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New York Times:
White House Is Not Tracing Contacts for ‘Super-Spreader’ Rose Garden Event — Since President Trump's Covid diagnosis, numerous associates have tested positive, but the White House has not aggressively investigated the outbreak. — Despite almost daily disclosures of new coronavirus …
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CNN:
Trump's reckless return met with a dramatically changed White House — (CNN)President Donald Trump may be eagerly seeking a return to normal after three nights in the hospital. But the White House he arrived home to Monday with dramatic and reckless flourish has changed drastically since …
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New York Times and The Hill, more at Mediagazer »
Jada Yuan / Washington Post:
Concern rises for White House residence staffers as their workplace emerges as a virus hot spot — Charles Allen's father, Eugene Allen, who was the subject of the 2013 film “The Butler” and served eight White House families from the Trumans to the Reagans, never missed a day of work in 34 years of government service.
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Politico:
Working for Trump: Tweet-firings, subpoenas and now coronavirus — Working for Donald Trump has never been easy. — The president's staffers get fired and insulted by tweet. They get blamed for the president's own failures. They get screamed at in the Oval Office.
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Justice Scalia's Son Apologizes To His Parish For Not Wearing Mask At White House
Washington Post:
Trump returns to White House, downplaying virus that hospitalized him and turned West Wing into a ‘ghost town’
Trump returns to White House, downplaying virus that hospitalized him and turned West Wing into a ‘ghost town’
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Ken Haddad / WDIV-TV:
Poll: Biden bolsters lead over Trump in Michigan after first debate — Biden holds lead in early voting — DETROIT - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has increased his lead over President Donald Trump in Michigan following the first debate, according to a new WDIV/Detroit News poll.
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CNN:
Trump off the air in Ohio and Iowa as polls show tight races in both states — (CNN)President Donald Trump's campaign canceled its planned television advertising in Iowa and Ohio this week, focusing its spending on states where Trump is behind even as polls show he is neck-and-neck …
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
Stop Telling Joe Biden What to Do
Stop Telling Joe Biden What to Do
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Morning Consult:
2020 U.S. Election Tracker: Biden Leads by 9 Points Nationally; Democrats Up 6 on the Generic Ballot
2020 U.S. Election Tracker: Biden Leads by 9 Points Nationally; Democrats Up 6 on the Generic Ballot
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USA Today
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Biden Holds Steady Lead Over Trump in Arizona, Latest Poll Finds
Biden Holds Steady Lead Over Trump in Arizona, Latest Poll Finds
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New York Times:
White House Blocks New Coronavirus Vaccine Guidelines — The F.D.A. proposed stricter guidelines for emergency approval of a coronavirus vaccine, but the White House chief of staff objected to provisions that would push approval past Election Day. — WASHINGTON — Top White House officials …
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Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
Joe Biden takes shot at Trump over wearing masks with Twitter meme — The tweet read, ‘Wear a mask’ — Did Trump get discharged from Walter Reed Medical Center too soon? — When the gloves come off, the mask goes on. — Joe Biden tweeted a meme showing President Trump removing …
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Wall Street Journal:
President Trump Still Faces Risk as He Convalesces at White House
President Trump Still Faces Risk as He Convalesces at White House
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MyNorthwest.com
Glenna Milberg / WPLG-TV:
Joe Biden talks COVID-19 and economy in Local 10 exclusive interview
Joe Biden talks COVID-19 and economy in Local 10 exclusive interview
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Washington Post, The Guardian and New York Times
New York Times:
Eric Trump Finally Interviewed in N.Y. Fraud Inquiry — President Trump's son had sought to postpone a deposition with the New York attorney general's office until after Election Day. — After months of delays, President Trump's son Eric was questioned under oath on Monday as part …
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New York Times:
E. Jean Carroll, Trump Accuser, Seeks to Bar Justice Dept. From Case — Ms. Carroll, a writer, has asked a judge to reject the department's move to intervene in her lawsuit against the president, whom she has accused of rape. — In defending himself against the many legal actions he is facing …
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Eric Trump deposed in New York probe into family business
Politico:
Plexiglass to separate Harris and Pence at VP debate — Pence's campaign opposed the move. — The Commission on Presidential Debates has approved plans for plexiglass to be used in Wednesday's vice presidential debate amid mounting concerns about coronavirus transmission, according to two people familiar with the discussions.
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
‘Out of his mouth will come these wild Trumpisms’: Harris preps to take on Pence
‘Out of his mouth will come these wild Trumpisms’: Harris preps to take on Pence
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Bloomberg
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
The murky legal concept that could swing the election — Amy Coney Barrett hasn't even arrived yet, but the Supreme Court has begun delivering its first big signals of how aggressive a role the court plans to play in setting the rules for next month's election.
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Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
Breaking and Analysis: Without noted dissent, Supreme Court reverses 4th Circuit and says South Carolina voters still need to provide witness signatures …
Breaking and Analysis: Without noted dissent, Supreme Court reverses 4th Circuit and says South Carolina voters still need to provide witness signatures …
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Politico, CNN, Slate and New York Magazine
Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
U.S. Supreme Court allows South Carolina vote-by-mail restriction
U.S. Supreme Court allows South Carolina vote-by-mail restriction
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Tom Lyden / FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul:
Subject of Project Veritas voter fraud story says he was offered bribe — Liban Osman is featured prominently in a video released last week by the conservative media operation Project Veritas claiming there is “massive voter fraud” in Minnesota orchestrated by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
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Washington Post:
A U.S. senator kept taking off his mask on a Delta flight, raising questions about safety oversight — The chairman of the Senate committee that oversees airlines and U.S. transportation policy had his mask off for extended periods on a Delta flight to Mississippi on Thursday night …
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Seth Meyers Destroys Trump's 'Don't Be Afraid of COVID' Nonsense — “Remember, he might get better from COVID, but he will never get better as a person,” the “Late Night” host warned. — Seth Meyers wasn't the first late-night host to cover the massive coronavirus outbreak at the White House.
CNN:
CNN Poll: Biden expands lead over Trump after contentious debate and President's Covid diagnosis — Chalian: Trump hit high-water mark of disapproval on key issue — (CNN)Joe Biden's advantage over President Donald Trump has expanded and the former vice president now holds his widest lead …
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Washington Free Beacon
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CNN:
North Carolina elementary school teacher dies days after testing positive for Covid-19 — (CNN)A third-grade teacher died in North Carolina days after testing positive for Covid-19 and while her students were quarantined as a result of the exposure. — Julie Davis, who taught …
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ABC11
New York Times:
Trump's Campaign Saw an Opportunity. He Undermined It. — The health crisis was a chance for a political reset, some advisers believed, to show a new, more empathetic stance toward the coronavirus. But the candidate did not stick to the narrative. — On Friday, even as President …
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Evie Fordham / Fox News:
Cal Cunningham backs out of town hall as new cheating allegation surfaces — Cal Cunningham and Thom Tillis are in a tight state Senate race — Fox News Flash top headlines for October 5 — All eyes are on North Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Cal Cunningham after he reportedly pulled …
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Pam Belluck / New York Times:
Nearly One-Third of Covid Patients in Study Had Altered Mental State — The hospitalized patients showed signs of deteriorating neurological function, ranging from confusion to coma-like unresponsiveness, new research indicates. — Nearly a third of hospitalized Covid-19 patients experienced …
Washington Post:
Trump administration revokes the visa of a Ukrainian political fixer tied to Giuliani — The State Department last month revoked the visa of a Ukrainian political fixer who aided President Trump's personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, in his gambit last year to dig up information from Ukraine …