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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
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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New York Magazine:
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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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“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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Washington Post:
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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Bloomberg:
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 …
Margaret Talev / Axios:
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.
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
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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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Covering a cover-up in real time
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Maggie Haberman on the Fallout from Trump's Hospitalization
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
President urges stimulus deal, but obstacles remain
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Los Angeles Times:
New questions emerge about timing and severity of President Trump's coronavirus infection
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Washington Post:
An army of doctors. Access to an experimental drug. A special patient gets special care.
Reuters:
White House chief of staff says Trump is doing very well
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Washington Post:
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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Briana Reilly / madison.com:
After testing positive for COVID-19, Ron Johnson says he's still against mask mandates — After testing positive for COVID-19, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said his view on mask mandates hasn't changed, as Wisconsin Republican leaders have voiced their support for striking down the state's order requiring face coverings be worn.
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Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Sen. Chuck Grassley won't seek coronavirus test after attending meeting with infected senator
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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson Went to Oktoberfest Party While Awaiting COVID-19 Test Results
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
McCabe will not appear at Senate hearing, citing coronavirus concerns
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Tony Plohetski / Austin American-Statesman:
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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Mark Murray / NBC News:
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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Marc Caputo / Politico:
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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Jennifer Thomas / Charlotte Business Journal:
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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Washington Post:
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 …
Jay Cannon / USA Today:
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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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
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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Elizabeth Spiers / Washington Post:
Trump built a career on magic words. The spell broke at the debate. — The president acts as if politics and governing are only about soundbites. — President Trump believes that all politics is theater, and theater of a very specific sort: television. This is no surprise, since television is his comfort zone.
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