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2:25 AM ET, October 6, 2020

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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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New York Times:
White House Is Not Contact Tracing ‘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 infections …
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Justice Scalia's Son Apologizes To His Parish For Not Wearing Mask At White House  —  A son of the late Justice Antonin Scalia apologized to his parish Sunday for attending a White House ceremony without wearing a mask.  —  The Rev. Paul Scalia of the St. James Catholic Church in suburban Virginia …
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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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.
New York Times:
White House Is Not Contact Tracing ‘Super-Spreader’ Rose Garden Event
Discussion: Slate
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
Discussion: Washington Post
Morning Consult:   2020 U.S. Election Tracker: Biden Leads by 9 Points Nationally; Democrats Up 6 on the Generic Ballot
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
The Times of Israel:   John Hagee, prominent pro-Israel evangelical pastor, ill with COVID-19
Glenna Milberg / WPLG-TV:
Joe Biden talks COVID-19 and economy in Local 10 exclusive interview
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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Fadel Allassan / Axios:   Eric Trump deposed in New York probe into family business
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.
Discussion: ABC News and Washington Post
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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.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: National File, Townhall and TheBlaze
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Public Policy Polling:
North Carolina Senate Race Unaffected By Recent Developments
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 …
Discussion: ABC11
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.
U.S. Department of Justice:
John McAfee Indicted for Tax Evasion  —  Allegedly Hid Cryptocurrency, a Yacht, Real Estate and Other Properties in Nominee Names to Evade Taxes  —  An indictment was unsealed today charging John David McAfee with tax evasion and willful failure to file tax returns, announced Principal …
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Justice News:
United States Attorney John F. Bash Announces Resignation
Discussion: Law & Crime
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 …
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
Tom Moran / New Jersey Online:
Ex-NJ Gov. Chris Christie speaks from hospital bed after COVID-19 diagnosis, feisty as ever  —  The call came at 9:32 this morning, and my cell phone showed the name “Chris Christie.”  —  The former governor was calling from his bed at Morristown Medical Center, on Day 3 of his COVID-19 treatment.
Discussion: NBC New York and CNN
Emily Holden / The Guardian:
Leader of non-profit labeled ‘hate group’ attended White House Amy Coney Barrett event  —  Michael Farris leads Alliance Defending Freedom, designated an anti-LGBTQ+ hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center  —  The head of a conservative Christian non-profit organization that has been designated …
Discussion: The 19th
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
U.S. Senate committee formally announces October 12 Supreme Court hearing
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Don Jr. Thinks Trump Is Acting Crazy”: The President's COVID Joyride Has the Family Divided  —  The president's recklessness at Walter Reed has Don Jr. pushing for an intervention, but Ivanka and Jared “keep telling Trump how great he's doing,” a source says.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump may be prematurely declaring victory over the coronavirus. Again.
Discussion: Breitbart and Mother Jones
 
 
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New York Times:
E. Jean Carroll, Trump Accuser, Seeks to Bar Justice Dept. From Case
Discussion: Axios and Bloomberg
National Geographic:
Poll finds more Americans than ever think we should wear masks
Paul Szoldra / Task & Purpose:
The next chapter in the Task & Purpose story
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Trump's touting of ‘racehorse theory’ tied to eugenics and Nazis alarms Jewish leaders
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
GOP Elites Thought They Could Buy Their Way Out of a Pandemic
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
 Earlier Items: 
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘GLOW’ Canceled By Netflix; Won't Proceed With Fourth & Final Season Due To COVID-19
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Fox News
AUM:
AUM Poll: Tommy Tuberville leads Doug Jones by 12 points in closing weeks of Alabama Senate race
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Intel Sources: CIA Director Gina Haspel Banking On Trump Loss To Keep Russiagate Documents Hidden