By JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Climate change -- a hot-button topic for years -- has taken on renewed significance ahead of the 2020 presidential election, with wildfires decimating the West, tropical storms pounding the Gulf Coast and year after year of record temperatures.Both President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate…... Read More

BY: LIBBY CATHEY, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden prepared to face off Tuesday -- at a social distance -- in their first in-person showdown of the 2020 presidential campaign. As they did so, each grappled with how to tackle 11th hour bombshell developments…... Read More

BY: AVERI HARPER, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — In the days after she was named former Vice President Joe Biden's running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris said the run up to the election against President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence would be "a knockdown drag out." Now, Harris is gearing…... Read More

BY: ALLISON PECORIN AND BENJAMIN SIEGEL, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — Senate Republicans are moving full steam ahead toward a confirmation vote on Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett before Election Day -- and there is little Democrats can do to stop it. While Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has…... Read More

BY: JORDYN PHELPS, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — While President Donald Trump's initial reaction to the New York Times' bombshell report that he paid little to no federal income taxes over nearly two decades was to dismiss it outright as "totally fake news," his defense has since evolved into defense of…... Read More

By LUKE BARR, ABC News(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- A federal judge denied a challenge to the way the state of Ohio processes absentee ballots, just 36 days before the election.Currently in Ohio, to secure absentee ballots, a voter must fill out a form and provide their name, date of birth and…... Read More

By KATHERINE FAULDERS, WILL STEAKIN and JOHN SANTUCCI, ABC News(FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) -- President Donald Trump's former 2020 campaign manager and current campaign senior advisor, Brad Parscale, was taken into custody Sunday evening by Fort Lauderdale Police after allegedly threatening to harm himself at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida,…... Read More

By ADAM KELSEY and FREDA KAHEN-KASHI, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- From the early 1990s through the presidency of Barack Obama, Democrats had six consecutive presidential election victories in Michigan, building a coalition of union voters and urban support that many viewed as unbreakable ahead of the 2016 election. Then, Donald Trump…... Read More

BY: MOLLY NAGLE, ABC NEWS(WASHINGTON) -- In his first public remarks since President Donald Trump officially selected Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to the Supreme Court, former Vice President Joe Biden once again urged Republicans in the Senate not to move ahead with confirmation proceedings until after the…... Read More

BY: MOLLY NAGLE, ABC NEWS(WASHINGTON) -- A tale of two campaigns is emerging ahead of the first face-to-face meeting in the general election between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday night on the presidential debate stage.While President Trump has hit the campaign trail hard, holding eight…... Read More