Gmail, Google Docs, YouTube and other Google-based services were reported to be down across multiple countries on Monday morning.
Why it matters: It appears to be a massive outage for one of the world's most relied-upon technology systems, dealing a huge blow to work productivity. Google has not yet issued a statement on the situation.
This story is developing and will be updated with more details.
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Joe Biden's campaign has resumed its negative TV and digital ads against President Trump after temporarily taking them down last Friday when he was hospitalized with COVID-19.
Why it matters: There are just under four weeks until the election. Now that Trump is back in the White House, Democrats feel he's fair game for criticism as he was before his diagnosis.
Thursday's deluge of Big Tech earnings reports showed one thing pretty clearly: COVID-19 may be bad in all sorts of ways, but it's not slowing down the largest tech companies. If anything, it's helping some companies, like Amazon and Apple.
Yes, but: With the pandemic once again worsening in the U.S. and Europe, it's not clear how long the tech industry's winning streak can last.
The Trump campaign will run itselection night war room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, located steps from the West Wing, the Trump campaign confirmed to Axios.
Why it matters: The decision to move the main political operation from the campaign's headquarters in Rosslyn, Va., to the White House complex is the latest example of the Trump administration blurring the lines between governing and political activity.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told his fellow Senate Republicans in an email that he will vote to acquit former President Trump in his impeachment trial for inciting the deadly U.S Capitol riot on Jan. 6, two sources familiar with the email told Axios.
Why it matters: McConnell's acquittal vote will likely shrink the number of Republicans who considered voting to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial, making a conviction on the House's single charge of "incitement of insurrection" unlikely.
