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President Trump on Oct. 19 said he’s not “running scared” as national polls have him trailing Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. (Video: The Washington Post)

Trump laments having to visit Erie; Obama to make first in-person campaign event for Biden

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President Trump on Tuesday returned to the battleground state of Pennsylvania, where he told supporters that had it not been for the coronavirus pandemic upending the economy he would never have come back to Erie to campaign. Democratic nominee Joe Biden stayed off the trail as he focused on preparations for the crucial final debate in Nashville on Thursday.

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Trump lashed out at “60 Minutes” host Lesley Stahl and threatened to release their interview after he cut off their conversation at the White House on Tuesday because he didn’t like the aggressive tone of her questions.
Former president Barack Obama heads out on the campaign trail Wednesday for the first time this year to hold a drive-in car rally in South Philadelphia on behalf of Biden.
Trump and Biden are running in a dead heat in North Carolina, with the economy buoying the president’s candidacy and the pandemic boosting his challenger in one of the key electoral targets, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told Senate Republicans that he has warned the White House not to make a big stimulus deal before the election, according to two people familiar with his remarks.
Early voting in Florida bucked the trend so far in other battlegrounds, where Democrats have logged a sizable advantage. The United States has hit nearly 70 percent of total early voting in 2016.
Biden leads Trump by 11 percentage points nationally, 54 percent to 43 percent, according to an average of national polls since Oct. 4. Biden’s margin is smaller in key states: eight points in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan; seven in Arizona; and five in Florida.
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Trump lashed out at “60 Minutes” host Lesley Stahl and threatened to release their interview after he cut off their conversation at the White House on Tuesday because he didn’t like the aggressive tone of her questions.
Former president Barack Obama heads out on the campaign trail Wednesday for the first time this year to hold a drive-in car rally in South Philadelphia on behalf of Biden.
Trump and Biden are running in a dead heat in North Carolina, with the economy buoying the president’s candidacy and the pandemic boosting his challenger in one of the key electoral targets, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told Senate Republicans that he has warned the White House not to make a big stimulus deal before the election, according to two people familiar with his remarks.
Early voting in Florida bucked the trend so far in other battlegrounds, where Democrats have logged a sizable advantage. The United States has hit nearly 70 percent of total early voting in 2016.
Biden leads Trump by 11 percentage points nationally, 54 percent to 43 percent, according to an average of national polls since Oct. 4. Biden’s margin is smaller in key states: eight points in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan; seven in Arizona; and five in Florida.
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