FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Florida Democrats are building a substantial lead in mail-in ballot requests for November’s presidential election even as their registration advantage shrinks, but questions remain about whether that will be a boon for Joe Biden as he tries to wrest the nation’s largest swing state from President Donald Trump.The Florida secretary of state’s office shows that 2.4 million Democrats have requested mail-in ballots compared with 1.6 million Republicans — a 767,000 request advantage as the coronavirus pandemic makes some voters leery of entering a polling place.

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Biden, Harris aim to tip battleground Arizona for Democrats

PHOENIX – When Dolores Novoa left Orange County, California, for her new home in a Phoenix suburb, there was one thing at the top of her to-do list. “As soon as I got here, I did my civic duty.

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Mail-in ballot mix-ups: How much should we worry?

BOSTON – Several high-profile cases of voters getting incorrect blank absentee ballots in the mail are raising questions about how often such mix-ups occur and whether they could affect this year's presidential election.Mail-in ballots are under heightened scrutiny this year as voters request them in record numbers amid the coronavirus pandemic and President Donald Trump launches baseless attacks against the process.Snafus occur during every election, but experts say there should be adequate time between now and the close of polls on Nov. 3 to resolve them.

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Vice President Mike Pence to host campaign events in Orlando, The Villages

ORLANDO, Fla. – Vice President Mike Pence will make multiple campaign stops in Central Florida this week starting with a visit to woo Latino voters in Orlando.According to the Trump-Pence campaign, he will host a “Latinos for Trump” event on Saturday at Central Christian University at 11 a.m.

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Uptick in Central Florida coronavirus hospitalizations continues as state reports 255 new patients

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – With plans to seat candidates 12 feet apart and new social distancing guidelines in place, the nation’s vice-presidential candidates are set to square off with the coronavirus pandemic sure to take the spotlight during the debate. As candidates prepare to outline their pandemic response plans, Florida reported 2,582new cases Wednesday.Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence’s showdown comes after a COVID-19 outbreak at the White House.

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Biden says he and Trump 'shouldn't have a debate' if president still has COVID-19

FILE - Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden participates in an NBC Town Hall event at the Perez Art Museum, with the MacArthur Causeway in the background, in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2020.

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Late Night Hosts Blast Trump's Response to COVID-19 Diagnosis and Dub Weekend "Infest Wing"

Following Donald Trump's return to the White House from Walter Reed Medical Center, late night hosts Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, James Corden and Trevor Noah delivered scorching blow-by-blows of the president's handling of his own COVID-19 diagnosis over the past three days. The hosts' biggest critiques and jokes tended to center on the president's numerous odd photo-ops, the sketchy public statements made by his team of doctors and the still-growing list of Republican senators and administration officials who have tested positive for COVID-19.

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Twitter and Facebook Flag "Misleading and Potentially Harmful" Trump COVID Post

Both Twitter and Facebook took action on Tuesday morning after Donald Trump posted that COVID-19 is no more dangerous than the common flu — a lie. The president — who is still suffering from the virus (although how serious his condition is remains somewhat unclear) posted, "Flu season is coming up! Many people every year, sometimes over 100,000, and despite the Vaccine, die from the Flu.

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Facebook and Twitter flag Trump post falsely claiming flu is deadlier than COVID-19

WASHINGTON - A post by President Donald Trump in which he falsely claimed that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is not as deadly as the flu was removed by Facebook and flagged by Twitter for violating the social media platforms’ rules, the companies say. Trump returned to the White House Monday night, days after being hospitalized at Walter Reed Military Medical Center for COVID-19. The president continued to downplay the severity of the virus, calling on the public to not “be afraid of Covid.”“Don’t let it dominate your life,” Trump tweeted Monday. President Donald Trump's doctors held a press conference Oct.

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Facebook removes Trump post comparing the seasonal flu to COVID-19

Donald Trump on Tuesday after he falsely claimed coronavirus can be less deadly than the seasonal flu.According to CNN, a Facebook spokesperson confirmed the company removed the post for breaking its rules on Covid-19 misinformation.His post was also flagged by Twitter for “misleading and potentially harmful information related to COVID-19.” But the social media company left up the tweet saying it “may be in the public’s interest.” Photos of Donald Trump ‘working’ through COVID-19 spark suspicion Less than a day after being released from the hospital for coronavirus treatment, Trump tweeted Tuesday morning that Americans should “live” with the virus citing the upcoming flu season as an example.“Flu season is coming up! Many people every

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Pa. court battle erupts over voters' signatures on mail ballots

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Covid-19 carrier Donald Trump says he still plans to take part in TV debate

Donald Trump says he still plans to take part in the second election TV debate, despite having Covid-19.

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Court battle erupts over Pa. voters' signatures on mail ballots

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania's top election official is asking the state's highest court to back her up in a new legal dispute with President Donald Trump's campaign over counting mail-in ballots when a voter's signature doesn't necessarily match the one on their registration.Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, a Democrat, told counties last month that state law doesn't require or permit them to reject a mail-in ballot solely over a perceived signature inconsistency.Her guidance comes amid rising concerns that tens of thousands of mail-in ballots will be discarded in the presidential election over technicalities."How do I vote with a mail-in ballot?" instructions from VotesPA.com.

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Biden aims to expand map as Trump recovers from coronavirus

MIAMI – As President Donald Trump recovers from the coronavirus, Joe Biden is capitalizing on having the campaign trail largely to himself by hitting critical swing states and investing in longtime Republican bastions that he hopes might expand his path to victory.The Democratic presidential nominee made his second trip to Florida in a little over two weeks on Monday. His visit to Miami was designed to encroach on some of Trump's turf, even swinging through Little Havana, a typically conservative area known for its staunch opposition to the communist government that Fidel Castro installed in Cuba.He'll follow up with a trip later this week to Arizona, which hasn't backed a Democratic presidential candidate since 1996.

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U.S. election: Biden seeks to expand map as Trump recovers from coronavirus

Donald Trump recovers from the coronavirus, Joe Biden is capitalizing on having the campaign trail largely to himself by hitting critical swing states and investing in longtime Republican bastions that he hopes might expand his path to victory.The Democratic presidential nominee made his second trip to Florida in a little over two weeks on Monday. His visit to Miami was designed to encroach on some of Trump’s turf, even swinging through Little Havana, a typically conservative area known for its staunch opposition to the communist government that Fidel Castro installed in Cuba.

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Gov. Wolf requests major disaster declaration for damages from Tropical Storm Isaias

Philadelphia's Eastwick neighborhood (Aug. 4, 2020) PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf requested Monday that President Donald Trump declare a major disaster for nine counties in the wake of damage caused by Tropical Storm Isaias in August.The storm left thousands without power and caused significant flooding throughout the area.

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The Latest: Biden is game for in-person debate if it's safe

WASHINGTON – The Latest on the 2020 presidential election (all times local):12:15 p.m.Joe Biden says he's willing to go forward with an in-person debate later this month “if scientists say it’s safe,” even after President Donald Trump was diagnosed with COVID-19.Speaking to reporters before boarding a flight to campaign in Florida, the Democratic presidential nominee declined to say Monday whether he believes the next presidential debate, scheduled for Oct.

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Delays in verifying mail-in ballots will slow election tally

Voters awaiting results in some of the key presidential battleground states on election night should be prepared to keep waiting, thanks to obstacles that will slow the count for what is expected to be a crush of mailed-in ballots amid the coronavirus pandemic.Many states allow local officials to start processing those ballots weeks before Election Day or even as they arrive.

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Stephen Colbert Tapes Special ‘Late Show’ Addressing Donald Trump’s Positive COVID-19 Test

“This is a very unusual episode of the show,” declared Stephen Colbert in an unexpected Friday night episode of Global’s “The Late Show”.

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‘This should be our wake-up call:’ Seminole medical director says threat of COVID-19 isn’t over

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Seminole County’s Medical Director Dr. Todd Husty was preparing for up to 20,000 to come to Sanford for President Donald Trump’s campaign rally Friday, which was canceled after the president announced he and the first lady both tested positive for COVID-19.“I’m personally not disappointed that he’s not coming because of that,” Husty said from a health perspective.

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Stephen Colbert To Film Brand New ‘Late Show’ Episode After Learning Of Donald Trump’s Positive COVID-19 Test

Global’s “Late Show With Stephen Colbert” will no longer be a rerun Friday night.

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COMMENTARY: When it comes to COVID-19, leaders like Donald Trump need to lead by example

COVID-19 diagnosis. We certainly don’t want to discourage people from coming forward and getting tested and it’s important to have open and honest co-operation when it comes to contact tracing.At the same time, however, it’s fair to call out reckless and irresponsible behaviour.

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Cocoa Beach will no longer require face coverings

COCOA BEACH, Fla. – Leaders in Cocoa Beach announced on Friday that the city will no longer require the public to wear a face covering starting Monday.A mask mandate was put into place by city officials on June 30 as cases of COVID-19 began to erupt in all parts of the Sunshine State.

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Donald Trump gets coronavirus — what happens if he can’t finish the campaign?

tweets confirmed President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, speculation is already mounting about the implications for the Nov. 3 election.The White House has cancelled a rally scheduled in Florida as the president begins his quarantine, but it is not clear what happens if he gets incapacitated.

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Florida reports 2,660 new coronavirus cases as President Trump’s positive test creates uncertainty

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Florida reported 2,660 new cases of coronavirus Friday, the morning after President Donald Trump confirmed he and the first lady have tested positive for the virus, causing the president to cancel a visit to Sanford.The new cases bring Florida’s total to 711,804 forpeople who have tested positive for the virus that was first detected in the state in March.On Friday, the Florida Department of Health reported 111 people have recently died from coronavirus.

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Joe Biden wishes President Trump, first lady a 'swift recovery' from COVID-19

FILE - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks before a roundtable event with military veterans at Hillsborough Community College on September 15, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)(FOX 2) - Presidential challenger and former Vice President Joe Biden has issued a statement to wish President Donald Trump well in his recovery from COVID-19."Jill and I send our thoughts to President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump for a swift recovery.

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Sanford rally canceled after President Trump tests positive for coronavirus

SANFORD, Fla. – A large campaign rally planned in Sanford Friday has been canceled after President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump revealed they have coronavirus.It’s unclear if the campaign stop at the Orlando Sanford International Airport will be rescheduled at any point but teams at the Million Air hangar had been preparing for a large turnout. [MORE COVERAGE: Trump, first lady test positive for coronavirus | POTUS joins growing list of virus-infected world leaders | Shock, sympathy, mockery: World reacts to Trump infection]Trump’s supporters had already begun arriving to claim their spots at the rally.

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Donald Trump and First Lady Melania test positive for Covid-19

US President Donald Trump has confirmed he and First Lady Melania have tested positive for Covid-19, adding they will begin the process of quarantine and recovery "immediately".

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Trump campaign sues Philadelphia over mail-in voting offices

U.S. President Donald Trump participates in the first presidential debate against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University on September 29, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Preps underway for President Trump’s rally at Sanford airport

SANFORD, Fla. – Crews are preparing for President Donald Trump’s next campaign stop at the Orlando Sanford International Airport.Trump is expected to hold a rally at the Million Air hangar Friday at 7 p.m.Lee said she wanted to be one of the first in line to see the president.[TRENDING: Central Florida Latina has world painted on her skin| Florida governor lets eviction moratorium expire | Bar asks veterans, service dogs to leave]“I got out here yesterday morning just to scope it all out, just to see what’s what,” she said.She came back to the airport Thursday at 7 a.m. to stake out her spot.“I’m the person that saves all of the seats,” Lee said.Nearby Nathan Quick set up his booth.

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Check's in the mail? Trump doling out aid ahead of election

CHICAGO – It's almost as if he's writing a personal check.In recent days, President Donald Trump has promised millions of Medicare recipients that — thanks to him — they'll soon be getting an “incredible” $200 card in the mail to help them pay for prescriptions. He's called himself “the best thing” that ever happened to Puerto Rico, while releasing long-stalled aid.

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Florida health experts report nearly 2,000 new COVID-19 cases

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Florida health officials reported 1,948 new cases of coronavirus Wednesday, ending the sixth month of the pandemic with 706,516 total cases since the virus was first detected in the state.Action to mitigate the pandemic was a hot topic during Tuesday’s presidential debate, with President Donald Trump addressing national response and the economy, saying the U.S.

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Central Florida political expert to weigh in on presidential debate

Tuesday marks the first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden.At 10 p.m. Tuesday, News 6 Anchor Lisa Bell will interview University of Central Florida history professor Jim Clark to get his thoughts on the first hour of the debate.The interview will be streamed in a video player at the top of this story.The segment will last around 15 minutes as Clark will break down the first hour of the debate.If you have a question for Clark for Tuesday’s debate, submit it using the form above.The debate will be moderated by Fox News host Chris Wallace from Cleveland, Ohio.

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Democrats try to stick to health care in Supreme Court fight

WASHINGTON – Democrats are confronting the limits of their power as they fight against the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett with a strategy aimed at avoiding costly mistakes that could hurt the party's candidates in November.Unable to block President Donald Trump’s pick on their own, they are arguing to voters that Barrett’s nomination threatens the protections of the Affordable Care Act — a focus that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has embraced and many Democrats see as a winning message.

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Times' tax story is talker, but perceptions mostly hold

NEW YORK – Orlando Sentinel Editor-in-Chief Julie Anderson was curious how readers in polarized central Florida would react to her newspaper leading Monday's edition with a report that President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income tax in 2016 and 2017 — and no income tax at all in 10 of the previous 15 years.By midday Monday, she'd heard from two people.

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GOP takes Pennsylvania court’s ballot deadline to high court

(Photo By Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) HARRISBURG, Pa. - Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania on Monday asked the U.S.

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Former US Ambassador to Ukraine to be honored by PEN America

NEW YORK – Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine who was forced out of her job last year by the Trump administration, is being honored by PEN America.The literary and human rights organization announced Monday that Yovanovitch has won the PEN/Benenson Courage Award, of which previous recipients include Anita Hill and student activists from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.

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President Trump's former campaign manager hospitalized amid threat to harm self

Brad Parscale, former campaign manager for U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks before a rally at the target center on October 10, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Trump ex-campaign boss hospitalized amid threat to harm self

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale was hospitalized Sunday after he threatened to harm himself, according to Florida police and campaign officials.Police officers talked Parscale out of his Fort Lauderdale home after his wife called police to say that he had multiple firearms and was threatening to hurt himself. Police Sgt.

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Appellate court halts Wisconsin ballot-counting extension

MADISON, Wis. - A federal appeals court on Sunday temporarily halted a six-day extension for counting absentee ballots in Wisconsin's presidential election, a momentary victory for Republicans and President Donald Trump in the key presidential battleground state.As it stands, ballots will now be due by 8 p.m. on Election Day.

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Voters' poorly marked ovals could lead to contested ballots

ATLANTA - Two decades ago, Florida's hanging chads became an unlikely symbol of a disputed presidential election. This year, the issue could be poorly marked ovals or boxes.Amid the global coronavirus pandemic, more people than ever are expected to bypass their polling place and cast absentee ballots for the first time.

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Trump's coronavirus remarks weigh on minds of senior voters

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – President Donald Trump’s remarks at a campaign event in Ohio this week reverberated all the way to a sparkling waterfront in Florida, where senior citizens parsed his assessment of the coronavirus pandemic.Trump said that COVID-19 was seriously affecting “virtually nobody” under the age of 18 and sought to frame the pandemic as largely impacting older Americans, as he argued for school districts to resume in-person learning.“Now we know it affects elderly people with heart problems and other problems,” Trump said.

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Trump camp hopes Mideast pacts translate to Jewish support

Jewish American voters have leaned Democratic for decades, but Republicans are hoping the recent steps toward normalized relations between Gulf states and Israel — which Trump vigorously touted earlier this month — bolster his appeal to Jewish voters. With battleground states like Pennsylvania, Florida and Michigan collectively decided in 2016 by fewer than 200,000 votes, any loss of the Jewish support by Democratic nominee Joe Biden could be pivotal.“Democrats like to say they have a majority of the Jewish vote,” said Republican Jewish Coalition executive director Matt Brooks, whose group is spending $10 million to boost Trump and other GOP candidates in electoral battlegrounds ahead of November.

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Biden's low-key campaign style worries some Democrats

WILMINGTON, Del. – The final stretch of a presidential campaign is typically a nonstop mix of travel, caffeine and adrenaline. But as the worst pandemic in a century bears down on the United States, Joe Biden is taking a lower key approach.Since his Aug.

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Trump signs executive order on health care; attracts criticism from Democrats

Donald Trump on Thursday launched what aides termed a “vision” for health care heavy on unfulfilled aspirations.“It is affirmed, signed and done, so we can put that to rest,” Trump said after signing an executive order covering a range of issues, including protecting people with preexisting medical conditions from insurance discrimination.But that right is already guaranteed in the Obama-era health law his administration is asking the Supreme Court to overturn.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissively said Trump’s “bogus executive order on pre-existing conditions isn’t worth the paper it’s signed on.” Democrats are betting heavily that they have the edge on health care this election season.

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President Trump visits Jacksonville for ‘Great American Comeback’ rally

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – President Donald Trump walked off Air Force One to a crowd of thousands at Jacksonville’s Cecil Airport on Thursday, where he hosted a “Great American Comeback” campaign rally, according to a WJXT report.The president’s rally Thursday night was highly anticipated among Jacksonville supporters.

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Trump lawyers: DA's fight for tax returns built on innuendo

NEW YORK – A New York prosecutor engaged in a long-running battle to obtain Donald Trump’s tax returns is resorting to “speculation and innuendo” to justify his demands, the president's lawyers argued in court papers filed Thursday on the eve of an appeals court showdown.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arguments Friday after a district court judge last month rejected Trump's renewed efforts to invalidate a subpoena that the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.

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‘We are Republicans, Democrats, and Independents’: 489 retired military leaders endorse Joe Biden

LOS ANGELES - Scores of retired military generals and admirals have openly endorsed former vice president Joe Biden for president in a letter published Thursday, saying the Democratic nominee “has the character, principles, wisdom, and leadership necessary to address a world on fire.”Another letter published earlier this month bearing the names of 235 retired U.S. military leaders expressed support for Trump.The open letter published Thursday in support of Biden read, “We are Republicans, Democrats, and Independents.

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Florida Democrats post wide lead in mail-in ballot requests

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