Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Sunday, October 25, 2020

Below are some of the top political news stories of the day:

'We’re not going to control the pandemic,' Meadows says; Pence campaigns despite aides' COVID-19: 2020 election updates

National security adviser assures Americans "their vote is secret" amid interference fear

Pelosi to run for speaker again if Democrats keep the House

Election live updates: Biden, Trump campaigns push in battleground states

Majority will accept result of U.S. election, even if they dislike the winner: Reuters/Ipsos poll

5 Pence aides, including chief of staff Marc Short, test positive for COVID-19

Pelosi says coronavirus relief agreement 'could happen' this week, accuses Republicans of moving goalposts

Democratic Senate emerges as possible hurdle for progressives

Amy Coney Barrett will make John Roberts' goal keeping the Supreme Court out of politics more difficult

Pelosi: Covid relief deal could still happen before Election Day

The Latest: Biden attends church, plans push on early voting

Trump, Biden favorability unchanged as 2020 race heads into final week: POLL

Joe Biden Had Close Ties With Police Leaders. Will They Help Him Now? - NY Times

Biden grilled on 'transition' away from oil and gas comment in Pennsylvania TV interviews

Trump denies Covid-19 surge even as virus spreads among Pence's inner circle

Senate aims to put Barrett closer to a final vote on Monday
Analysis: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Barrett often rules for police in excessive force cases

Two counties to watch, days before election

Biden leads slightly in Texas, poll indicates

Black voters motivated, but concerned about votes counting — CBS News/BET poll

Turning Point: BLM organizers say right-wing backlash was expected

Biden says in video he has created 'voter fraud organization'

Women donors emerge as new power brokers in 2020 election as Democrats look to flip the Senate

CBS News Eye on Trends: The latest from the Election & Survey Unit

Pence travel questioned after aides test positive

GOP Senate majority besieged on multiple fronts

Absentee voting hits record level in Alabama

Election 2020: Latinx Women's Vote Could Affect The Outcome

Five key races likely to determine Senate control

Pack the Supreme Court? How did it come to this?

Polls: Biden has the edge in Florida and North Carolina

Joe Biden 'has been caught in repeated lies over Biden Inc': Sen. Johnson

The Memo: Five reasons why Trump could upset the odds

CNN's Jake Tapper presses White House chief of staff after top Pence aides test positive for coronavirus

After tight 2016 race, Pennsylvania poised to be linchpin to election win

Transcript: Governor Asa Hutchinson on "Face the Nation," October 25, 2020

Election 2020 live updates: Pence tests negative for COVID-19, will campaign in N.C.

Biden and Trump neck-and-neck in three southern states: poll

Transcript: Robert O'Brien on "Face the Nation," October 25, 2020

Some going to great lengths to vote early and in person

Pope Francis Names America's First Black Cardinal

Transcript: Mayor Quinton Lucas on "Face the Nation," October 25, 2020

Air Force vet would be California's first Black GOP woman elected to US House

100 Million Ballots, But Experts Say 'Heaven And Earth' Being Moved For Election Mail

Trump goes on offensive against Biden with trip to New Hampshire

Election 2020 updates: Trump claims he saved Big Ten football, slams Obama

Obama slams Trump in Miami: 'Florida Man wouldn't even do this stuff'

Trump denies the coronavirus surge as Biden and Obama condemn his approach

POLITICO Playbook: Biden lays out his agenda

With Stops In 4 Key States, Biden And Trump Bring Their Closing Arguments To Voters

Former ICE director blasts Biden for Obama administration’s immigration policy

Pompeo, Esper to push Trump’s anti-China message in India

Obama in Florida: Trump's tough guy schtick is a fraud

Belarus and Russia will respond to external threats, Lukashenko tells Pompeo: agencies

Who is Marc Short? Pence's 'soft-spoken' chief of staff has COVID-19

Pence to keep up travel despite contact with infected aide

Trump makes his case in North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin

Robocalls, Rumors And Emails: Last-Minute Election Disinformation Floods Voters

Harris: Voting for president is about ‘honoring ancestors’ who fought for civil rights

GOP asks Supreme Court again to block PA ballot extension

Order requiring Georgia pollbook backups halted

Scarred Democrats begin accepting a possible Biden win

As coronavirus cases hit daily record, Trump tries to reframe race about oil

Biden's oil stance jars Democrats in tough races

Trump campaign sues in Nevada to stop Vegas-area vote count

'SNL' sees Trump as man without a Covid-19 plan

UN: Nuclear weapons ban treaty to enter into force

Hurricane force gusts prompt extremely critical fire danger in California

Senators battle over Supreme Court nominee in rare Saturday session

Residents of Wisconsin town near Kenosha in uproar over teacher's racism lesson

How Trump’s team spent most of the $1.6 billion it raised over 2 years
Lee Kun-hee, who made South Korea's Samsung a global powerhouse, dies at 78

AOC tells Jane Fonda it's OK to be Trump's 'public enemy No. 1': 'That's a good thing'

Examining the process and history behind the way ballots look

Lou Dobbs goes after Lindsey Graham: 'I don't know why anyone' would vote for him

Trump, Biden addressed environmental justice. One of them 'missed the mark,' expert says.

Jerry Jeff Walker, Who Wrote 'Mr. Bojangles,' Dies At 78

Facebook asks academics to stop using tool in micro-targeting ad research

France recalls Turkey envoy after Erdogan says Macron needs 'mental check'

Biden wins major union endorsement in final days of White House race

Coronavirus News and Updates:

Spain orders nationwide curfew to stem worsening outbreak

Fauci: We'll know whether a vaccine is safe, effective by early December

Transcript: Scott Gottlieb discusses coronavirus on "Face the Nation," October 25, 2020

Vaccine storage issues could limit access

Italy closes gyms, eateries to fight COVID-19

How the pandemic has re-engineered our world

U.S. Records Highest Number Of Coronavirus Cases In 1 Day Since Pandemic Began

As COVID-19 hits swing states, Biden and Trump show sharp contrast

Texas governor requests use of El Paso-area military hospital for non-COVID-19 patients as cases surge

Australia's COVID-19 epicentre delays decision on lifting lockdown restrictions

Coronavirus cases break records as states around U.S. reel under surge

US sets coronavirus infection record; deaths near 224,000

Pence adviser Marty Obst tests positive for COVID-19

A Federal Coronavirus Vaccine Contract Released At Last, But Redactions Obscure Terms

Italy plans further curbs as coronavirus cases hit new record