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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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CNN:
Attorney General Barr chooses not to quarantine despite possible exposure to Covid-19 — (CNN)Attorney General William Barr is choosing not to quarantine after recently coming in close contact with members of President Donald Trump's inner circle who have tested positive for Covid-19 …
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CNN:
Senate GOP's third positive Covid-19 case threatens quick Barrett confirmation — (CNN)Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has tested positive for coronavirus after being exposed to someone with the virus earlier this week, according to his spokesman, making him the third GOP senator …
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New York Times:
A White House Long in Denial Confronts Reality — The infections were a byproduct, former aides said, of the recklessness and top-down culture of fear that President Trump created at the White House and throughout his administration. — WASHINGTON — As America locked down this spring during …
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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.
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New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump Is Hospitalized as More Aides Test Positive — The president is at the Walter Reed military hospital for what is expected to be a stay of a few days. His campaign manager is among the latest senior aides also found to be infected.
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Reality Bursts the Trumpworld Bubble — In a moment that feels biblical, the implacable virus has come to the president's door. — WASHINGTON — Fate leads the willing, Seneca said, while the unwilling get dragged. — For his entire life, Donald Trump has stayed one step ahead of disaster …
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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 …
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Axios:
Senate postpones floor activity, but not Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Saturday that he is postponing all floor activity through Oct. 19. However, hearings will still continue in a hybrid fashion, including …
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Jonathan H. Adler / Reason:
Will the Senate Have a Quorum to Confirm Judge Barrett? (Updated) … This means that the Senate needs 51 Senators to conduct business on the floor. This might present a problem for Senate Republican plans to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. — There are 53 Republican Senators.
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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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New York Times:
Trump's Symptoms Are Said to Be ‘Very Concerning’ as Virus Infects More G.O.P. Allies
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
White House physician to give update on Trump's condition after COVID diagnosis
ABC News:
Trump COVID-19 live updates: President was on oxygen on Friday, sources say
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Chad Pergram / Fox News:
How Friday was an inflection point for the country and fight against coronavirus
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Pence in the Wings — Above the fireplace in the vice-presidential residence hangs a plaque …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“There Is Zero Reason to Panic”: On Trump's Coronavirus Case and the Shredded Credibility of His White House
Bloomberg:
The Day Covid-19 Came to Donald Trump's White House
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CNN:
READ: White House physician says Trump is taking Remdesivir and ‘doing very well’
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Three White House journalists test positive for coronavirus after closely covering Trump
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Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
What I Saw at the White House
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Cavalier White House approach to COVID catches up to Trump
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Poll Finds Voters in Two Crucial States Repelled by Trump's Debate Behavior — NEW YORK TIMES/ — SIENA COLLEGE POLL — Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in Florida and Pennsylvania. Both states are crucial to Mr. Trump's re-election chances. — 2016 Election Result NYT/Siena — Pennsylvania
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Axios:
The GOP's great depression — It's the storyline of a Republican nightmare: A mask-disdaining President Trump gets the coronavirus on the eve of the election, against a political backdrop that looks dire for Republicans. — Driving the news: Some top GOP operatives, privy to data from swing states …
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The Daily Beast:
'It's Just F*ck-Up After F*ck-up'—Trump's COVID Advisers at Their Breaking Point
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Politico:
Sexts and coronavirus: Must-win Senate race upended down the stretch — It was a crazy 24 hours in North Carolina's Senate race: Just a few hours after Republican Sen. Thom Tillis reported a positive coronavirus diagnosis on Friday evening, his Democratic opponent Cal Cunningham admitted …
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Gary D. Robertson / Associated Press:
Cunningham admits sending sexually suggestive texts
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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 …
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David K. Li / NBC News:
11 positive coronavirus tests traced to presidential debate, Cleveland officials say
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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 …
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Associated Press:
VP Pence ordered borders closed after CDC experts refused — NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence in March directed the nation's top disease control agency to use its emergency powers to effectively seal the U.S. borders, overruling the agency's scientists who said there was no evidence …
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