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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Didn't Disclose First Positive Covid-19 Test While Awaiting a Second Test on Thursday — President received positive result on Thursday evening before making an appearance on Fox News in which he didn't reveal those results — WASHINGTON—President Trump didn't disclose a positive result …
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New York Times:
Use of Dexamethasone to Treat Trump Suggests Severe Covid-19, Experts Say — Many of the measures cited by his doctors are reserved for patients severely affected by the coronavirus. — President Trump's doctors offered rosy assessments of his condition on Sunday, but the few medical details …
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New York Times:
As Trump Seeks to Project Strength, Doctors Disclose Alarming Episodes — The president made a surprise outing from his hospital bed in an effort to show his improvement, but the murky and shifting narrative of his illness was rewritten again with grim new details.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
At the White House, an Eerie Quiet and Frustration With the Chief of Staff — With President Trump hospitalized, Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, delivered no guidance to aides about how they were expected to behave in a moment of crisis. — WASHINGTON — In a memo …
Politico:
President Pelosi? Pence prepares to risk it all for Trump — He's the GOP's one line of defense between a hospitalized commander-in-chief and a President Nancy Pelosi, and he's about to depart Washington on a four-day campaign swing in the middle of his boss's health crisis.
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Washington Post:
Prospect of Trump's early hospital discharge mystifies doctors — They say he is in a particularly vulnerable window for covid-19 patients and should be watched closely while taking an unusual combination of drugs. — The assertion by President Trump's doctors that he could be discharged …
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The Guardian:
‘This is insanity’: Walter Reed physician among critics of Donald Trump drive-by visit … Play Video — Donald Trump drew immediate rebuke from doctors on Sunday afternoon for an “insane” surprise drive-by visit to supporters outside the Walter Reed military medical center …
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
‘That should never have happened’: Inside Trump's Walter Reed parade — Trump surprises crowd with drive-by outside Walter Reed — (CNN)Pacing the well-appointed presidential suite at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center between intravenous doses of remdesivir and near-hourly checks of his vitals …
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Fox News:
Trump administration ‘optimistic’ president could leave Walter Reed, return to WH later Monday, Meadows says
Trump administration ‘optimistic’ president could leave Walter Reed, return to WH later Monday, Meadows says
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Axios:
West Wing melts down as aides point fingers at Mark Meadows
West Wing melts down as aides point fingers at Mark Meadows
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CNN:
Trump told Woodward in March he didn't have ‘a lot of time’ to meet with Fauci in newly released audio
Trump told Woodward in March he didn't have ‘a lot of time’ to meet with Fauci in newly released audio
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Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Trump criticized by medical experts after leaving hospital to drive by supporters
Trump criticized by medical experts after leaving hospital to drive by supporters
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Washington Post:
Infectious Trump briefly leaves hospital to greet fans as confusion continues over his health
Infectious Trump briefly leaves hospital to greet fans as confusion continues over his health
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Politico:
Biden still at risk after debating Trump at ‘peak of contagion’
Biden still at risk after debating Trump at ‘peak of contagion’
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Washington Post:
National security experts describe a distracted and potentially vulnerable country
National security experts describe a distracted and potentially vulnerable country
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Political Wire
Julia Belluz / Vox:
Is Trump sicker than his doctors are saying? His treatment regimen raises questions.
Is Trump sicker than his doctors are saying? His treatment regimen raises questions.
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New York Times, 77 WABC Radio, Bloomberg and ABC News
Christopher Wilson / Yahoo News:
White House reassurances about Trump's condition stir doubts instead
White House reassurances about Trump's condition stir doubts instead
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Washington Post:
Secret Service agents, doctors aghast at Trump's drive outside hospital
Secret Service agents, doctors aghast at Trump's drive outside hospital
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Patricia Kelly Yeo / The Daily Beast:
COVID-Positive Trump Ignores CDC Advice to Take Joyride, With Grim Secret Service Agents in Tow
COVID-Positive Trump Ignores CDC Advice to Take Joyride, With Grim Secret Service Agents in Tow
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Emma Ockerman / VICE:
Trump Just Exposed Secret Service to COVID-19 to Do a Drive-By for MAGA Supporters
Trump Just Exposed Secret Service to COVID-19 to Do a Drive-By for MAGA Supporters
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Wall Street Journal, Conservative News Today, Fox News, Axios and The Slot
Andrew Joseph / STAT:
'There's a disconnect': Outside medical experts question the upbeat portrayal of president's condition
'There's a disconnect': Outside medical experts question the upbeat portrayal of president's condition
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
The president is sick but his followers feel great
The president is sick but his followers feel great
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Washington Post:
White House physician Sean Conley draws scrutiny for rosy assessments of Trump's health
White House physician Sean Conley draws scrutiny for rosy assessments of Trump's health
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New York Times, The Guardian and NPR
Washington Post:
President's blood oxygen levels dropped twice in recent days, doctors say
President's blood oxygen levels dropped twice in recent days, doctors say
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New York Post:
Trump supporters close 5th Ave. to support COVID-19-stricken president
Trump supporters close 5th Ave. to support COVID-19-stricken president
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
VOA White House Reporter Investigated For Anti-Trump Bias By Political Appointees — Toggle more options — Two political appointees at the federal agency that oversees the Voice of America recently investigated one of its most prominent journalists to make the case he was biased against President Trump.
Ben Smith / New York Times:
How to Cover a Sick Old Man — The president is hospitalized and reporters are fighting for basic facts. What should elderly leaders — many of America's top politicians are over 80 — reveal about their health? — When John Bresnahan was starting out as a reporter in the mid-1990s …
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Anthony Giannini / whitehousegiftshop.com:
“President Donald J. Trump Defeats COVID” — First 1,000 Orders Receive a Complimentary Presidential Blue Mask with Coin! — Note from Designer & Series Creator: Anthony Giannini, CEO, USAF-R — For these past four years, I have created and co-designed the Historic Moments …
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Positive tests for senators raise doubts about fast-track confirmation of Trump's Supreme Court choice — From the start, Senate Republican leaders have known their ambitious timeline to get Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett confirmed before Election Day offered little room for error.
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
After Biden's Exposure to Trump, His Team Is Cagey on Health Questions — With transparency on health newly significant in the presidential race, Joe Biden's safety protocols have remained largely under wraps. But on Sunday evening, his campaign said he had again tested negative for the coronavirus.
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Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Biden tests negative for coronavirus, campaign says
Biden tests negative for coronavirus, campaign says
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
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.
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Beth LeBlanc / The Detroit News:
After high court decision, Michigan AG will not enforce COVID orders — Attorney General Dana Nessel will no longer enforce Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's executive orders after the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Friday that one of the laws underpinning the orders was unconstitutional.
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Andrew Seidman / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Rural Pennsylvania voters don't hate Biden as much as they hated Clinton — and Trump may need them to — JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Robert Pristas works part-time at a library outside Johnstown and does well for himself investing on the side. He says Joe Biden is “probably a decent guy.”
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Kristin Urquiza / Washington Post:
I sat in the front row at the debate. Did Trump infect me with the coronavirus? — The president's cavalier attitude toward the pandemic is infuriating — On Tuesday night, I sat in masked silence in the front row of the debate hall in Cleveland as President Trump mocked former vice president Joe Biden for wearing a mask.