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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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Washington Post:
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.
WKYC-TV:
City of Cleveland announces 11 positive cases of COVID-19 stemming from preparations for presidential debate  —  The Cleveland Department of Public Health is conducting contact tracing following the positive cases.  —  CLEVELAND — With the news that President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump …
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.
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 …
Discussion: CNN, Big League Politics, Slate and ABC News
Axios:
The aftermath of Trump's COVID-19 infection  —  President Trump has tested positive for COVID-19, raising questions about his condition, the health of others in his orbit, and what this means for the campaign, the markets, public health policy and more.  —  Axios Re:Cap digs …
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 …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Why Has the President Gone Silent?  —  It is a peculiar calm in the midst of the wild storm.  Even as the nation descended into a frenzy over President Donald Trump's positive coronavirus test, there was silence from the one reliable source of noise for the past five years: the president himself.
Discussion: Raw Story, Vox and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump's Virus Symptoms Appear Mild So Far
New York Times:
Trump Tests Positive for the Coronavirus
Bloomberg:
Trump Kept Regular Schedule After Learning Close Aide Hope Hicks Had Covid
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Journalists, beware: This White House can't be trusted to be truthful about Trump's health
more at Mediagazer »
Matt Berman / BuzzFeed News:
I Am The Politics Editor And I Have Absolutely No Idea What Happens Next
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and BuzzFeed News
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump rally-goers urged to get tested if sick
Allie Yang / ABC News:
4 attendees of SCOTUS nomination at Rose Garden test positive for COVID-19
Sam Baker / Axios:
Age, obesity put Trump at high risk for severe coronavirus infection
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
White House coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas reacts to Trump's coronavirus diagnosis, says ‘zero reason to panic’
Wall Street Journal:
President Trump Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox News Stars to Be Tested After Attending Debate Night  —  The network is taking precautions after Lachlan Murdoch, Sean Hannity and other key Fox figures attended the debate moderated by Chris Wallace.  —  A son of Rupert Murdoch and some of the biggest stars at Fox News were potentially exposed …
Discussion: Variety, The Hill and Fox News
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Chris Wallace Tells Fox Viewers Not to Listen to Trump COVID Adviser Scott Atlas: ‘He Has No Training’  —  “Dr. Scott Atlas is not an epidemiologist, is not an infectious disease specialist.  He has no training in this area at all.”  —  Fox News anchor Chris Wallace had a lot of thoughts …
Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
Prosecutors: Not enough evidence to prove Wisconsin attack  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — There's not enough evidence to prove that a group of white men set a young biracial woman on fire during a chaotic night of protests in Wisconsin's capital city this summer, federal prosecutors said Friday.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:   Authorities Close Investigation Into Wisconsin Hate Crime, Say No Evidence It Occured
Chris Rickert / madison.com:
Madison police, federal law enforcement find no evidence biracial woman was attacked
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Trump Infects America  —  “At the best of times, Trumpworld operates with all the strategic direction of a chicken with its head cut off,” a senior Republican official told me.  “Right now, they're operating like a chicken with its head cut off, lit on fire, and thrown off a cliff.”
Jason Koebler / VICE:
Twitter Says You Cannot Tweet That You Hope Trump Dies From COVID  —  “Content that wishes, hopes or expresses a desire for death, serious bodily harm, or fatal disease against an individual is against our rules.”  —  Jason Koebler  —  President Trump has coronavirus …
Discussion: Breitbart
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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Anna North / Vox:
The Melania tapes bust the “Free Melania” myth
Discussion: Vanity Fair and The Daily Caller
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's campaign has an epically bad day — and it's not just the virus  —  This doesn't mean that better days don't lie ahead.  —  I am substantially younger than these United States but I am nonetheless at a loss to identify a worse day for a presidential campaign than Oct. 2 …
Discussion: Fox News, Axios and The Week
John Engel / KXAN-TV:
Lawsuit filed against Gov. Greg Abbott for limiting ballot drop off locations  —  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A lawsuit has been filed against Gov. Greg Abbott and county election officials in Texas after the governor issued a proclamation that limits each county to one ballot drop-off location.
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Associated Press:
Groups Sue Texas Governor Over Reductions in Ballot Drop-Off Locations
Discussion: The Hill, TheBlaze and Bloomberg
Jed Graham / Investor's Business Daily:
Biden Lead Over Trump Cut To 3 Points After Presidential Debate: IBD/TIPP Poll  —  Joe Biden's lead over President Donald Trump has narrowed to 2.6 points among likely voters, a new IBD/TIPP 2020 election poll finds.  Trump's rise comes despite registered voters seeing Biden as the winner …
Helen Branswell / STAT:
As ‘the clock starts ticking’ after coronavirus infection, Trump faces an uncertain road ahead  —  The news that President Donald Trump is showing mild signs of Covid-19 infection after testing positive tell us nothing about what the disease might have in store for the commander-in-chief …
Discussion: Bulwark+
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.
Chris Cohen / GQ:
Should You Wake Up Your Romantic Partner in the Middle of the Night to Tell Them the President Contracted a Deadly Virus?  —  Last night that was suddenly a question a lot of people had to answer.  —  There's a certain category of news so shocking that you'll always remember where you were when you heard it.
 
 
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Biden campaign lodges ‘health and safety’ objection over VP debate
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Trump's Illness Makes It Clear: This Election Was Always About the Virus
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
John Staddon / The James G. Martin Center …:
Diversity Über Alles: Science Is Threatened by Identity Politics
Discussion: National Review
 Earlier Items: 
Andy Puzder / Fox Business:
September jobs numbers best since Reagan-era, don't panic America
Discussion: NPR
James S. Robbins / USA Today:
Trump did condemn white supremacists, too bad so many people won't listen
Discussion: Redstate
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Dear Colleague: Update on Coronavirus Relief Negotiations Following House Passage of the Updated Heroes Act
Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Buddies Are Boasting They Tested Negative. That Doesn't Mean Anything.
Discussion: The Guardian
 

 
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Financial Times:
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