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11:40 PM ET, October 5, 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 …
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.
Discussion: Mother Jones, Forbes, Raw Story and The Hill
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
The People Trump Came Home To  —  On any given morning, the White House is a blur of activity.  A chef may be whipping up breakfast for the first couple in the second-floor kitchen.  A valet might be shining the president's shoes, while the head butler lingers in the West Sitting Hall, awaiting any urgent presidential requests.
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
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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
U.S. Supreme Court allows South Carolina vote-by-mail restriction
Richard L. Hasen / New York Magazine:
Trump's New Supreme Court Is Coming for the Next Dozen Elections
Discussion: The Federalist
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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Public Policy Polling:
North Carolina Senate Race Unaffected By Recent Developments
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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Glenna Milberg / WPLG-TV:
Joe Biden talks COVID-19 and economy in Local 10 exclusive interview
CBS News:
Live updates: Trump is back at the White House after being discharged from Walter Reed
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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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Biden Holds Steady Lead Over Trump in Arizona, Latest Poll Finds  —  The Democratic nominee leads 49 percent to 41 percent in Arizona, a state that hasn't voted for a Democrat for president since 1996.  In the Senate race, Mark Kelly, a Democrat, leads the incumbent, Martha McSally.
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
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump may be prematurely declaring victory over the coronavirus. Again.
Discussion: Breitbart and Mother Jones
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:
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Week
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
U.S. Senate committee formally announces October 12 Supreme Court hearing
Emily Holden / The Guardian:
Leader of non-profit labeled ‘hate group’ attended White House Amy Coney Barrett event
Discussion: The 19th
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
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: CNN
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
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 …
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Biden leading in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden appeared to lead President Donald Trump in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania less than a month before the Nov. 3 election, according to Reuters/Ipsos opinion polls released on Monday.
The Times of Israel:
John Hagee, prominent pro-Israel evangelical pastor, ill with COVID-19  —  Son says 80-year-old founder of Christians United for Israel recovering after illness was detected early  —  SAN ANTONIO — Prominent megachurch pastor and conservative activist John Hagee has been diagnosed with COVID-19 …
 
 
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National Geographic:
Poll finds more Americans than ever think we should wear masks
CNN:
North Carolina elementary school teacher dies days after testing positive for Covid-19
Discussion: ABC11
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
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘GLOW’ Canceled By Netflix; Won't Proceed With Fourth & Final Season Due To COVID-19
Discussion: Fox News and The Daily Beast
AUM:
AUM Poll: Tommy Tuberville leads Doug Jones by 12 points in closing weeks of Alabama Senate race
 Earlier Items: 
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Intel Sources: CIA Director Gina Haspel Banking On Trump Loss To Keep Russiagate Documents Hidden
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Cuomo Won't Approve Closing of Businesses in 9 Hard-Hit N.Y.C. Areas
Discussion: CBS New York
Caitlin O'Kane / CBS News:
102-year-old woman who never missed a vote casts her mail-in ballot in full PPE
Bloomberg:
Exxon's Plan for Surging Carbon Emissions Revealed in Leaked Documents
Discussion: Daily Kos, Politico and Raw Story
 

 
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute

CBS News:
Greg Gumbel, a CBS Sports anchor and commentator who covered the NFL and college basketball for more than 20 years, died at 78 of cancer

Youkyung Lee / Bloomberg:
Shares of South Korean entertainment companies related to Squid Game drop 20%+ following a less-than-perfect debut for the new season of the series on Netflix
 
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