with the pandemic as a backdrop shows how both presidential candidates are getting their messages to voters, with one spinning his handling of the coronavirus and the other condemning it.
David Legates, a professor whose research has been supported by fossil fuel companies, has been hired for a top position at the federal agency that oversees weather and climate forecasting.
The post encourages voters to go to their polling place in person to check that their mail-in ballot was counted, which election officials say is unnecessary and could cause crowding at polling sites.
This week brought new books, a formal whistleblower complaint and a detailed report by Microsoft. The common thread: all were related to President Trump, Russia and potential threats to the election.