Tipsheet: Trump retains narrow path to victory

View in your browser     The Memo: Trump retains narrow path to victory BY NIALL STANAGE   Victory for President Trump in Tuesday’s election remains a distinct possibility, despite the fact that he lags in national polls.   Democratic nominee Joe Biden has several realistic routes to the 270 electoral votes needed to claim the White House. But there are plausible scenarios that give Trump a narrow path to a second term — and they are giving Democrats sleepless nights.  Read the full story here     Analysis: Where the swing states stand in Trump-Biden battle BY JONATHAN EASLEY   Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden enters the final weekend before Election Day with polls showing him as the favorite to win the White House. Read the full story here     Trump to hold 14 rallies in final three days of campaign BY BRETT SAMUELS   President Trump will hold 14 rallies in the three days before Election Day, focusing a final blitz of appearances on Pennsylvania and the Midwest. Read the full story here     McConnell says Congress will take up stimulus package at start of 2021 BY ALEXANDER BOLTON   Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says he expects Congress to move another coronavirus relief package “right at the beginning” of 2021, breaking from Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who told reporters Thursday she wants to get a deal in the lame-duck session. Read the full story here       US records 97,000 new COVID-19 cases, shattering daily record BY TAL AXELROD   The U.S. recorded roughly 97,000 new coronavirus cases Friday, shattering the previous record for the highest number of new cases in a single day. Read the full story here     Democrats call Trump's COVID-19 response 'among the worst failures of leadership in American history' BY PETER SULLIVAN   House Democrats on the committee overseeing the coronavirus crisis released a report Friday calling the Trump administration’s response “among the worst failures of leadership in American history.” Read the full story here     Trump insists pandemic is 'rounding the turn' in Wisconsin, where cases are rising BY BRETT SAMUELS   President Trump said the nation is "rounding the turn" on the coronavirus at a Friday rally in Wisconsin, which has seen a 41 percent spike in new cases over the last 14 days, according to a tracker kept by The New York Times. Read the full story here     Stephen Miller: Trump to further crackdown on illegal immigration if he wins BY TAL AXELROD   Stephen Miller, a prominent immigration hawk and senior adviser to President Trump, previewed that the White House would take a tougher stance on allowing people into the country if the president wins a second term. Read the full story here     Trump signs bipartisan bill funding conservation grants BY RACHEL FRAZIN   President Trump on Friday approved a bipartisan bill that funds several popular conservation grants.  Read the full story here     Walmart reverses decision to remove guns, ammo from sales floors BY LAUREN VELLA   Walmart announced Friday that it would be reversing its decision to remove guns and ammunition from its sales floors in anticipation of civil unrest in the lead-up to Election Day.  Read the full story here     Cutting defense spending by 10 percent would debilitate America's military BY DOV S. ZAKHEIM OPINION l A 10 percent cut would lead to massive civilian and military personnel reductions, a hollow military, and a major force drawdown in East Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Read the full story here     There's still time to put Kamala Harris front and center BY ROSHNI NEDUNGADI   OPINION l In part, the Biden campaign selected Kamala Harris as his running mate because of a perceived ability to appeal to younger people of color. Thus far, polls show this narrative isn't playing out as planned. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Republicans shift from challenging rules to preparing to challenge individual ballots BY ROSALIND S. HELDERMAN, EMMA BROWN AND BETH REINHARD After largely failing to limit access to mail-in voting, Republicans now look to contest votes already cast. Read the full story here     The New York Times: A frazzled world holds its breath while the US chooses its leader BY DAVID HALBFINGER President Trump turned American foreign policy inside out, to the benefit of some nations and consternation of others. Now both groups are watching attentively to see which direction the U.S. goes next. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Race for Texas intensifies amid surging turnout, COVID cases BY WILL WEISSERT and PAUL J. WEBER Texas’ surprising status as a battleground came into clearer focus on Friday as Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris devoted one of the race’s final days to campaigning across America’s largest red state and early voter turnout zoomed past 9 million — already more than the total number of ballots cast during the entire 2016 election. Read the full story here     Reuters: In final days of campaign, Trump criticizes those fighting coronavirus BY ANDY SULLIVAN President Donald Trump is spending the closing days of his re-election campaign criticizing public officials and medical professionals who are trying to combat the coronavirus pandemic even as it surges back across the United States. Read the full story here     Bloomberg: Biden aides see warning signs in Black, Latino turnout so far BY TYLER PAGE Senior officials on Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign are increasingly worried about insufficient Black and Latino voter turnout in key states like Florida and Pennsylvania with only four days until the election, according to people familiar with the matter. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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