US election 2020 news: Live updates

Trump sought to cast Joe Biden as weak on immigration and on China, claiming, “If I don’t get elected in a little while, 20 days, China will own the United States,” adding at one point that he is “not interested in making friends in the corrupt media.”One day after questioning his own support among suburban women, Trump warned that in a Biden administration there would be “an economic catastrophe of unimaginable proportions” and “your suburb will be gone. Elsewhere, early voters endured long lines, sometimes snaking around buildings, according to local reports.Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden hopes to peel the Peach State away from President Trump, who won by five percentage points in 2016. It's compounded by voter ID laws, racial gerrymandering, a number of other really bad practices made much worse since the gutting of the Voting Rights Act in 2013,” he said.In-person early voting began in Texas on Tuesday, with long lines and massive turnout.Watch: From CNN's Marshall CohenA state appeals court in Texas dismissed a lawsuit brought by Republicans who were trying to block curbside and drive-through voting in Harris County, which is home to Houston, a major Democratic stronghold. They also said they were dismissing the lawsuit because it was filed too late and “the election is currently in progress.”In-person early voting began this week in Texas, with long lines and massive turnout.From CNN's Ross LevittA federal judge in Virginia said Wednesday morning he will reopen voter registration there until 11:59 p.m. on Thursday after a computer outage took down the system on Tuesday, the deadline to register. From CNN's Joan BiskupicJudge Amy Coney Barrett on Tuesday eluded efforts by Democratic lawmakers to commit to recusing herself from any Supreme Court election dispute between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden.With controversies over state ballot practices escalating and the possibility of a replay of the 2000 Bush v.