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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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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.
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CNN:
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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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.”
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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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Washington Post:
Trump says he and first lady have tested positive for the coronavirus — President Trump and his wife, Melania, have contracted the coronavirus, he announced early Friday, after months in which he has often 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 …
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Kept Regular Schedule After Learning Close Aide Hope Hicks Had Covid — Thursday's events included fundraiser at New Jersey golf club — CDC recommends self quarantine after contact with ill person — President Donald Trump learned on Thursday morning that his aide Hope Hicks tested positive …
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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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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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Politico:
Biden campaign testing those who traveled to debate — The Biden campaign is testing those who attended the first presidential debate with the former vice president for Covid-19. — A source familiar with the situation told POLITICO that, in the wake of President Donald Trump's confirmation …
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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:
White House Official: Trump Experiencing ‘Mild’ Symptoms of Coronavirus After Positive Test — Washington (AP) — White House official: Trump experiencing ‘mild’ symptoms of coronavirus after positive test.
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Statement from Trump's doctor on president's virus diagnosis
Statement from Trump's doctor on president's virus diagnosis
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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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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“No One Knows Where This Is Going to Go”: Pandemonium Inside the White House as Trump Contracts COVID-19
“No One Knows Where This Is Going to Go”: Pandemonium Inside the White House as Trump Contracts COVID-19
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New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump's Virus Symptoms Appear Mild So Far
Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump's Virus Symptoms Appear Mild So Far
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Politico:
Debate moderator Chris Wallace: 'I'm going to have to get a test'
Debate moderator Chris Wallace: 'I'm going to have to get a test'
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Politico:
Trump coronavirus diagnosis leaves lawmakers exposed
Trump coronavirus diagnosis leaves lawmakers exposed
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Molly Nagle / ABC News:
Concern over Biden's possible exposure to COVID-19 after Trump tests positive
Concern over Biden's possible exposure to COVID-19 after Trump tests positive
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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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Los Angeles Times:
Trump's coronavirus infection is the result of his deadly, foolish recklessness
Trump's coronavirus infection is the result of his deadly, foolish recklessness
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Wall Street Journal:
President Trump Tests Positive for Coronavirus
President Trump Tests Positive for 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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NBC News:
Trump's positive test ensures the coronavirus will dominate the last weeks of the 2020 campaign
Trump's positive test ensures the coronavirus will dominate the last weeks of the 2020 campaign
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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
ABC News:
Trump COVID-19 live updates: President has ‘mild symptoms,’ chief of staff says
Trump COVID-19 live updates: President has ‘mild symptoms,’ chief of staff says
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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 Berman / BuzzFeed News:
I Am The Politics Editor And I Have Absolutely No Idea What Happens Next
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
A President's Positive Test and the Year That Won't Let Up
A President's Positive Test and the Year That Won't Let Up
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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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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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BuzzFeed News:
Donald Trump Has The Coronavirus
Donald Trump Has The Coronavirus
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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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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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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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ABC News:
Supreme Court to review Arizona ‘ballot harvesting’ law — The Supreme Court said Friday it will review a 2016 Arizona law that bars anyone but a family member or caregiver from returning another person's early ballot — Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. — ABCNews.com