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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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Supreme Court nominee tested positive for coronavirus this summer, has since recovered — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this year but has since recovered, three officials familiar with her diagnosis told The Washington Post.
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.
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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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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James Hamblin / The Atlantic:
The Probable Outcomes of Trump's Diagnosis — 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. He stands accused, by one of his former doctors …
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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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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Tessa Berenson / TIME:
Amy Coney Barrett Had COVID-19 in Recent Months, Friends of Supreme Court Pick Say — Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, was believed to have COVID-19 earlier this year, according to multiple people close to her. — Two friends of Barrett, who were granted anonymity …
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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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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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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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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 …
New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump's Virus Symptoms Appear Mild So Far — President Trump is experiencing coldlike symptoms after testing positive for the coronavirus, according to two people familiar with his condition. Vice President Mike Pence and other officials have tested negative.
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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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Bloomberg:
Trump Kept Regular Schedule After Learning Close Aide Hope Hicks Had Covid
Trump Kept Regular Schedule After Learning Close Aide Hope Hicks Had Covid
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
White House has no plans to mandate masks
White House has no plans to mandate masks
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Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Buddies Are Boasting They Tested Negative. That Doesn't Mean Anything.
Washington Post:
Trump says he and first lady have tested positive for the coronavirus
Trump says he and first lady have tested positive for the 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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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Journalists, beware: This White House can't be trusted to be truthful about Trump's health
Journalists, beware: This White House can't be trusted to be truthful about Trump's health
Sam Baker / Axios:
Age, obesity put Trump at high risk for severe coronavirus infection
Age, obesity put Trump at high risk for severe coronavirus infection
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Politico:
Biden tests negative for coronavirus
Biden tests negative for coronavirus
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Roger Kimball / Spectator USA:
Staying positive … Almost everyone, no matter his political coloration, has been predicting …
Staying positive … Almost everyone, no matter his political coloration, has been predicting …
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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Associated Press:
Statement from Trump's doctor on president's virus diagnosis
Statement from Trump's doctor on president's virus diagnosis
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Mike LaChance / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Anti-Trumpers Celebrate News That President Tests Positive For Coronavirus
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
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump rally-goers urged to get tested if sick
The Latest: Trump rally-goers urged to get tested if sick
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Jacob Grier / Arc Digital:
A Pox on One of Their Houses — A lifelong Libertarian voter is driven to break for a major party in the 2020 presidential election — In — the year 2000, I turned 18 and cast my first ever presidential vote for Libertarian Party nominee Harry Browne, a charismatic guru of self-help and investment advice.
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
PATRICK MARLEY — MADISON - No Wisconsin absentee ballots were found in mail discovered in a ditch in the Fox Valley last week, the state's top election official said Thursday. — Three trays of mail were found in a ditch in Greenville last week, and the Outagamie County Sheriff's Office …
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