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The White House Is Spreading Virus and Lies — The White House is at war with the virus, with itself, and with reality — though not necessarily in that order. — With President Trump hospitalized for COVID-19 at Walter Reed medical center, officials spent Saturday sowing doubt …
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“This Is Spiraling Out of Control”: Allies Panic About Trump's Hospital Stay as White House Deflects — The White House's history of lying makes it difficult to assess the truth of Trump's condition. But allies are bracing for an election blowout, and at least one G-7 nation is predicting president Ivanka.
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Trump Aide Luna Tests Positive for Virus in New White House Case — Luna had joined president on trips to Cleveland, Minnesota — As ‘body man,’ Luna holds Trump's papers, keeps his schedule — White House aide Nick Luna, who serves as a personal attendant to President Donald Trump …


Little evidence that White House has offered contact tracing, guidance to hundreds potentially exposed — Hours before President Trump tested positive for the novel coronavirus and just one day before he was admitted to the hospital, he mingled with more than 200 people at his New Jersey golf club for a campaign fundraiser.
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How the everyday chaos of reporting on the Trump White House played out for the world to see Saturday — The dispatches began routinely enough for an out-of-the-ordinary day, with Pool Report #2 from Cheryl Bolen, the Bloomberg White House reporter on pool duty Saturday.
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KXAN-TV and The Daily Beast

New questions emerge about timing and severity of President Trump's coronavirus infection
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Biden leads by 10 points as majority of Americans say Trump could have avoided coronavirus: Reuters/Ipsos poll — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden opened his widest lead in a month in the U.S. presidential race after President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus …
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Nearly 3 in 4 think Trump did not take appropriate virus precautions: POLL — The results come via a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. — Timeline of Trump's reported COVID diagnosis and treatment — As confusion around the timing of the President's diagnosis and treatment grows, here's what's known so far.
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Ipsos, Political Wire and The Hill


SurveyMonkey poll: Trump faces little GOP fallout over COVID disclosure — Just one in 10 Republicans says President Trump is handling his own COVID-19 diagnosis irresponsibly, according to a SurveyMonkey snap poll for Axios after he disclosed testing positive.


Maggie Haberman on the Fallout from Trump's Hospitalization
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Biden's national lead over Trump jumps to 14 points after debate in NBC News/WSJ poll — WASHINGTON — Joe Biden's national lead over President Donald Trump nearly doubled after Tuesday's presidential debate, with voters saying by a 2-to-1 margin that Biden has the better temperament to be president …
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Biden Scores 14-Point Lead Over Trump in Poll After Debate
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As virus spreads across GOP ranks, some Republicans say party will pay price for ‘stupid’ approach — President Trump's coronavirus diagnosis shook Republicans like an earthquake. Then came the troubling aftershocks. — There was the positive test result for a prominent conservative GOP senator, Mike Lee of Utah.
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After testing positive for COVID-19, Ron Johnson says he's still against mask mandates
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GOP Sen. Ron Johnson Went to Oktoberfest Party While Awaiting COVID-19 Test Results
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

McCabe will not appear at Senate hearing, citing coronavirus concerns
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Conservative News Today, Talking Points Memo, Fox News and Washington Times

Sen. Chuck Grassley won't seek coronavirus test after attending meeting with infected senator
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ABC News, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, New York Post and USA Today


Holy Angels retail businesses in Belmont close as precaution after Ivanka Trump visit — Cherubs Café, Cotton Candy Factory and Bliss Gallery in downtown Belmont closed for deep cleaning on Friday after a visit from Ivanka Trump. — Trump visited those three retail establishments …
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Three NC Establishments Close to Deep Clean After Ivanka Trump Visit — SANITIZE — Following a Thursday visit to Charlotte, North Carolina by Ivanka Trump, three establishments in the town have closed to deep clean, according to Charlotte Business Journal.


Texas Attorney Ken Paxton took bribes, abused office, executives in his office say — Top aides of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have asked federal law enforcement authorities to investigate allegations of improper influence, abuse of office, bribery and other potential crimes against the state's top lawyer.
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A mentally ill man, a heavily armed teenager and the night Kenosha burned — Cast by conservatives as a battle between antifa agitators and a right-wing ‘patriot,’ this summer's deadliest protest-related incident was not quite what it seemed — KENOSHA, Wis. — Anti-police-brutality demonstrators …


Biden looks to seal election after Trump's week from hell — Joe Biden is on the campaign trail. Donald Trump is in the hospital. — In a role reversal, the president who mocked his rival for being weak and hiding “in his basement” is stuck in isolation under doctors' supervision …
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We're paying a lot of attention to Trump's case, but the US just recorded the most daily COVID-19 infections in nearly 2 months … The news of President Donald Trump and members of his inner circle testing positive for COVID-19 has sent shock waves across the country, but it's …
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the way of improvement …


The new details on Kimberly Guilfoyle's time at Fox News are horrific — At the media-mobbed presidential debate at Hofstra University in 2016, the Erik Wemple Blog spotted then-Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle. This was just a few months after Guilfoyle helped to spearhead a campaign …
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