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White House News (白宮消息) | Sep. 20, 2020

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US presidential election 2020 odds: Donald Trump betting on a comeback against Joe Biden

Sep. 14 - With less than two months to go until America goes to the polls to vote in the US election, the fight between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is only just beginning. 

Now that the conventions are behind us – albeit, events that bear no resemblance to previous versions due to the occasion having to take place virtually as a result of the ongoing pandemic – the next date to circle in the calendar is the televised presidential debates, and they’re already causing quite the stir. Biden has asked for the debates to be fact-checked in real time, while Trump has challenged his opponent to agree to a drugs test beforehand to ensure neither speaker was benefitting from any performance enhancements.

There’s every reason for Trump to head into the final leg of the election campaign with confidence having turned things around in the betting when in the unfamiliar position of not being the favourite to win. On the first day of August, Trump’s chances of re-election were the worst of any incumbent President when his odds of winning four more years were 9/5 (35 per cent implied chance) on Betfair Exchange, while Biden was 4/6 (61 per cent). He’s since completed a remarkable turnaround to put himself back in the mix in a betting sense and was briefly favourite at the start of September, with the odds now settling to leave the pair neck and neck, with Biden marginally in front at odds of evens (50 per cent likelihood of victory), compared to Trump who sits at 11/10 (48 per cent probability).

The surge in support for Trump has resulted in him overtaking Biden in terms of the volume of money bet on each candidate... continue to read
Ricin Discovered In Mail Intended For White House

Sep. 20 - Federal authorities are investigating after ricin, a deadly toxin, was discovered in mail intended for the White House.
The Secret Service intercepted the envelope which was positively identified with mail meant for the White House, law enforcement sources tell NPR. The ricin never made it to White House grounds, but authorities are still searching for other undiscovered dangerous packages that may be linked to the ricin.

Law enforcement sources also said investigators are narrowing down suspects, but have made no arrests.

Both the White House and Secret Service are declining to comment.

Ricin, a toxin derived from castor seeds, has been previously sent to public officials and politicians, including to President Obama in 2013. A man from Tupelo, Mississippi was sentenced to 25 years in prison in that case.

In 2018, the FBI arrested a Utah man they believed sent castor seeds in two envelopes addressed to the Pentagon.      source