Tipsheet: Biden keeps both sides guessing on court packing

View in your browser     Biden keeps both sides guessing on court packing BY AMIE PARNES   Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s signal Thursday night that he could be open to packing the Supreme Court with new justices pleased progressives, while adding confusion given his comments earlier in the week that he was “not a fan” of court packing.  The issue remains a prickly one for Biden, who is trying to hold together a coalition of Democrats that includes moderates and progressives. The former vice president said he would make a final decision on court packing before Election Day, even though millions of Americans have already started voting. Read the full story here     Republicans increasingly seek distance from Trump BY MIKE LILLIS AND SCOTT WONG   More and more Republicans are running for the lifeboats. Read the full story here     Exclusive poll: Biden up in Michigan and Pennsylvania, tied with Trump in Florida BY JONATHAN EASLEY   Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads President Trump in Pennsylvania and Michigan, but the two candidates are tied in Florida with just more than two weeks to go before Election Day. Read the full story here     Supreme Court battle turns into 2020 proxy war BY JORDAIN CARNEY   The fight over Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination is turning into a proxy war over the looming November elections. Read the full story here       Pelosi and Trump go a full year without speaking BY CRISTINA MARCOS   Friday marks a full year since Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and President Trump last spoke to each other. Read the full story here     Trump promises speedy vaccine in appeal to seniors BY MORGAN CHALFANT   President Trump appealed to American seniors on Friday by touting his administration’s effort to swiftly deliver a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, announcing a new public-private partnership to deliver a possible vaccine to senior citizens free of cost. Read the full story here     US deficit spikes to record $3.1T in 2020 amid pandemic spending BY NIV ELIS   The federal deficit surged to a record $3.1 trillion in fiscal 2020, according to Treasury Department figures released Friday. Read the full story here     Google sees persistent foreign cyber targeting of US elections, COVID-19 research BY MAGGIE MILLER   Google on Friday said it continues to see foreign cyber targeting directed at individuals and campaigns involved in upcoming U.S. elections, along with efforts to target groups involved in COVID-19 research and treatment.  Read the full story here     Twitter reverses, allowing users to share controversial New York Post story BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO   Twitter will no longer block a disputed New York Post story about Hunter Biden, marking a stunning reversal from its previous ban on its dissemination. Read the full story here     US blasts reported test of Turkey's S-400 air defense system BY ELLEN MITCHELL   The Pentagon on Friday blasted Turkey over reports that the NATO member tested its Russian-made S-400 air defense system, which the U.S. said “risks serious consequences” for the allies’ relationship. Read the full story here     Swing-state polls suggest a narrowed path for Trump's reelection BY MARK PENN   OPINION l A cat may have nine lives, but does Donald Trump? That’s really the question facing us as we enter the home stretch of the presidential race, with every poll in America showing Trump behind and our swing-state polls showing he has a sharply narrowed path to reelection. Read the full story here     Why your House vote could decide who becomes president BY WILLIAM J. MCGINLEY   OPINION l If the House is forced to hold a contingent election, the political cross-currents facing each representative will be intense. Each would face calls to vote according to the presidential vote totals from his or her congressional district, while other forces would claim that the entire delegation must vote with the statewide vote.   Read the full story here     Associated Press: Azerbaijan: Armenian missile killed 13, wounded over 50 BY AIDA SULTANOVA   Azerbaijan on Saturday accused Armenia of striking its second-largest city with a ballistic missile that killed at least 13 civilians and wounded 50 others in a new escalation of their conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. Read the full story here     Reuters: India begins selecting people for priority coronavirus vaccines BY NUPUR ANAND   India’s coronavirus infections rose by another 62,212 cases over the previous day and a local media report said on Saturday that the government had begun identifying about 300 million people who would be given the vaccine first when it is ready. Read the full story here     Washington Post: Biden’s ABC town hall ratings beat Trump’s three-network NBC event BY ELAHE IZADI   Nearly 700,000 more viewers on Thursday watched former vice president Joe Biden’s town hall live on television than those who watched President Trump’s, according to data released Friday afternoon by measurement company Nielsen. Read the full story here     Politico: HHS lawyer: Trump’s drug cards could violate election law BY DAN DIAMOND   The health department’s top lawyer is warning in an internal memo that President Donald Trump's plan to give seniors $200 discount cards to buy prescription drugs could violate election law, according to three officials with knowledge of those legal concerns. Read the full story here     Bloomberg: Ardern wins landslide victory in New Zealand on COVID success BY TRACY WITHERS and AINSLEY THOMSON    Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern swept to an emphatic victory in New Zealand’s general election and said she would use her mandate to rebuild an economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic and tackle social inequality. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet   You Might Like       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2020 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

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