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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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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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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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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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
True to form, Trump wants to move on from his coronavirus infection despite looming dangers
True to form, Trump wants to move on from his coronavirus infection despite looming dangers
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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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Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
The People Trump Is Coming Home To
The People Trump Is Coming Home To
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Tim Stickings / Daily Mail:
Two Secret Service agents face 14 days of isolation after joining Trump on motorcade stunt: ‘Outrage’ in the agency despite White House claim that medics cleared the photo-op
Two Secret Service agents face 14 days of isolation after joining Trump on motorcade stunt: ‘Outrage’ in the agency despite White House claim that medics cleared the photo-op
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Washington Post:
Secret Service agents, doctors aghast at Trump's drive outside hospital
Secret Service agents, doctors aghast at Trump's drive outside hospital
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New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: Unclear If Trump Might Leave Hospital as Doctors Expected to Provide Update
Covid-19 Live Updates: Unclear If Trump Might Leave Hospital as Doctors Expected to Provide Update
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Biden on debating Trump next week: 'I'll do whatever the experts say'
Biden on debating Trump next week: 'I'll do whatever the experts say'
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Fox News:
Meadows ‘optimistic’ Trump will leave Walter Reed, return to White House Monday after coronavirus treatment
Meadows ‘optimistic’ Trump will leave Walter Reed, return to White House Monday after coronavirus treatment
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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.
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Wall Street Journal:
IRS Investigating NRA's Wayne LaPierre for Possible Tax Fraud — New York attorney general previously sued gun-rights organization over alleged expense abuses — The Internal Revenue Service is investigating longtime National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre for possible criminal tax fraud related …
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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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Washington Post:
Republicans face major head winds in final stretch to maintain Senate majority
Republicans face major head winds in final stretch to maintain Senate majority
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Not pro-life: GOP virus recklessness never ends
Not pro-life: GOP virus recklessness never ends
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Public Policy Polling:
North Carolina Senate Race Unaffected By Recent Developments — PPP's new North Carolina poll finds Cal Cunningham leading Thom Tillis 48-42. That represents a slight improvement for Cunningham from PPP's last public poll of the race in late July when Cunningham's advantage was 48-44.
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
A Sexting Scandal Puts a Politician in the Hot Seat
A Sexting Scandal Puts a Politician in the Hot Seat
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Justice News:
United States Attorney John F. Bash Announces Resignation — SAN ANTONIO, Tex. - U.S. Attorney John F. Bash announced today that he will resign from the Department of Justice on Friday, October 9, 2020, at 11:59pm. U.S. Attorney Bash issued the following statement:
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Benjamin Wermund / Houston Chronicle:
Sen. John Cornyn says Trump ‘let his guard down’ on COVID — WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Monday that President Donald Trump “let his guard down” on the coronavirus and that his rhetoric has created “confusion” as the country has struggled to get the pandemic under control.
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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 …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court will not hear Kim Davis same-sex marriage case — The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not hear a case from a Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples, but two conservative dissenters in the court's landmark 2015 decision repeated their criticism of the …
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects appeal from county clerk who wouldn't issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples
Supreme Court rejects appeal from county clerk who wouldn't issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples
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Abram Brown / Forbes:
The Proud Boys Are Furious That Gay Men Have Taken Over #ProudBoys On Twitter — Two very different groups of men are at war on the internet today: the far-right cadre known as the Proud Boys—and the thousands of gay Twitter users who flooded that platform with pro-LGBT images, marking those posts with #proudboys.
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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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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 …
Robert Donachie / Representative Chip Roy:
Rep. Chip Roy Released The Following Statement On Texas AG Ken Paxton — Rep. Chip Roy released the following statement Monday: — For the good of the people of Texas and the extraordinary public servants who serve at the Office of the Attorney General, Attorney General Ken Paxton must resign.
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Intel Sources: CIA Director Gina Haspel Banking On Trump Loss To Keep Russiagate Documents Hidden — Haspel is hoping Trump loses his re-election bid so she can run out the clock on Russiagate document declassifications, multiple intelligence community officials told The Federalist.
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Richard L. Hasen / New York Magazine:
Trump's New Supreme Court Is Coming for the Next Dozen Elections — When Judge Amy Coney Barrett sits for questions before the Senate Judiciary Committee in mid-October, no doubt Democrats will pepper her with questions about whether she would recuse herself in any Trump v. Biden election lawsuit to come before the Supreme Court.
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Cuomo Won't Approve Closing of Businesses in 9 Hard-Hit N.Y.C. Areas — The abrupt announcement caused confusion over the official response to virus spikes and threatened to deepen tensions with the mayor. — ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday refused to allow New York City …
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Jessie Balmert / Cincinnati Enquirer:
JESSIE BALMERT , JESSIE BALMERT | Cincinnati Enquirer — COLUMBUS - Ohioans still must go to the county board of elections to drop off their ballots, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose determined Monday. — On Friday, a panel of judges from the 10th District Court of Appeals ruled that LaRose …
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Jim Henry / Tallahassee Democrat:
FSU legendary coach Bobby Bowden tests positive for COVID-19, watching out for symptoms — | Tallahassee Democrat Show Caption Hide Caption … Bobby Bowden has tested positive for COVID-19. — The legendary Florida State football coach, who turns 91 next month, told the Democrat Monday morning …
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Washington Post:
CDC says airborne transmission plays a role in coronavirus spread in a long-awaited update after a website error last month — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledged Monday that people can sometimes be infected with the coronavirus through airborne transmission …
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Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Kayleigh McEnany tests positive for coronavirus — White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany announced Monday that she tested positive for coronavirus. — Why it matters: She is the latest member of President Trump's inner circle to be diagnosed with the illness over the last few days.
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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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