Today’s market sell-off came amid new worries about the coronavirus, as average daily cases hit a record high in the U.S. At the same time, the efforts between Congress and the White House to reach a stimulus deal also appeared to have hit a wall. President Donald Trump and Joe Biden are heading into their last full week of campaigning before Election Day. The candidates and their surrogates will spend the week in key battleground states such as Michigan and Pennsylvania. Plus, Pope Francis names the 1st African cardinal, murder hornets and a fast-growing wildfire in Southern California.

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden have concluded their final debate, They answered questions and challenged each other about the coronavirus pandemic, the economy and foreign interference in the election, as well as each other’s finances. The United States has reported more than 71,600 new coronavirus cases, approaching a record number of daily infections set in late July as the outbreak takes root across the Midwest and hospitalizations rise. Wildfires in Colorado have forced thousands of evacuations from Grand Lake to Estes Park. Plus, movie theatres in New York reopen, historic early voting and murder hornets.

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will square off in a debate for the final time before Election Day. The rules will be different this time, as well. One candidate’s microphone will be muted for the first two minutes of each segment to allow the other an uninterrupted answer. A rapidly growing wildfire prompted mandatory evacuations in northern Colorado and is threatening to merge with the state's largest wildfire in history, fire officials said. The United States has sanctioned five Iranian groups that it says attempted to interfere in the upcoming presidential election between President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden. Plus, new research shows certain masks do work against the spread of Covid-19.

Former President Barack Obama has returned to the campaign trail on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Obama will hold his first fall campaign appearance in Pennsylvania while President Trump is staging an evening rally in North Carolina, another competitive state for both campaigns. The dueling appearances come on the eve of Thursday’s final debate and with less than two weeks remaining before the November election. Three years after Donald Trump ordered a crackdown on undocumented migrants crossing into the US, lawyers are still struggling to find the parents of 545 children separated from them under the “zero-tolerance” policy, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. Pope Francis has called for the legalization of same-sex civil unions for the first time as pope, a shift from the Catholic Church’s longstanding doctrine on LGBTQ rights. Plus, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official has said the U.S. coronavirus outbreak is rapidly expanding with Covid-19 cases now growing “really in all parts of the country.”

About two-thirds of voters nationally and in six electoral swing states believe the Senate should focus on passing more coronavirus aid rather than confirming Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, according to new CNBC/Change Research polls. The surveys also find Democratic nominee Joe Biden leading President Donald Trump in a still-competitive presidential race. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will discuss coronavirus stimulus ahead of a self-imposed deadline to strike an agreement. With new Covid-19 cases rising exponentially across the European continent, leaders are once again turning to social distancing mandates and business closures to halt the spread of the coronavirus. Plus, Disneyland and Universal Studios Hollywood were dealt devastating news after California told big theme parks they could not open until daily coronavirus cases dropped below 1 per 100,000 in their counties.

Spending in the 2020 presidential election is expected to reach a record-shattering $10.8 billion, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Britain and the United States condemned what they said were a litany of malicious cyberattacks orchestrated by Russian military intelligence, including attempts to disrupt next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. President Donald Trump said the government’s top pandemic fighter, Dr. Anthony Fauci, is a “disaster” — and possibly an “idiot” — as he claimed that Americans are “tired of” Covid-19, even as the number of coronavirus cases continued spiking in much of the United States. Plus, Yelp is adding alerts to its review pages of businesses accused of “overtly racist actions,” and Hawaii reopens to tourists for the first time in seven months.

Consumers spent at a much faster pace than expected in September, with retail sales rising 1.9% in a sign that the U.S. economy’s biggest driver remains healthy. The report comes amid concerns over the direction of an economy slowed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Investors will also keep their eyes on Washington during the week ahead as lawmakers continue to struggle over new U.S. fiscal stimulus. This week, President Donald Trump said he would raise his offer for a coronavirus aid above the current level of $1.8 trillion. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has said the administration’s proposal “falls significantly short” of what is needed. Plus, French terrorism authorities are investigating a knife attack that wounded at least two people, California fires and Hurricane Delta.

President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden will compete for TV audiences in dueling town halls instead of meeting face-to-face for their second debate as originally planned. The two will take questions in different cities on different networks: Trump on NBC from Miami, Biden on ABC from Philadelphia. College football teams in multiple states have postponed games after players and coaches tested positive for coronavirus. The NCAA and NFL have not created player bubbles as some leagues have as a safety precaution. Women have lost the majority of jobs since the start of the pandemic. In fact, multiple studies have pointed to the fact that the current recession is tougher on women than men. Plus, a hurricane update, presidential polling and a skateboarding dog from Russia.

The U.S. is now grappling with a new Covid-19 surge. More than 30 states have reported more Covid-19 cases this past week than they reported the previous week, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. United Airlines posted a wider-than-expected third-quarter loss as the coronavirus pandemic continued to hammer air travel demand. The forecast for wildfire weather across California’s Bay Area this week is looking increasingly dire and the National Weather Service is warning that there will be 'potential for rapid spread of fire.' Plus, early presidential voting, real estate wire fraud and a historic space mission.

More than 10.6 million voters across the U.S. have now cast their ballots in the November election according to data from the U.S. Elections Project. The men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer also discussed “taking out” Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam because of coronavirus lockdown orders, an FBI agent revealed. Judge Amy Coney Barrett got her first shot to address questions live from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee today. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge spent the hearing fielding questions on abortion, the Second Amendment, her view of the role of precedent and an upcoming case on the Affordable Care Act. Plus, people in southwest Louisiana are slowly picking up the pieces from the devastation of hurricanes Laura and Delta last week.