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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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Axios:
West Wing melts down as aides point fingers at Mark Meadows — White House crises of competence and credibility grew during a botched weekend that left even White House aides dismayed and befuddled. — Many complained bitterly about the leadership of chief of staff Mark Meadows.
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Political Wire, The Week, Politico and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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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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 …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Not pro-life: GOP virus recklessness never ends — The White House is doing a bang-up job of confusing and misleading the media and the public about President Trump's condition and the status of others in the administration. This conduct is in keeping with the utter lack of candor that we have seen for four years.
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American Prospect, MetroWest Daily News … and CNBC
Fox News:
Meadows ‘optimistic’ Trump will leave Walter Reed, return to White House Monday after coronavirus treatment — Trump spent the weekend at Walter Reed being treated for coronavirus — What more progress does Trump need to make to be discharged? — White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows …
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Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Kayleigh McEnany tests positive for coronavirus
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Andrew Joseph / STAT:
'There's a disconnect': Outside medical experts question the upbeat portrayal of president's condition
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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Washington Post:
Secret Service agents, doctors aghast at Trump's drive outside hospital — Current and former Secret Service agents and medical professionals were aghast Sunday night at President Trump's trip outside the hospital where he is being treated for the coronavirus, saying the president endangered those inside his SUV for a publicity stunt.
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Secret Service agents criticize Trump car ride: ‘This should never have happened’
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Politico:
President Pelosi? Pence prepares to risk it all for Trump
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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
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Don Jr. Thinks Trump Is Acting Crazy”: The President's COVID Joyride Has the Family Divided
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Politico, Washington Post, Raw Story and CBS Baltimore, more at Mediagazer »
Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Trump criticized by medical experts after leaving hospital to drive by supporters
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Sen. Pat Toomey won't run for reelection or for Pennsylvania governor, sources say — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey has decided not to run for reelection or for governor of Pennsylvania in 2022, according to two people familiar with his plans, a surprise decision by the Republican with significant implications for the state's next elections.
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Pat Toomey announces retirement from Senate, won't seek office in 2022 — Toomey's announcement means there will be two major statewide open-seat elections in Pennsylvania in 2022 — Fox News Flash top headlines for October 5 — Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., announced on Monday …
CNN:
It's concerning that President Trump got so sick so quickly — Dr. Celine Gounder is a CNN medical analyst and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at NYU Langone and Bellevue Hospital Center. She is the Host of the Epidemic podcast. The opinions expressed here are her own.
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Bloomberg:
Exxon's Plan for Surging Carbon Emissions Revealed in Leaked Documents — Internal projections from one of world's largest oil producers show an increase in its enormous contribution to global warming — Exxon Mobil Corp. has been planning to increase annual carbon-dioxide emissions …
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects appeal from county clerk who wouldn't issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who gained national attention five years ago when she cited her religious beliefs …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court will not hear Kim Davis same-sex marriage case
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Washington Times
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.
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The Hill and Law & Crime, more at Mediagazer »
Politico:
Republicans gripped by dread as multiple crises swirl — On Sunday evening, Sen. Lindsey Graham, like many Republicans in Washington, was simultaneously monitoring three political crises, all of which were made worse by the spread of coronavirus infections through the upper echelons of the Republican Party.
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Daily Kos, Raw Story, The 19th, Fox News, Washington Post, ABC11 and The Guardian
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Party-Switching CD02 Incumbent Trails — Dems lead for US House, Senate and President — West Long Branch, NJ - The Democratic challenger has an edge against the previously Democratic incumbent in New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District. The Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll finds …
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Political Wire
Bill Scher / Real Clear Politics:
Democrats May Soon Get the Electoral College Edge — COMMENTARY — “You're going to have to get rid of the Electoral College,” CNN's Don Lemon said recently, “because the minority in this country decides who the judges are and they decide who the president is.”
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Matthew Cochran / The Federalist:
How Strong Women Like Amy Coney Barrett Submit To Their Husbands With Joy — Leftists are attacking Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett for having a view of marriage entirely in keeping with a proper reading of scripture. — Now that Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court is official …
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The 96th Thesis
Axios:
The blue money wave in Senate races — Democrats are trouncing Republicans on the airwaves in the battle for the Senate, outspending them in nine of the top 10 competitive Senate races. — Why it matters: Even before President Trump's COVID diagnosis, Republicans were growing increasingly concerned …
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The Atlantic, Washington Post and Political Wire
David Brooks / The Atlantic:
America Is Having a Moral Convulsion — American history is driven by periodic moments of moral convulsion. The late Harvard political scientist Samuel P. Huntington noticed that these convulsions seem to hit the United States every 60 years or so: the Revolutionary period of the 1760s and '70s …
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
The Proud Boys were emboldened by Trump's words. Then, LGBTQ couples reclaimed the group's hashtag. — At last week's presidential debate, President Trump refused to condemn white supremacists and far-right groups like the Proud Boys, an organization that has been known to incite violence.
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Forbes
Chris Truax / USA Today:
Trump COVID-19 diagnosis reveals yet another way he has corrupted our national life — Foreswearing our worst impulses doesn't mean we can't luxuriate in the irony. Nor does it mean we can't recognize that Trump has done this to himself. … When news broke that President Trump had been infected …
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Raw Story, The Week, Washington Post and The Guardian, more at Mediagazer »
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Do Trump's Taxes Show He's a Failure, a Cheat, or a Criminal? — The New York Times exposé of President Donald Trump's taxes is chock-full of tantalizing revelations. According to the report, the president avoided paying federal income tax in 10 of the 15 years preceding his election.
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