USA TODAYWith just eight days to go before the election, both national poll and swing state surveys make it clear the race is tightening. President Donald Trump gained on his Democratic challenger Joe Biden in national polling averages, and in nine of 12 contested states. But Biden still holds a sizable lead in the national polls and is still ahead of Trump in 10 of the 12 states that could decide the election. Biden's average lead is only 3 percentage points or more in five of the swing states, but those include the crucial states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin that...…USA TODAYWith just eight days to go before the election, both national poll and swing state surveys make it clear the race is tightening. President Donald Trump gained on his Democratic challenger Joe Biden in national polling averages, and in nine of 12 contested states. But Biden still holds a sizable lead in the national polls and is still ahead of Trump in 10 of the 12 states that could decide the election. Biden's average lead is only 3 percentage points or more in five of the swing states, but those include the crucial states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin that...WW…

USA TODAYBrit Hume, a senior political analyst at Fox News, defended his colleague Chris Wallace on social media Monday after President Donald Trump attacked the "Fox News Sunday" host in a scathing tweet. "Just watched Mike Wallace wannabe, Chris Wallace, on @FoxNews," Trump said Sunday, referring to Wallace's late father, the former "60 Minutes" correspondent for CBS News and journalistic icon who died in 2012."I am now convinced that he is even worse than Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd of Meet the Press(please!), or the people over at Deface the Nation," Trump tweeted as he...…USA TODAYBrit Hume, a senior political analyst at Fox News, defended his colleague Chris Wallace on social media Monday after President Donald Trump attacked the "Fox News Sunday" host in a scathing tweet. "Just watched Mike Wallace wannabe, Chris Wallace, on @FoxNews," Trump said Sunday, referring to Wallace's late father, the former "60 Minutes" correspondent for CBS News and journalistic icon who died in 2012."I am now convinced that he is even worse than Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd of Meet the Press(please!), or the people over at Deface the Nation," Trump tweeted as he...WW…

USA TODAYRetired astronaut Mark Kelly announced Tuesday that he is running to finish the late Sen. John McCain's last term representing Arizona, which ends in 2022. Kelly is the husband of former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who survived being shot in the head in a 2011 mass shooting that left six dead in Tucson, Arizona. Since that attack, Giffords and Kelly have been prominent advocates for gun control. He is the first Democrat to enter the field ahead of 2020 and is widely seen as a formidable candidate, given his biography and likely ability to raise the millions of dollars needed to...…USA TODAYRetired astronaut Mark Kelly announced Tuesday that he is running to finish the late Sen. John McCain's last term representing Arizona, which ends in 2022. Kelly is the husband of former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who survived being shot in the head in a 2011 mass shooting that left six dead in Tucson, Arizona. Since that attack, Giffords and Kelly have been prominent advocates for gun control. He is the first Democrat to enter the field ahead of 2020 and is widely seen as a formidable candidate, given his biography and likely ability to raise the millions of dollars needed to...WW…