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• 1 The Election That Could Break America

  If the vote is close, Donald Trump could easily throw the election into chaos and subvert the result. Who will stop him?

  Barton Gellman

• 2 Trump Takes Away a Lifeline for Swing-State Senators

  By moving forward with the Supreme Court confirmation, the president is giving lawmakers little space to carve out an independent identity that could help them win reelection.

  Peter Nicholas

• 3 Fauci to a Meddling HHS Official: ‘Take a Hike’

  The nation’s top public-health expert addresses political interference in the COVID-19 response, but urges Americans to focus on the winter ahead.

  Alexis C. Madrigal

• 4 Reddit Squashed QAnon by Accident

  Two years ago, Reddit had the internet’s biggest QAnon problem. Today, that problem is gone—but the company can’t really explain why.

  Kaitlyn Tiffany

• 5 James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution

  In an extraordinary condemnation, the former defense secretary backs protesters and says the president is trying to turn Americans against one another.

  Jeffrey Goldberg

• 6 Bill Gates: The Pandemic Has Erased Years of Progress

  “If you only look at COVID deaths, you’re actually missing the scale of the setback,” he said.

  Ed Yong

• 7 The Atlantic Daily: A Q&A With Barton Gellman

  No matter the outcome, President Donald Trump will not concede the presidential race, our reporter posits.

  Caroline Mimbs Nyce

• 8 How Boomer Parenting Fueled Millennial Burnout

  Anne Helen Petersen, the author of the new book Can’t Even, traces some of a generation’s malaise back to its upbringing.

  Joe Pinsker

• 9 History Will Judge the Complicit

  Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?

  Anne Applebaum

• 10 A Failure of Empathy Led to 200,000 Deaths. It Has Deep Roots.

  One giant psychology experiment explains why many people seem like they don’t care about the deaths of the elderly.

  Olga Khazan