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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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President Donald Trump tweets he and first lady Melania Trump test positive for Covid-19 — Hope Hicks, one of Trump's closest advisers, tests positive for coronavirus, president to quarantine
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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.”
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Washington Post:
Trump says he and first lady have tested positive for coronavirus — President Trump and his wife Melania have contracted the coronavirus, he announced early Friday, after months in which he has played down a pandemic that has killed more than 205,000 Americans and sickened millions more.
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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.
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New York Times:
Trump's Positive Coronavirus Test Upends Campaign in Final Stretch — With his health and the country's stability at risk, strategists and even senior aides to the president said he would face a harsh judgment from voters. — WASHINGTON — President Trump's announcement early Friday …
Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
With News That the President Has Tested Positive for Coronavirus (and He Was in Contact with Joe Biden at the Debate Earlier in the Week), What Happens If a Presidential Candidate Dies or is Incapacitated Before Election Day? A Mess — The President and First Lady reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus.
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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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Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
Conspiracy-Theory Twitter Is Going Nuts Over Trump's COVID Diagnosis — Within moments of the Trumps confirming they had both tested positive for COVID-19, conspiracy theorists were going wild. — Correspondent-At-Large — It took about two full minutes from President Trump's tweet confirming …
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Associated Press:
Statement from Trump's doctor on president's virus diagnosis — WASHINGTON (AP) — Text of a statement from Sean Conley, physician to the president: — I release the following information with the permission of President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Tests Positive for Covid, Roiling Campaign and White House — First Lady has also tested positive, Trump says on Twitter — Hope Hicks had traveled with him to debate, Minnesota rally — U.S. President Donald Trump said early Friday that he has tested positive for coronavirus along …
Molly Nagle / ABC News:
Concern over Biden's possible exposure to COVID-19 after Trump tests positive — Biden, in a tweet, wished the president and first lady well. — How Trump's health may impact campaign — With just 32 days before the election, the president's positive coronavirus case could throw …
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump's positive Covid-19 test throws country into fresh upheaval — (CNN)A country already unnerved by a devastating health catastrophe and a turbulent political season faced fresh upheaval Friday as Americans awoke to news President Donald Trump had contracted coronavirus.
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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’ — Trump and the first lady announced early Friday that they both tested positive for COVID-19 — Trump, first lady test positive for coronavirus
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Politico:
Trump coronavirus diagnosis leaves lawmakers exposed — President Donald Trump's coronavirus diagnosis exposes the Capitol's laissez-faire approach to testing for the deadly disease, particularly for congressional leaders and Republicans who interact regularly with the president or his top aides.
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Associated Press:
White House Official: Trump Experiencing ‘Mild’ Symptoms of Coronavirus After Positive Test
White House Official: Trump Experiencing ‘Mild’ Symptoms of Coronavirus After Positive Test
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Timeline of Trump's activities in week coronavirus hit home
Timeline of Trump's activities in week coronavirus hit home
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Wall Street Journal:
President Trump Tests Positive for Coronavirus
President Trump Tests Positive for Coronavirus
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Associated Press:
Trump says he and first lady tested positive for coronavirus
Trump says he and first lady tested positive for coronavirus
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Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
Melania Trump Whines About FLOTUS Role in Secret Recording: ‘Who Gives a F*ck About Christmas Stuff?’
Melania Trump Whines About FLOTUS Role in Secret Recording: ‘Who Gives a F*ck About Christmas Stuff?’
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Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
‘This was avoidable’: Trump falls victim to his own false messaging on coronavirus
‘This was avoidable’: Trump falls victim to his own false messaging on coronavirus
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Chaos President Gets Hit by the Ultimate October Surprise
Chaos President Gets Hit by the Ultimate October Surprise
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel received positive coronavirus test Wednesday, spokesman says
RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel received positive coronavirus test Wednesday, spokesman says
Politico:
‘This is the worst nightmare for the Trump campaign’
‘This is the worst nightmare for the Trump campaign’
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William Mansell / ABC News:
Trump COVID-19 live updates: President, first lady test positive for coronavirus
Trump COVID-19 live updates: President, first lady test positive for coronavirus
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
The President Tests Positive for the Coronavirus, and a Nation Anticipates Chaos
The President Tests Positive for the Coronavirus, and a Nation Anticipates Chaos
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
A President's Positive Test and the Year That Won't Let Up
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Trump's tweet on positive coronavirus test is his most shared ever
Trump's tweet on positive coronavirus test is his most shared ever
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Tom Embury-Dennis / The Independent:
Putin praises Trump's ‘inherent vitality’ as he wishes US president swift recovery from coronavirus
Putin praises Trump's ‘inherent vitality’ as he wishes US president swift recovery from coronavirus
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ABC News:
Hope Hicks, one of Trump's closest advisers, tests positive for coronavirus, president to quarantine
Hope Hicks, one of Trump's closest advisers, tests positive for coronavirus, president to quarantine
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BuzzFeed News:
Donald Trump Has The Coronavirus
Donald Trump Has The Coronavirus
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New York Times:
Trump Says He'll Begin ‘Quarantine Process’ After Hope Hicks Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Trump Says He'll Begin ‘Quarantine Process’ After Hope Hicks Tests Positive for Coronavirus
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Pence has tested negative for coronavirus, spokesman says
Pence has tested negative for coronavirus, spokesman says
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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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John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
When The Media Ask Trump To Denounce White Supremacy, They're Accusing Him Of It — No matter how many times Trump condemns white supremacy it will never be enough for the media because their motive is to smear Trump as racist. — When the mainstream media ask President Trump …
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George Prayias / The Rush Limbaugh Show:
McEnany Handles Unprofessional Press Corps on White Supremacy Crap
McEnany Handles Unprofessional Press Corps on White Supremacy Crap
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Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Proud Boys Members Appear in Official Trump Campaign Video — U.S. Proud Boys Donald Trump Far-right White supremacy — Supporters of the far-right Proud Boys group can be seen in an official President Donald Trump campaign video released earlier this year following a rally in Colorado.
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Hiring slowdown: Jobs gain falls far short of expectation — Nonfarm payrolls rose by 661,000 in September, lower than the 800,000 Dow Jones estimate. — The unemployment rate was 7.9%, better than the 8.2% estimate. — This is the final jobs report before the November election.
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Anna Gronewold / Politico:
Fed Up in Flyover Country — ROCA, Neb.—Elaine Dlouhy calls herself a “crazy crafting woman,” adopted a dog named Spinks during the pandemic and has been married to the same man for 30 years. They put off an August anniversary trip to Belize or Costa Rica when the pandemic hit.
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