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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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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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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:
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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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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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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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 …
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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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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Associated Press:
Timeline of Trump's activities in week coronavirus hit home — WASHINGTON (AP) — With just a month to go until the election, President Donald Trump had a busy schedule during the week the coronavirus hit home with him. Trump tweeted early Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for the 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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BuzzFeed News:
Donald Trump Has The Coronavirus
Donald Trump Has The Coronavirus
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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
David Remnick / New Yorker:
The President Tests Positive for the Coronavirus, and a Nation Anticipates Chaos
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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Politico:
Trump coronavirus diagnosis leaves lawmakers exposed
Trump coronavirus diagnosis leaves lawmakers exposed
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Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
Conspiracy-Theory Twitter Is Going Nuts Over Trump's COVID Diagnosis
Conspiracy-Theory Twitter Is Going Nuts Over Trump's COVID Diagnosis
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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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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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Pence has tested negative for coronavirus, spokesman says
Pence has tested negative for coronavirus, spokesman says
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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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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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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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John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
When The Media Ask Trump To Denounce White Supremacy, They're Accusing Him Of It
When The Media Ask Trump To Denounce White Supremacy, They're Accusing Him Of It
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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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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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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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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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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 …
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.
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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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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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.
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 …
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Barrett's participation in 2006 ad calling for overturn of Roe v. Wade was not included in Senate disclosures — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, failed to disclose her participation in a 2006 newspaper ad calling for Roe v. Wade …
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Jennifer Shutt / Roll Call:
Heavy hitters in House urge return of spending bill earmarks — Two of the most influential House Democrats said Thursday that the chamber should bring back earmarks next year, saying a de facto prohibition on “congressionally directed spending” gives too much power to the executive branch.