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Hope Hicks, one of President Trump's closest advisers, tests positive for coronavirus — Hicks traveled with the president to and from Tuesday's first debate. — Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. — Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump's closest advisers …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Says He Will Quarantine After Aide Falls Ill With Virus — Hope Hicks traveled with Trump to debate and Minnesota rally — President and first lady are awaiting results of virus tests — President Donald Trump said that he would begin self-quarantine while waiting …
CNN:
Trump says he and first lady will begin ‘quarantine process’ after top aide Hope Hicks tests positive for Covid-19 — (CNN)President Donald Trump confirmed on Thursday night that top aide Hope Hicks has tested positive for coronavirus and said he and first lady Melania Trump will begin their …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Hope Hicks, a White House adviser who traveled with the president on Air Force One on Wednesday, tests positive for coronavirus. — Hope Hicks, one of President Trump's most senior advisers, has tested positive for the coronavirus, three people familiar with the matter said Thursday night.
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Washington Post:
Trump begins quarantine as close aide Hope Hicks tests positive for coronavirus
Trump begins quarantine as close aide Hope Hicks tests positive for coronavirus
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: Hope Hicks,Top Trump Adviser, Has Virus and Is Quarantined
2020 Election Live Updates: Hope Hicks,Top Trump Adviser, Has Virus and Is Quarantined
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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
The Secret History of Kimberly Guilfoyle's Departure from Fox — As President Donald Trump heads into the 2020 elections, he faces a daunting gender gap: according to a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll, he trails Joe Biden by thirty percentage points among female voters.
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WSB-TV:
Following rocky debate, Biden takes lead over Trump in latest exclusive Channel 2 poll — ATLANTA — We are seeing how the first presidential debate changed Georgia voters' opinions. — For the first time, former Vice President Joe Biden is leading our exclusive Channel 2 Action News/Landmark Communications poll.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump pushes back on changes to upcoming presidential debates — President Trump suggested Thursday that he'll resist any moves that could cut off candidates' microphones in the next debate if he continues to talk over his opponent and the moderator. — “Why would I allow the Debate Commission …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Biden is still leading in the polls, and voters say he won his first debate against Trump — Democrat Joe Biden came into the first debate ahead of President Trump in the national polls. — The first scientific polls to ask who won the debate Tuesday night show Biden coming out on top.
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SOM - State of Michigan:
AG Nessel Files Felony Charges Against Jack Burkman, Jacob Wohl in Voter-Suppression Robocalls Investigation — LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed charges today against two political operatives for allegedly orchestrating a series of robocalls aimed at suppressing the vote in the November general election.
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Grant Stern / Occupy Democrats:
Michigan AG charges two GOP operatives with multiple voter suppression felonies
Michigan AG charges two GOP operatives with multiple voter suppression felonies
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Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
Conservative hoaxers face charges over false voter robocalls
Conservative hoaxers face charges over false voter robocalls
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Amy Coney Barrett Signed Letter Urging End of ‘Barbaric’ Roe v. Wade — The letter may be in line with conservative thinking. But it could complicate her Supreme Court fight. — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett signed a letter in 2006 calling for the end of Roe v. Wade …
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Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Barrett's participation in 2006 ad calling for overturn of Roe v. Wade was not included in Senate disclosures
Barrett's participation in 2006 ad calling for overturn of Roe v. Wade was not included in Senate disclosures
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
Trump Supreme Court pick already ruled on pending Obamacare case — in a moot exercise
Trump Supreme Court pick already ruled on pending Obamacare case — in a moot exercise
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Revealed: Amy Coney Barrett supported group that said life begins at fertilization
Revealed: Amy Coney Barrett supported group that said life begins at fertilization
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Chuck Lindell / Austin American-Statesman:
Abbott orders counties to close multiple ballot dropoff sites — Gov. Greg Abbott issued an order Thursday requiring counties to close multiple locations where voters can drop off completed mail-in ballots. — As an election security measure, counties will be limited to one dropoff site …
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Washington Post:
Texas governor's limit on drop-off sites for mail-in ballots criticized as voter suppression
Texas governor's limit on drop-off sites for mail-in ballots criticized as voter suppression
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Jessica Chasmar / Washington Times:
Proud Boys, Black Lives Matter leaders hold joint conference: We ‘denounce White supremacy’ — Local leaders of the right-wing group Proud Boys in Salt Lake City held a joint news conference with a local Black Lives Matter leader on Wednesday to correct the record and “denounce White supremacy” …
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Politico:
Trump blames low-income people, minorities for ‘ruining’ suburbia
Trump blames low-income people, minorities for ‘ruining’ suburbia
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Axios, Reuters and Mother Jones
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Facing Grim Polls, Trump Leans Into Playing the Victim — Be it congressional Democrats, the news media, the standards enforcers at Twitter or, now, the debate commission, President Trump has repeatedly blamed others for problems and self-inflicted wounds. — On Thursday afternoon …
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Tom LoBianco / Business Insider:
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale told friends he was under federal investigation just days before meltdown … - Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale told campaign staff and friends that he was under federal investigation, just days before police detained him, Trump advisers tell Insider.
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USA Today:
1,600 former Justice Department lawyers accuse Barr of using DOJ to help Trump in election … WASHINGTON - Former Justice Department attorneys expressed concerns Thursday that Attorney General William Barr is using the power of the agency to help President Donald Trump win reelection …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump's ex-national security adviser says president is ‘aiding and abetting’ Putin — Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster said Thursday that President Donald Trump is “aiding and abetting” Russian President Vladimir Putin's efforts to sow doubt about the American electoral system.
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Regina Ip / New York Times:
Hong Kong Is China, Like It or Not — After months of chaos in the city, something had to be done, and the Chinese government did it. — Ms. Ip is a legislator and a member of the Executive Council in Hong Kong. — HONG KONG — No amount of outcry, condemnation or sanctions …
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Biden poised to launch in-person canvassing in key states — NEW YORK (AP) — After months of avoiding direct contact with voters because of the pandemic, Joe Biden's campaign is about to launch in-person canvassing efforts across several battleground states.
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David Wasserman / NBC News:
Trump is winning the voter registration battle against Biden in key states
Trump is winning the voter registration battle against Biden in key states
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Thomas Barrabi / Fox News:
Obama touts LeBron's ‘More Than a Vote’ campaign as it surpasses 10,000 poll volunteers — Obama thanked the volunteers in a surprise address to a virtual crowd at the NBA Finals. — Flipboard — Fox News Flash top headlines for October 1 — Former President Barack Obama praised participants …
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Bobby Burack / OutKick:
NBA Finals Ratings Sink to All-Time Lows
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Trump's plans for rally in western Wisconsin up in the air — MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump appears to have canceled a planned appearance in western Wisconsin amid calls from the city's mayor and the state's governor, both Democrats, that he not hold a rally amid a surge in coronavirus cases.
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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Wisconsin Is Frazzled by Surging Virus Cases and Growing Campaign Frenzy
Wisconsin Is Frazzled by Surging Virus Cases and Growing Campaign Frenzy
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Raw Story
Michael Lewis / Bloomberg:
Inside a California Covid Revolt — Residents of Shasta County have taken resistance to Covid-19 restrictions to another level: “full-on anarchy.” — Some people who are good in a crisis need a crisis to be good. They're better wired for hot zones than for ordinary life and so they do whatever …
Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Secretly recorded tapes show Melania Trump's frustration at criticism for family separation policy and her bashing of Christmas decorations — (CNN)First Lady Melania Trump was secretly recorded in the summer of 2018 expressing her frustration at being criticized for her husband's policy …
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Politico:
Vulnerable Senate Republicans raise alarm over coronavirus impasse — With their majority on the line, Senate Republicans are beginning to fret about the prospect of facing voters in the final weeks of the campaign without a new round of coronavirus aid being enacted.
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
American cyclist suspended over pro-Trump tweet — A rising American cycling star has been suspended after expressing support for President Trump in a Twitter feud with a Dutch journalist. — Quinn Simmons, the reining junior road race world champion and the junior U.S. road race champion …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Kayleigh McEnany's first post-debate briefing goes off the rails — For the second time in a week, the United States bore witness to an animated and interruption-filled political discussion. The first one was Tuesday's debate, but Thursday's White House briefing wasn't that different.
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