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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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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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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.


Biden Scores 14-Point Lead Over Trump in Poll After Debate — Democrat draws support of 53% of registered voters, as GOP incumbent's backing falls to 39%, new Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey finds — President Trump is drawing his weakest voter support of the year …
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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 COVID-19 live updates: Bodyman for Trump tests positive — Luna travels with Trump pretty much wherever he goes and was with him last week. — 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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How the White House is trying to convince America that Trump's illness isn't a big deal — On Saturday evening, President Trump's personal Twitter account was updated with a video message. Trump has been at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center since Friday after contracting the coronavirus …
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How the everyday chaos of reporting on the Trump White House played out for the world to see Saturday
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Trump campaign senior adviser defends president's handling of coronavirus pandemic
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Trump furious at chief of staff for contradicting White House physician, sources say
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Who Is Sean Conley? White House Physician To President Trump
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Little evidence that White House has offered contact tracing, guidance to hundreds potentially exposed
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Covering a cover-up in real time
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Trump campaign adviser defends first family refusing to wear masks at debate — Trump campaign adviser Steve Cortes defended President Trump's family after they broke Cleveland Clinic rules by declining to wear masks at last week's presidential debate, saying on “Fox News Sunday” that …
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Trump campaign adviser: Biden has “too often used the mask as a prop”
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Tens Turn Out to See Bernie Sanders Campaign for Joe Biden in NH
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Biden looks to seal election after Trump's week from hell
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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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Trump and Biden even in Ohio, as Biden leads in Pennsylvania — Battleground Tracker poll — In an election held during a pandemic, partisan voters in two key battlegrounds continue to divide over casting ballots by mail versus in person. In Pennsylvania, where more than 2 million …
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Sen. Pat Toomey won't run for reelection or for Pennsylvania governor, sources say — Toomey was widely seen as the likely Republican favorite for governor in 2022. His decision not to run for that office or for Senate could create two wide open contests on the Republican side.


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.
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Jaime Harrison Brings Plexiglass Barrier to South Carolina Senate Debate to Separate Himself From Lindsey Graham — Jaime Harrison, the former South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman who is challenging incumbent Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), brought his own plexiglass barrier to Saturday's debate …
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How Mark Meadows Became the White House's Unreliable Source — In January 2013, after an unsuccessful attempt by Tea Party conservatives to overthrow House Speaker John Boehner, a rookie congressman from North Carolina slinked into the speaker's office complex inside the U.S. Capitol.
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Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump's Physician Says the President's Oxygen Levels Dropped and He Took Steroid Treatment — The president released a video saying that he was “starting to feel good,” but conflicting statements by his doctors and aides created confusion.
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Balter Narrowly Leads Katko 45-42% — Siena College / Syracuse.com 24th Congressional District Poll: — Balter Narrowly Leads Katko 45-42% — Both Are Viewed Unfavorably by Plurality of Voters — Balter Leads by 17 Points in Syracuse; They Are Tied in Rest of District
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Pelosi says she's receiving Trump health updates through the media, not briefings — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Sunday she is receiving health updates on President Trump, who is in the hospital with the coronavirus, through the media and not through official briefings or contact with the White House.
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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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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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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 …