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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:
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 …
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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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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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ABC News:
Hope Hicks, one of Trump's closest advisers, tests positive for coronavirus, president to quarantine — 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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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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Associated Press:
Trump says he and first lady tested positive for coronavirus — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said early Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, a stunning announcement that plunges the country deeper into uncertainty just a month before the presidential election.
New York Times:
Trump's Secret Service Has Struggled With Outbreak at Training Center — At least 11 people tested positive at a Secret Service center that serves as a staffing pipeline to the presidential protective force. — WASHINGTON — The Secret Service sustained a coronavirus outbreak …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Tests Positive for Covid, Roiling Campaign and White House
Trump Tests Positive for Covid, Roiling Campaign and White House
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William Mansell / ABC News:
President Trump, first lady test positive for COVID-19
President Trump, first lady test positive for COVID-19
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Associated Press:
Timeline of Trump's activities in week coronavirus hit home
Timeline of Trump's activities in week coronavirus hit home
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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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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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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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David Remnick / New Yorker:
The President Tests Positive for the Coronavirus, and a Nation Anticipates Chaos
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump's positive Covid-19 test throws country into fresh upheaval
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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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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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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Politico:
Trump blames low-income people, minorities for ‘ruining’ suburbia — On Tuesday, President Donald Trump refused to condemn white supremacists. On Wednesday, he appeared to blame suburban, low-income people of color for “ruining this American dream.” — The two comments represent a feature …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Kayleigh McEnany's first post-debate briefing goes off the rails
Kayleigh McEnany's first post-debate briefing goes off the rails
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Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Proud Boys Members Appear in Official Trump Campaign Video
Proud Boys Members Appear in Official Trump Campaign Video
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Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Trump condemns ‘all White supremacists’ after refusing to do so at presidential debate
Trump condemns ‘all White supremacists’ after refusing to do so at presidential debate
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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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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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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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Carla Marinucci / Politico:
Pete Wilson endorses Trump, says president has ‘very good judgment’ — OAKLAND — Former California Gov. Pete Wilson joined a list Thursday of prominent former Republican leaders who endorsed Donald Trump for reelection, arguing in an interview that the president has “brought a badly needed realism to American security policy.”
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Bobby Burack / OutKick:
NBA Finals Ratings Sink to All-Time Lows — The NBA took another L Wednesday. This time, in the NBA Finals on ABC with the Lakers and LeBron James. — Only 7.41 million viewers watched the industry-hyped matchup. Per Sports Media Watch, this is the least-watched Finals opener since ... on record.
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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 touts LeBron's ‘More Than a Vote’ campaign as it surpasses 10,000 poll volunteers
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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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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
GOP challenger fundraising tops South Carolina's Cunningham — COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Republican seeking to unseat U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham has outraised the freshman Democrat in the final fundraising quarter before their general election matchup, as both candidates ratchet up their rhetoric in the campaign's closing weeks.
David Wasserman / NBC News:
Trump is winning the voter registration battle against Biden in key states — In the last few weeks, Joe Biden has led President Donald Trump by a fairly consistent 8-point average in national polls and has maintained leads in more than enough battleground states to win the Electoral College …
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Foster Klug / Associated Press:
Shock, sympathy, mockery: World reacts to Trump infection — TOKYO (AP) — News of the infection of the most powerful man in the world with the most notorious disease in the world drew instant reactions of shock, sympathy, undisguised glee and, of course, the ever-present outrage and curiosity …
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Wisconsin Is Frazzled by Surging Virus Cases and Growing Campaign Frenzy — The state, up for grabs in the presidential election, has become a coronavirus hot spot. “It's too late” to solve, one mayor says. — OSHKOSH, Wis. — Steve VanderLoop, 64, heard that several of his co-workers …
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Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Trump's plans for rally in western Wisconsin up in the air
Trump's plans for rally in western Wisconsin up in the air
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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 …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
McMaster, Mostly Silent Until Now, Says Trump Is 'Aiding and Abetting Putin's Efforts' — “This sustained campaign of disruption, disinformation, and denial, is aided by any leader who doesn't acknowledge it,” President Trump's former national security adviser said.
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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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