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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump campaign manager tests positive for Covid-19 — Donald Trump's campaign manager has tested positive for Covid-19, dealing another blow to his reelection effort on a day that saw the president and the head of the Republican National Committee report contracting the disease as well.
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Invincibility punctured by infection: How the coronavirus spread in Trump's White House — The ceremony in the White House Rose Garden last Saturday was a triumphal flashback to the Before Times — before public health guidelines restricted mass gatherings, before people were urged to wear masks and socially distance.
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
The White House relied on a rapid test, but used it in a way it was not intended. — For months, the White House's strategy for keeping President Trump and his inner circle safe has been to screen all White House visitors with a rapid test. — But one product they use, Abbott's ID Now …
New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump Is Hospitalized as More Aides Test Positive — The president is at the Walter Reed military hospital for what is expected to be a stay of a few days. His campaign manager is among the latest senior aides also found to be infected.
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“There Is Zero Reason to Panic”: On Trump's Coronavirus Case and the Shredded Credibility of His White House — A report from Day One after the President's diagnosis. — As Thursday began, it seemed like just another day of Trumpian meltdown in the nation's capital.
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.”
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Three White House journalists test positive for coronavirus after closely covering Trump — Journalists who work at the White House have been on high alert about the coronavirus since March, but the issue took on even greater urgency Friday with a mini-outbreak in the press room following …
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Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
What I Saw at the White House
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CNBC:
Trump ‘doing very well,’ has started Remdesivir therapy, White House physician says
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Bloomberg:
The Day Covid-19 Came to Donald Trump's White House
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Washington Post:
Trump seemed to defy the laws of science and disease. Then, the coronavirus caught up with him.
CNN:
READ: White House physician says Trump is taking Remdesivir and ‘doing very well’
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Cavalier White House approach to COVID catches up to Trump
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CNN:
Journalists who work at the White House are testing positive for Covid-19
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Axios:
White House staff frustrated by lack of info
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Sen. Ron Johnson tests positive for coronavirus — Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday after returning to Washington, D.C., on Sept. 29 and coming into contact with someone who had contracted the virus, spokesperson Ben Voelkel said in a statement on Saturday.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Looking for a single responsible Republican in the Senate — The Post reported Friday night that a second Republican senator and member of the Judiciary Committee, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, has tested positive for the coronavirus. Like his colleague Mike Lee of Utah, Tillis vowed to self-isolate for 10 days.
CNN:
Senate GOP's third positive Covid-19 case threatens quick Barrett confirmation — (CNN)Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has tested positive for coronavirus after being exposed to someone with the virus earlier this week, according to his spokesman, making him the third GOP senator …
New York Times:
Trump's Diagnosis Imperils Quick Supreme Court Confirmation Timeline
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USA Today:
2 GOP senators test positive for COVID-19 after Trump; Democrats say it's ‘premature’ to move forward with Barrett confirmation hearings
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Krishnadev Calamur / NPR:
Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Confirmation Will Move Forward, McConnell Says
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Washington Post:
Trump's debate guests refused to wear masks, flouting rules — A little more than two days before she reported testing positive for the coronavirus, first lady Melania Trump — as well as the president's sons, daughters and several guests — violated safety protocols at the first presidential debate …
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Coronavirus and Fox News collide, and Chris Wallace is at the center of it
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David K. Li / NBC News:
11 positive coronavirus tests traced to presidential debate, Cleveland officials say
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Jerry Holt / Star Tribune:
Minnesota Republicans fly Delta home from D.C. after COVID-19 exposure — U.S. Reps. Stauber, Emmer and Hagedorn appear to have violated the airline's policy, although they tested negative for the virus. — Video (00:29) : Republican Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka …
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The Daily Beast:
'It's Just F*ck-Up After F*ck-up'—Trump's COVID Advisers at Their Breaking Point — With the president infected, the group responsible for combating the virus remains a mess. At the center of the drama is one man: Dr. Scott Atlas. — The announcement that President Donald Trump …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Poll Finds Voters in Two Crucial States Repelled by Trump's Debate Behavior — NEW YORK TIMES/ — SIENA COLLEGE POLL — Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in Florida and Pennsylvania. Both states are crucial to Mr. Trump's re-election chances. — 2016 Election Result NYT/Siena — Pennsylvania
Beth LeBlanc / The Detroit News:
BETH LEBLANC , CRAIG MAUGER , MELISSA NANN BURKE | The Detroit News … The state's high court ruled 4-3 that a state law allowing the governor to declare emergencies and keep them in place without legislative input — the 1945 Emergency Powers of the Governor Act — is unconstitutional.
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James Griffiths / CNN:
Trump has repeatedly blamed China for a virus that now threatens his health. This will make Beijing nervous — See Trump's busy week before his Covid-19 diagnosis — Hong Kong (CNN)In his first presidential debate against Joe Biden, Donald Trump made clear who he blames for the coronavirus pandemic.
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Jack Beyrer / Washington Free Beacon:
Hickenlooper Calls China a ‘Great Nation’
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Pence in the Wings — The vice president has aspired to the Oval Office since he was a teenager—and now he's closer than ever before. — Above the fireplace in the vice-presidential residence hangs a plaque with a verse from the Bible: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord.
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