Crucial battleground Florida begins in-person voting as Joe Biden holds lead – US politics live

Trump attempts to save himself in battlegrounds as Covid surgesWeekly case average is rising in 48 of the 50 statesWhitmer: Trump ‘inciting domestic terrorism’ with rally chantSign up for Fight to Vote – our weekly US election newsletter 2.51pm BST The supreme court has agreed to hear the Trump administration’s appeals in two cases involving the president’s controversial immigration policy.One case has to do with Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy, which requires asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico as their cases are decided. 2.28pm BST This is Joan Greve in Washington, taking over for Martin Belam.Congress is running out of time to pass another coronavirus relief bill before the election, much to the chagrin of the president, who has called on Congress to “go big or go home” on the relief package. Trump’s GOP allies are reconvening the Senate this week for a revote on a virus proposal that about one-third the size of a measure being negotiated by [House speaker Nancy] Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. But the Senate GOP bill has failed once before, and that Trump himself now says is too puny. The debate promises to bring a hefty dose of posturing and political gamesmanship, but little more. A procedural vote on a stand-alone renewal of bipartisan Paycheck Protection Program business subsidies is slated for Tuesday.Even the architect of the larger Senate measure, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., isn’t claiming the vote will advance the ball. Once the measure fails, he plans to turn the chamber’s full attention to cementing a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court by confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett. It is likely to be the Senate’s final act before Election Day. Continue reading…
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