2020 election
Poorly Protected Postal Workers Are Catching COVID-19 by the Thousands. It’s One More Threat to Voting by Mail.
More than 50,000 workers have taken time off for virus-related reasons, slowing mail delivery. The Postal Service doesn’t test employees or check their temperatures, and its contact tracing is erratic.
09.18.20 | 10:38 am
Is Your State Ready For The Pandemic Election? A Look At CO, MN, WV, LA, MD
We’re taking a state-by-state look at the places that appear most ready for a pandemic election, and the places that could be in for a big mess.
09.18.20 | 7:00 am
Where Things Stand: Both Barr And Caputo Hype Sedition, But Only One Is Leaving 
This is your TPM afternoon briefing.
09.16.20 | 2:04 pm
Michael Caputo, the longtime Trump hype man and HHS official, is taking a leave of absence from the Department of Health and Human Services.
This follows a tumultuous few days in which reports surfaced showing Caputo and one of his close aides at HHS were involved in a scheme to pressure the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention into cooking the books on COVID-19 reporting data to more closely adhere to President Trump’s rosy rhetoric on the pandemic.
