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2:40 PM ET, October 3, 2020

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Trump's Symptoms Are Said to Be ‘Very Concerning’ as Virus Infects More G.O.P. Allies — Doctors refused to provide critical details and left open the impression that the president was known to be sick a day earlier than previously reported. — WASHINGTON — President Trump's vital signs …

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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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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:

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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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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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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Associated Press:

Official: Next 48 hours critical for Trump on virus fight — BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump went through a “very concerning” period Friday and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care as he battles the coronavirus at a military hospital, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Saturday.

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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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ABC News:
Trump COVID-19 live updates: President was on oxygen on Friday, sources say

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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press: Of presidents and health, history replete with secrecy, lies

Orion Rummler / Axios:
Chris Christie tests positive for coronavirus

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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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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Sen. Ron Johnson tests positive for coronavirus

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Sam Gringlas / NPR:
Trump's Doctor Says He's ‘Doing Very Well,’ But Source Calls Next 48 Hours ‘Critical’

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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Pence in the Wings — Above the fireplace in the vice-presidential residence hangs a plaque …

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Associated Press:
Eric Trump set to speak with N.Y. investigators Monday about family business

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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

CNBC:
Trump ‘doing very well,’ has started Remdesivir therapy, White House physician says

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CNN:
READ: White House physician says Trump is taking Remdesivir and ‘doing very well’

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Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
What I Saw at the White House

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Bloomberg:
The Day Covid-19 Came to Trump's White House

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Three White House journalists test positive for coronavirus after closely covering 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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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

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Chad Pergram / Fox News: How Friday was an inflection point for the country and fight against coronavirus

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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Chris McGreal / The Guardian:

'It's a hoax. There's no pandemic': Trump's base stays loyal as president fights Covid … Sean Patterson is not worried that Donald Trump has been hospitalized with coronavirus because he believes what the president tells him. — “It's a hoax. There's no pandemic.

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Jake Sherman / Politico:

The virus slams into a broken Washington — Let's not mince words: Washington has been plunged into a crisis of historic proportions, frozen by a disease it is both unwilling and unable to control. — Washington crises typically conform to a predictable rhythm: They simmer, boil and come to their expected conclusion.

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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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