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New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: What Trump's Positive Test Means for the Race  —  The president's announcement early Friday that he tested positive upended the race in an instant, with less than five weeks to go before the election.  It also rattled the world and sent markets tumbling.
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Washington Post:
Supreme Court nominee tested positive for coronavirus this summer, has since recovered  —  Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this year but has since recovered, three officials familiar with her diagnosis told The Washington Post.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
GOP donors panic after coming close to Trump at fundraiser hours before his positive Covid-19 test  — GOP donors, according to a person briefed on the matter, have been reaching out to Trump campaign and GOP officials for any guidance as to what to do next following a fundraiser with the president.
New York Times:
On Monday, Trump Updated the Nation on Virus Strategy.  By Friday, He Tested Positive.  —  President Trump interacted with scores of staff members, donors and supporters this week.  Early Friday morning, it was still unclear how many other aides who had come into close contact with him had tested positive.
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“No One Knows Where This Is Going to Go”: Pandemonium Inside the White House as Trump Contracts COVID-19  —  The president has a cough and a fever; the first lady is said to be asymptomatic.  The real question is how bad it gets—and how the election unfolds.
James Hamblin / The Atlantic:
The Probable Outcomes of Trump's Diagnosis  —  Donald Trump is 74, and he is male.  —  Little else is known about his physical condition.  Throughout his presidency, he has disclosed almost nothing in the way of medical records.  He stands accused, by one of his former doctors …
Politico:
‘This is the worst nightmare for the Trump campaign’  —  Donald Trump had done everything possible to shift the focus of the presidential campaign away from his handling of the coronavirus.  —  His own infection now ensures that he can't - pulling Trump off the road 32 days before the election …
New York Times:
Trump Tests Positive for the Coronavirus  —  The president's result came after he spent months playing down the severity of the outbreak that has killed more than 207,000 in the United States and hours after insisting that “the end of the pandemic is in sight.”
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Trump Infects America  —  “At the best of times, Trumpworld operates with all the strategic direction of a chicken with its head cut off,” a senior Republican official told me.  “Right now, they're operating like a chicken with its head cut off, lit on fire, and thrown off a cliff.”
Joshua Nelson / Fox News:
Trump hard at work, in good spirits after positive coronavirus test, McEnany says  —  'We're having to hold him back a little here,' White House press secretary tells ‘Outnumbered Overtime’  —  McEnany: Trump in good spirits, having ‘mild symptoms’  —  President Trump is “feeling good” …
Matt Berman / BuzzFeed News:
I Am The Politics Editor And I Have Absolutely No Idea What Happens Next
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and BuzzFeed News
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump rally-goers urged to get tested if sick
Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:   Trump Buddies Are Boasting They Tested Negative. That Doesn't Mean Anything.
New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump's Virus Symptoms Appear Mild So Far
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Journalists, beware: This White House can't be trusted to be truthful about Trump's health
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Wall Street Journal:
President Trump Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Bloomberg:
Trump Tests Positive for Covid, Roiling Campaign and White House
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Sen. Mike Lee tests positive for Covid
Rhea Mahbubani / Business Insider:
Utah Sen. Mike Lee tests positive for coronavirus 5 days after attending White House event announcing Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett
WKYC-TV:
City of Cleveland announces 11 positive cases of COVID-19 stemming from preparations for presidential debate  —  The Cleveland Department of Public Health is conducting contact tracing following the positive cases.  —  CLEVELAND — With the news that President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
White House coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas reacts to Trump's coronavirus diagnosis, says ‘zero reason to panic’
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox News Stars to Be Tested After Attending Debate Night  —  The network is taking precautions after Lachlan Murdoch, Sean Hannity and other key Fox figures attended the debate moderated by Chris Wallace.  —  A son of Rupert Murdoch and some of the biggest stars at Fox News were potentially exposed …
Discussion: Variety, The Hill and Fox News
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Chris Wallace Tells Fox Viewers Not to Listen to Trump COVID Adviser Scott Atlas: ‘He Has No Training’  —  “Dr. Scott Atlas is not an epidemiologist, is not an infectious disease specialist.  He has no training in this area at all.”  —  Fox News anchor Chris Wallace had a lot of thoughts …
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
In Profane Rant, Melania Trump Takes Aim at Migrant Children and Critics  —  The audio recording puts the first lady's frustrations on full display just weeks before President Trump faces the voters in his bid for a second term.  —  WASHINGTON — The first lady, Melania Trump …
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Anna North / Vox:
The Melania tapes bust the “Free Melania” myth
Discussion: CNN and Vanity Fair
Chris Rickert / madison.com:
Madison police, federal law enforcement find no evidence biracial woman was attacked  —  Madison police announced Friday that they were not able to corroborate allegations made by a biracial Monona woman that she was burned by four white men in Downtown Madison in June in what was initially reported …
Discussion: Big League Politics and Althouse
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Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
Prosecutors: Not enough evidence to prove Wisconsin attack
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jed Graham / Investor's Business Daily:
Biden Lead Over Trump Cut To 3 Points After Presidential Debate: IBD/TIPP Poll  —  Joe Biden's lead over President Donald Trump has narrowed to 2.6 points among likely voters, a new IBD/TIPP 2020 election poll finds.  Trump's rise comes despite registered voters seeing Biden as the winner …
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren indicted in felony campaign finance fraud … ROCHESTER, NY — Mayor Lovely Warren has been indicted on two felony campaign finance charges, Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley announced Friday.  —  The first charge is for first-degree scheme to defraud …
Discussion: National Review and RochesterFirst
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Carolyn Thompson / Associated Press:
Rochester mayor indicted in campaign finance probe
Discussion: Fox News and The Daily Beast
Chris Cohen / GQ:
Should You Wake Up Your Romantic Partner in the Middle of the Night to Tell Them the President Contracted a Deadly Virus?  —  Last night that was suddenly a question a lot of people had to answer.  —  There's a certain category of news so shocking that you'll always remember where you were when you heard it.
Helen Branswell / STAT:
As ‘the clock starts ticking’ after coronavirus infection, Trump faces an uncertain road ahead  —  The news that President Donald Trump is showing mild signs of Covid-19 infection after testing positive tell us nothing about what the disease might have in store for the commander-in-chief …
Discussion: Political Wire
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
PATRICK MARLEY  —  MADISON - No Wisconsin absentee ballots were found in mail discovered in a ditch in the Fox Valley last week, the state's top election official said Thursday.  —  Three trays of mail were found in a ditch in Greenville last week, and the Outagamie County Sheriff's Office …
 
 
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 More Items: 
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's campaign has an epically bad day — and it's not just the virus
Discussion: Fox News and Axios
Associated Press:
Groups Sue Texas Governor Over Reductions in Ballot Drop-Off Locations
Discussion: The Hill, TheBlaze and Bloomberg
John Staddon / The James G. Martin Center …:
Diversity Über Alles: Science Is Threatened by Identity Politics
Discussion: National Review
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
For vulnerable voters, Trump's diagnosis may weaken his case for re-election
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Andy Puzder / Fox Business:
September jobs numbers best since Reagan-era, don't panic America
Discussion: NPR
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James S. Robbins / USA Today:
Trump did condemn white supremacists, too bad so many people won't listen
Discussion: Redstate
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Dear Colleague: Update on Coronavirus Relief Negotiations Following House Passage of the Updated Heroes Act
Jacob Grier / Arc Digital:
A Pox on One of Their Houses  —  A lifelong Libertarian voter is driven to break for a major party …
ABC News:
Supreme Court to review Arizona ‘ballot harvesting’ law
 

 
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Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart

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