With 10 days until Election Day, two new major national polls indicate Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump are in a dead heat in the race to succeed President Biden in the White House. With the clock quickly ticking, the two nominees and their running mates are fanning out across the key battleground states this weekend. Trump starts Saturday with a rally in Novi, Michigan, in...

The term “October surprise” – denoting an unexpected plot twist late in an election cycle that typically throws a wrench in prognostications – first entered the U.S. lexicon in 1980. During that contest between Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter and former California Gov. Ronald Reagan, Reagan was cognizant that a sudden release of 52 hostages in Iran could boost his opponent’s campaign. To that time, Carter’s term was marked...