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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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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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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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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 …
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“No One Knows Where This Is Going to Go”: Pandemonium Inside the White House as Trump Contracts COVID-19 — The president has a cough and a fever; the first lady is said to be asymptomatic. The real question is how bad it gets—and how the election unfolds.
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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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Los Angeles Times:
Trump's coronavirus infection is the result of his deadly, foolish recklessness — Americans awaken this morning to the grave news that President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the dreadful coronavirus that has killed more than 207,000 people in the U.S. and brought the U.S. economy to its knees.
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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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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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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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James Hamblin / The Atlantic:
The President Is Infected — What is currently known about Trump's health, and what it means for everyone else — Donald Trump is 74, and he is male. — Little else is known about his physical condition. Throughout his presidency, he has disclosed almost nothing in the way of medical records.
Politico:
Biden tests negative for coronavirus
Biden tests negative for coronavirus
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Matt Berman / BuzzFeed News:
I Am The Politics Editor And I Have Absolutely No Idea What Happens Next
I Am The Politics Editor And I Have Absolutely No Idea What Happens Next
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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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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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Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Pelosi gets tested for coronavirus, raises ‘concerns’ on accuracy of White House tests as she awaits results
Pelosi gets tested for coronavirus, raises ‘concerns’ on accuracy of White House tests as she awaits results
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) …
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) …
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Wall Street Journal:
President Trump Tests Positive for Coronavirus
President Trump Tests Positive for Coronavirus
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Mike LaChance / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Anti-Trumpers Celebrate News That President Tests Positive For Coronavirus
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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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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Politico:
Trump coronavirus diagnosis leaves lawmakers exposed
Trump coronavirus diagnosis leaves lawmakers exposed
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ABC News:
Trump COVID-19 live updates: President has ‘mild symptoms,’ Biden tests negative
Trump COVID-19 live updates: President has ‘mild symptoms,’ Biden tests negative
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump's positive Covid-19 test throws country into fresh upheaval
Trump's positive Covid-19 test throws country into fresh upheaval
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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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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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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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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
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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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
A President's Positive Test and the Year That Won't Let Up
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
In Profane Rant, Melania Trump Takes Aim at Migrant Children and Critics — The audio recording puts the first lady's frustrations on full display just weeks before President Trump faces the voters in his bid for a second term. — WASHINGTON — The first lady, Melania Trump …
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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
Secretly recorded tapes show Melania Trump's frustration at criticism for family separation policy and her bashing of Christmas decorations
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Washington Post:
Supreme Court nominee diagnosed with coronavirus this summer but has since recovered — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett was diagnosed with the coronavirus earlier this year but has since recovered, three officials familiar with her diagnosis told The Washington Post.
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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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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
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