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Spending in the 2020 election is expected to reach $10.8 billion, a record-shattering amount, according to an independent group that tracks money in politics.

Retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal endorsed Democratic nominee Joe Biden for president on Thursday.

The first scientific polls to ask who won the debate Tuesday night show Biden coming out on top.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a bill to keep the government running into December after funding briefly lapsed.

The group that sponsors the presidential debates said it will make format changes to the next showdown between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden "to maintain order."

The House delayed plans to vote on its $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill on Wednesday as talks between Pelosi and Mnuchin continue.

Citigroup executive Ray McGuire is turning to former Infor CEO Charles Phillips as an advisor for what appears to be a likely run for mayor of New York.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., spoke at CNBC's Delivering Alpha conference on Wednesday.

Steven Mnuchin hopes to find an "understanding" when he speaks to Nancy Pelosi about coronavirus stimulus on Wednesday.

“White supremacy should be denounced at every turn. I think the President misspoke, and he needs to correct it. If he doesn’t correct it, I guess he didn’t misspeak," Scott said.

The former vice president and his wife, Jill, reported $944,737 in taxable income last year and paid $299,346, or a 31% tax rate, in federal income taxes.

The Democratic fundraising website ActBlue processed close to $8 million between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m., according to the site's live ticker.

Hardly a minute went by in the debate without one of the candidates angrily interrupting the other, whether on the coronavirus pandemic, the Supreme Court or the economy.

"What happened last night absolutely encouraged people not to vote," Republican pollster Frank Luntz told CNBC.

The defense lawyer for former national security advisor Michael Flynn told a judge on Tuesday that she had talked about Flynn's criminal case with President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump's businesses have hemorrhaged hundreds of millions of dollars over the last two decades, according to The New York Times.

President Trump claimed he had paid "many millions of dollars in taxes" after a report in The New York Times revealed he had paid effectively no income taxes for more than a decade.

Voters in swing states want President Trump and Joe Biden to use their first debate to offer clear answers on how they plan to improve the economy, while battling Covid-19 and racial inequality.

Biden has held a consistent lead over Trump nationally throughout the general election campaign, but it has tightened in recent weeks.

Despite his incumbent advantage, Trump may not be heading in with the upper hand over Biden.