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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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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 …
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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ABC News:
White House aides anxious as coronavirus cases rise in Trump's orbit: Sources
White House aides anxious as coronavirus cases rise in Trump's orbit: Sources
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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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Politico:
Working for Trump: Tweet-firings, subpoenas and now coronavirus
Working for Trump: Tweet-firings, subpoenas and now coronavirus
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump says he will be discharged from Walter Reed, return to White House Monday evening
Trump says he will be discharged from Walter Reed, return to White House Monday evening
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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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Trump off the air in Ohio and Iowa as polls show tight races in both states
Trump off the air in Ohio and Iowa as polls show tight races in both states
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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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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Biden leading in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Biden leading in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
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Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
Stop Telling Joe Biden What to Do
Stop Telling Joe Biden What to Do
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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 …
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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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Wall Street Journal:
IRS Investigating NRA's Wayne LaPierre for Possible Tax Fraud
IRS Investigating NRA's Wayne LaPierre for Possible Tax Fraud
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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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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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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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Wall Street Journal:
President Trump Still Faces Risk as He Convalesces at White House — He enters a dangerous second-week period during which patients with Covid-19 can quickly worsen — President Trump has left the hospital to return to the White House, but he will still require close monitoring …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Don Jr. Thinks Trump Is Acting Crazy”: The President's COVID Joyride Has the Family Divided
“Don Jr. Thinks Trump Is Acting Crazy”: The President's COVID Joyride Has the Family Divided
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump may be prematurely declaring victory over the coronavirus. Again.
Trump may be prematurely declaring victory over the coronavirus. Again.
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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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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 …
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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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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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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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 …
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:
Trump's latest madness may herald large-scale GOP collapse — It's hard not to see the spread of covid-19 through the White House and the Republican Party as a metaphor for Trumpism: The party hoped and believed that they could keep themselves safe from the damaging effects of the virus.
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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.
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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 …
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 …
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
U.S. Senate committee formally announces October 12 Supreme Court hearing
U.S. Senate committee formally announces October 12 Supreme Court hearing
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