--- title: October 5th, 2020 | Vol. 196, No. 13 | U.S. & International description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/magazine/us/5893167/october-5th-2020-vol-196-no-13-u-s-international/ og:title: October 5th, 2020 | Vol. 196, No. 13 | U.S. & International og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/magazine/us/5893167/october-5th-2020-vol-196-no-13-u-s-international/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt747936f7cebb70d3/698a1275e76ad23c0a6381f9/TIM201005_T100.Cover_.Megan_.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2363 og:image:height: 1329 og:image:alt: Time 100 Megan Thee Stallion Time Magazine cover 201005 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: October 5th, 2020 | Vol. 196, No. 13 | U.S. & International twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt747936f7cebb70d3/698a1275e76ad23c0a6381f9/TIM201005_T100.Cover_.Megan_.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Back to the vault # October 5, 2020 | Vol. 196 No. 13October 5, 2020 | Vol. 196 No. 13  Issue name October 5th, 2020 | Vol. 196, No. 13 | U.S. & International Issue date October 5, 2020 Location U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific, North America, South America [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents PoliticsU.S.World ### Politics [Politics](/section/politics/) ### ‘This Resets the Race.’ Why Trump’s Move to Fill the Supreme Court Vacancy Raises the Election’s Stakes ### U.S. [U.S.](/section/us/) ### Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Died. She Leaves Behind a Vital Legacy for Women — and Men The pioneering Supreme Court justice has died at the age of 87 ### World [World](/section/world/) ### How We Chose the 2020 TIME100 TIME's editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal explains the selection process fo this year's list of the 100 most influential people October 5th, 2020 | Vol. 196, No. 13 | U.S. & International ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"October 5th, 2020 | Vol. 196, No. 13 | U.S. & International","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/5893167/october-5th-2020-vol-196-no-13-u-s-international/"}]}]} ```