David Rutz is senior writer at the Washington Free Beacon. He was previously a sports reporter for two years in Atlanta and has done freelance sports reporting for the Washington Post. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2010 and lives in Marietta, Ga. His Twitter handle is @DavidRutz. He can be reached at rutz@freebeacon.com.
Joe Biden and Senate Democrats in 2016 stressed the need to fill a Supreme Court vacancy with all due speed, pointing to the issues that would arise from deadlocked, 4-4 decisions. 
Democrats in 2016 demanded Senate Republicans "do their job" and give a hearing and vote to President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, in spite of it being a presidential election year. 
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have struggled to deliver a consistent message on whether they would enforce a nationwide coronavirus mask mandate in office. 
Congressional Black Caucus chairwoman Karen Bass (D., Calif.) called for "international observers" of the 2020 election on Thursday, comparing the United States to African nations that recently held elections in need of outside legitimation. 
Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock commended a Louis Farrakhan-supporting preacher Wednesday after he compared President Donald Trump's election to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and applauded efforts to defund police departments. 
Sen. David Perdue (R., Ga.) has been exonerated in three separate investigations of his stock trades that were scrutinized at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, his campaign announced Wednesday. 
Liberal politicians and media members have said President Donald Trump and Republicans will cheat, suppress the vote, dismantle the post office, and"steal" the election in 2020. 
With Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain signing a historic treaty at the White House on Tuesday, the Washington Free Beacon looks back on predictions of Middle East turmoil when the Trump administration recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital in 2018. 
An open letter cosigned by Linda Sarsour and other left-wing activists accuses the Chicago Police Department of fabricating the charge that actor Jussie Smollett concocted a hate crime against himself in 2019. 
Nearly half of CNN's Republican contributors are voting for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, putting the network's GOP roster dramatically out of step with the broader party electorate. 