Election

Facebook announced Monday it’s so far helped an estimated 2.5 million people register to vote this year ahead of the presidential election now just six weeks away.

After months of debate over mail-in ballots, more common during the COVID-19 era and more time-consuming to count, the options market has priced in outsize stock-market volatility through Election Day.

Biden said Thursday he would push for the tax credit to be increase to $3,000 for children under the age of 17, and $3,600 for families with children who are under the age of six.

President Trump took to Twitter on Friday to slam former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s pledge earlier this week to spend $100 million in the crucial general election state of Florida to help elect Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and defeat the president in November’s election.

Henderson, Nev., issued a $3,000 fine to a local manufacturing company for hosting a Trump rally in violation of COVID-19 restrictions.