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10:40 AM ET, October 3, 2020

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump campaign manager tests positive for Covid-19  —  Donald Trump's campaign manager has tested positive for Covid-19, dealing another blow to his reelection effort on a day that saw the president and the head of the Republican National Committee report contracting the disease as well.
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Washington Post:
Invincibility punctured by infection: How the coronavirus spread in Trump's White House  —  The ceremony in the White House Rose Garden last Saturday was a triumphal flashback to the Before Times — before public health guidelines restricted mass gatherings, before people were urged to wear masks and socially distance.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“There Is Zero Reason to Panic”: On Trump's Coronavirus Case and the Shredded Credibility of His White House  —  A report from Day One after the President's diagnosis.  —  As Thursday began, it seemed like just another day of Trumpian meltdown in the nation's capital.
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
The White House relied on a rapid test, but used it in a way it was not intended.  —  For months, the White House's strategy for keeping President Trump and his inner circle safe has been to screen all White House visitors with a rapid test.  —  But one product they use, Abbott's ID Now …
Discussion: Slate, CNBC and The Week
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.”
Discussion: OpsLens, Roll Call and Washington Post
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Three White House journalists test positive for coronavirus after closely covering Trump  —  Journalists who work at the White House have been on high alert about the coronavirus since March, but the issue took on even greater urgency Friday with a mini-outbreak in the press room following …
Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
What I Saw at the White House  —  On the White House grounds this morning, senior West Wing aides walked around without masks.  They spoke with the press without masks.  They huddled privately with one another and didn't wear masks.  —  When I visited the White House in August …
Washington Post:
Trump seemed to defy the laws of science and disease.  Then, the coronavirus caught up with him.  —  President Trump contracted the novel coronavirus after months in which he and people around him — his aides, his children, even his golf-club members — avoided taking basic steps to prevent …
Discussion: Reuters, Mediaite and Daily Kos
David K. Li / NBC News:
11 positive coronavirus tests traced to presidential debate, Cleveland officials say  —  At least 11 positive coronavirus tests can be traced to organizers of this week's presidential debate in Cleveland, city officials said Friday.  —  The city's announcement came after President Donald Trump …
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Cavalier White House approach to COVID catches up to Trump
Discussion: Twin Cities and Political Wire
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Cliff Sims, who wrote tell-all White House memoir, joins spy office
Discussion: Axios, Breitbart and The Hill
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump taken to Walter Reed medical center and will be hospitalized ‘for the next few days’
The Daily Beast:
'It's Just F*ck-Up After F*ck-up'—Trump's COVID Advisers at Their Breaking Point  —  With the president infected, the group responsible for combating the virus remains a mess.  At the center of the drama is one man: Dr. Scott Atlas.  —  The announcement that President Donald Trump …
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Washington Post:
Coronavirus and Fox News collide, and Chris Wallace is at the center of it  —  Fox News is home to some of President Trump's biggest cheerleaders, which has paid off for the network in the form of exclusive interviews with the commander in chief and his aides who typically shun other networks.
Discussion: New York Times
Washington Post:
Trump's debate guests refused to wear masks, flouting rules  —  A little more than two days before she reported testing positive for the coronavirus, first lady Melania Trump — as well as the president's sons, daughters and several guests — violated safety protocols at the first presidential debate …
Discussion: Fox News
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Looking for a single responsible Republican in the Senate  —  The Post reported Friday night that a second Republican senator and member of the Judiciary Committee, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, has tested positive for the coronavirus.  Like his colleague Mike Lee of Utah, Tillis vowed to self-isolate for 10 days.
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Jerry Holt / Star Tribune:
Minnesota Republicans fly Delta home from D.C. after COVID-19 exposure  —  U.S. Reps. Stauber, Emmer and Hagedorn appear to have violated the airline's policy, although they tested negative for the virus.  —  Video (00:29) : Republican Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Sen. Ron Johnson tests positive for coronavirus  —  Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday after returning to Washington, D.C., on Sept. 29 and coming into contact with someone who had contracted the virus, spokesperson Ben Voelkel said in a statement on Saturday.
Discussion: Reuters
Beth LeBlanc / The Detroit News:
BETH LEBLANC , CRAIG MAUGER , MELISSA NANN BURKE |  The Detroit News … The state's high court ruled 4-3 that a state law allowing the governor to declare emergencies and keep them in place without legislative input — the 1945 Emergency Powers of the Governor Act — is unconstitutional.
Jack Beyrer / Washington Free Beacon:
Hickenlooper Calls China a ‘Great Nation’  —  Colorado Senate hopeful John Hickenlooper praised China as a “great nation” deserving of American respect and told voters that the Chinese do not seek global dominance.  —  The former Democratic governor ignored China's recent military saber-rattling …
Discussion: Breitbart
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James Griffiths / CNN:
Trump has repeatedly blamed China for a virus that now threatens his health. This will make Beijing nervous
Discussion: NPR and The Daily Beast
 
 
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Qanta Ahmed / Fox News:
Dr. Qanta Ahmed: Trump COVID-19 hospitalization doesn't mean he's seriously ill — I expect his full recovery
Jacob Ogles / Florida Politics:
Florida Chamber poll shows Joe Biden winning Florida by 5 points
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
AOC baffles Jewish community by refusing to meet with leaders
Maha Nassar / +972 Magazine:
US media talks a lot about Palestinians — just without Palestinians
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Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
MOLLY BECK  —  MADISON - State Rep. Barbara Dittrich of Oconomowoc last week told her constituents …
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Trump's COVID Diagnosis Spooks Russia: ‘Our Candidate is Sick’
Discussion: Raw Story
HuffPost:
Contract Tracers Waited On Names Of Trump Fundraiser Guests Who Had Already Scattered
Discussion: Vox and Vanity Fair
Tina Nguyen / Politico:
‘God-tier genetics’: A stunned MAGA world offers blame, adulation after Trump's diagnosis
Del Quentin Wilber / Los Angeles Times:
When Reagan was shot, country rallied around, but he hadn't spent months downplaying assassins
Discussion: Fox News and The Sun
HuffPost:
Amy McGrath Is Airing A Pro-Trump Ad In A Swing State Media Market
Jason Koebler / VICE:
Twitter Says You Cannot Tweet That You Hope Trump Dies From COVID
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's campaign has an epically bad day — and it's not just the virus
Discussion: Fox News and The Week
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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New York Times:
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