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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.
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.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
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, Raw Story and Breitbart
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 …
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.”
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 …
Anna North / Vox:
The Melania tapes bust the “Free Melania” myth  —  First lady Melania Trump addresses the Republican National Convention from the Rose Garden of the White House August 25, 2020, in Washington, DC.  Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images  —  Turns out the first lady is a lot like her husband.
Discussion: National Review
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 …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Journalists, beware: This White House can't be trusted to be truthful about Trump's health  —  With President Trump apparently struck by covid-19 a month before a critical election and after 200,000 American deaths from the disease, what we really need right now is an entirely credible, fact-based voice from the White House.
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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
New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump's Virus Symptoms Appear Mild So Far
Tessa Berenson / TIME:
Amy Coney Barrett Had COVID-19 in Recent Months, Friends of Supreme Court Pick Say
New York Times:
Trump's Positive Coronavirus Test Upends Campaign in Final Stretch
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Biden tests negative for coronavirus
CNN:
President Donald Trump tweets he and first lady Melania Trump test positive for Covid-19
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump rally-goers urged to get tested if sick
Matt Berman / BuzzFeed News:
I Am The Politics Editor And I Have Absolutely No Idea What Happens Next
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Washington Post:
Trump says he and first lady have tested positive for the coronavirus
Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:   Trump Buddies Are Boasting They Tested Negative. That Doesn't Mean Anything.
Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Secretly recorded tapes show Melania Trump's frustration at criticism for family separation policy and her bashing of Christmas decorations
Bonchie / Redstate:
CNN Immediately Dives Into the Gutter Over Trump's COVID Diagnosis
Discussion: ABC News and The Sun
Bloomberg:
Trump Tests Positive for Covid, Roiling Campaign and White House
Mike LaChance / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:   Anti-Trumpers Celebrate News That President Tests Positive For Coronavirus
New York Times:
Trump's Secret Service Has Struggled With Outbreak at Training Center
Discussion: CNN and STAT
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: Political Wire
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox News Stars, and Lachlan Murdoch, Were Potentially Exposed at the Debate  —  A son of Rupert Murdoch and some of the biggest stars at Fox News were potentially exposed to the coronavirus after attending Tuesday's presidential debate in Cleveland, and the network is planning for its anchors …
Discussion: Fox News
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Committee on House Administration:
Testing Program for SARS CoV2 Coronavirus Detection  —  Update from the Office of the Attending Physician (10/2/2020)  —  The Office of Attending Physician presently provides coronavirus testing utilizing a sample obtained from the deep recesses of a patient's nose, in a testing facility …
Discussion: Washington Times
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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 …
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.
 
 
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Jake Gibson / Fox News:
DOJ backs Capitol Hill Baptist Church efforts to hold services in DC
Discussion: Politico
Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Host of Pence-Harris VP debate says they still plan on holding event
Discussion: Reuters and Washington Post
Washington Post:
Justice Dept., FBI planning for the possibility of Election Day violence, voting disruptions
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
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Politico:
Trump team on watch for adversaries seeking to exploit the president's illness
ABC News:
Supreme Court to review Arizona ‘ballot harvesting’ law
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