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6:50 PM ET, October 6, 2020

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New York Times:
Trump Live Updates: Trump, Back at the White House, Continues to Downplay Virus  —  The president is charging into uncharted territory, against the advice of doctors who warned against leaving the hospital and about the random and often lethal nature of Covid-19.
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Axios:
With Trump's return, risks rise in the West Wing  —  White House aides have advised President Trump to avoid the Oval Office while he's still infected.  But they're making arrangements for him to work out of the Diplomatic Reception Room in the West Wing, and use it as a backdrop …
Siobhán O'Grady / Washington Post:
In a few days, more people in Trump's orbit tested positive for coronavirus than in all of Taiwan  —  In President Trump's personal orbit, the coronavirus case count continues to creep upward.  —  More than a dozen White House officials have recently tested positive for the novel coronavirus …
Wall Street Journal:
White House Agrees to FDA's Guidelines for Vetting Covid-19 Vaccines  —  The decision means the FDA has the Trump administration's support for a rigorous vaccine review that is unlikely to yield an authorization before Election Day  —  The White House endorsed the U.S. Food …
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
More Voters Trust Biden on Covid  —  Challenger pulls into double-digit lead over Trump  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden holds a 12-point lead over Donald Trump among all registered voters in Pennsylvania and anywhere from an 8-point to 11-point lead among likely voters, according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Biden's wide lead in post-debate polls leaves Republicans panicking  —  Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has stretched his lead over President Trump in post-debate polls, leaving panicked Republicans to warn the party could be headed for heavy losses on Nov. 3.
CNN:
CNN Poll: Biden expands lead over Trump after contentious debate and President's Covid diagnosis  —  Chalian: Trump hit high-water mark of disapproval on key issue  —  (CNN)Joe Biden's advantage over President Donald Trump has expanded and the former vice president now holds his widest lead …
Axios:
Biden calls for unity at Gettysburg  —  Joe Biden on Tuesday traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, home to the Civil War battlefield where Abraham Lincoln once called for national unity, to ask Americans to come together to defeat racial injustice and the coronavirus.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump is reinforcing all of his coronavirus problems, all at once
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
Matt Egan / CNN:
Goldman Sachs: A Democratic sweep would mean faster economic recovery
Discussion: Political Wire
Ron DeSantis / dos.myflorida.com:
Public Notice: Secretary of State Laurel M. Lee Provides Update about Voter Registration in Florida
Associated Press:
Democrat's personal scandal roils N. Carolina Senate race  —  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A race in North Carolina critical to control of the U.S. Senate has been thrown into turmoil over allegations of personal misconduct by Democrat Cal Cunningham, a married man who had an extramarital relationship with a consultant.
Discussion: Political Wire and Althouse
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Paul Specht / Associated Press:   New texts shared with WRAL suggest Cunningham had sexual relationship with woman
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Democrat Cunningham appears to lead Republican Tillis in North Carolina: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Discussion: Fox News
NBC News:
Facebook bans QAnon across its platforms  —  Facebook said Tuesday that it is banning all QAnon accounts from its platforms, a significant escalation over its previous action and one of the broadest rules the social media giant has put in place in its history.
Washington Post:
Pence, Harris teams at odds over plexiglass at debate  —  Vice President Pence is requesting that no plexiglass dividers be placed on his side of the stage at Wednesday night's vice-presidential debate, after an announcement Monday by the Commission on Presidential Debates that dividers …
KMOV-TV:
McCloskeys indicted, grand jury adds charges of tampering with evidence  —  Mark and Patricia McCloskey appeared in court Tuesday morning.  After the hearing, Mark McCloskey spoke to media and expressed their frustration over the news that the trespassers involved in their case were not charged.
Axios:
Trump says he will not negotiate on COVID relief until after election  —  President Trump tweeted on Tuesday that he has instructed his representatives to stop negotiating with House Democrats on coronavirus relief until after the election, accusing Speaker Nancy Pelosi of “not negotiating in good faith.”
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Peter Wood / NAS:
Pulitzer Board Must Revoke Nikole Hannah-Jones' Prize … We call on the Pulitzer Prize Board to rescind the 2020 Prize for Commentary awarded to Nikole Hannah-Jones for her lead essay in “The 1619 Project.”  That essay was entitled, “Our democracy's founding ideals were false when they were written.”
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
DNI declassifies Brennan notes, CIA memo on Hillary Clinton ‘stirring up’ scandal between Trump, Russia  —  A source said Brennan's handwritten notes were taken after briefing Obama on the matter  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for October 6  —  EXCLUSIVE: Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe …
Jessica Piper / Bangor Daily News:
Sara Gideon and Susan Collins within 1 point in new BDN poll of Maine Senate race  —  AUGUSTA, Maine — House Speaker Sara Gideon has just a one-point lead on U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in a new Bangor Daily News-Digital Research poll released on Tuesday showing a narrower result than many previous polls as early absentee voting kicks off.
Discussion: The Hill and The Week
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Michael Shepherd / Bangor Daily News:
Jared Golden surges in Maine's 2nd District in BDN poll as Trump performs well there
Discussion: Breitbart
NBC News:
Police officer charged with murder in shooting of Black man at gas station … A Texas police officer who fatally shot a Black man has been arrested and charged with murder, authorities said Monday night.  —  The officer, Shaun Lucas, of the Wolfe City Police Department did not take reasonable action …
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Barbara Starr / CNN:
Senior Pentagon leadership quarantining after exposure to coronavirus  —  (CNN)The top US general, Gen. Mark Milley, and several members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are quarantining after a top Coast Guard official tested positive for coronavirus, several US defense officials tell CNN.
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Gabriela Schulte / The Hill:
Poll: 74 percent of voters want Senate to take on COVID-19 relief before SCOTUS nominee … An overwhelming majority of voters believe the Senate should prioritize coronavirus relief over confirming Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds.
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Rich Lowry / National Review:
Democrats Haven't Landed a Punch on Amy Coney Barrett
Robert Frank / CNBC:
Biden defines $400,000 a year as ‘wealthy,’ but that income only makes you upper-middle class in big cities  — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says his tax hikes would affect only the wealthy.  — He defines “wealthy” as those who make more than $400,000 a year.
Washington Free Beacon:
NBC News' ‘Undecided’ Voters Previously Featured as Biden Supporters on MSNBC  —  NBC News featured a pair of “undecided” voters during a network town hall earlier this week who had previously declared their support for Democratic nominee Joe Biden on the network's sister channel, MSNBC.
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Miami mayor to Trump: Don't come here to debate if you have Covid  —  MIAMI — The Republican mayor of Miami said Donald Trump shouldn't come to his city for the Oct. 15 debate with Joe Biden if the president is still testing positive with Covid-19.  —  “I don't think it's safe …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
GOP county chair in Arkansas dies from COVID-19 - his committee hosted a maskless gathering last month  —  The chairman of the Craighead County Republican Committee in Arkansas has died from complications while fighting the coronavirus, reported KAIT8 News.  —  Steven Farmer's GOP committee hosted …
Discussion: KAIT-TV and The Daily Beast
Sigal Samuel / Vox:
Is it immoral if you feel schadenfreude about Trump's Covid-19?  —  The ethics of feeling smug about another's misfortune, explained.  —  SHARE All sharing options  —  This story is part of a group of stories called  —  When an older man tests positive for a pathogen that can kill him, is it wrong to feel gleeful about it?
James B. Stewart / New York Times:
Trump Took $70,000 in Tax Deductions for Hair Care.  Experts Say That's Illegal.  —  It's a small but telling detail in The Times's exposé on the president's taxes.  —  There were many bombshells in The New York Times's exposé last week about President Trump's taxes.
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump mounts bizarre and misleading White House return despite warnings  —  (CNN)A strongly medicated President Donald Trump bolted from his VIP hospital bubble Monday, staging a bizarre White House comeback that included an irresponsible mask removal and a reckless pronouncement there is nothing …
 
 
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Ken Klippenstein / The Nation:
How ICE Became a ‘Propaganda Machine’ for Trump
Michael Barajas / The Texas Observer:
Trump's Favorite Texas Sheriff Faces Re-Election Amid a Spike in Deaths at His Jail
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Whistle-Blowing Scientist Quits Government With Final Broadside
Discussion: Politico
Ina Fried / Axios:
Labor Department probes Microsoft's diversity policy
Darren Cunningham / WXMI:
Refusing to wear a mask could cost you up to $1,000 fine in Michigan
Discussion: WXYZ-TV and Redstate
Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Boeing Expects Lasting Hit to Aircraft Demand: Live Updates
Discussion: Mother Jones
 Earlier Items: 
Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Progressives to Biden: Stop Dragging Bernie, He's Saving Your Ass
Discussion: New York Post
Tom Kludt / Vanity Fair:
“This Gravy Train Is Coming to an End”: News Media Begins to Contemplate a Post-Trump White House
Discussion: Atlantic Council and Fox News
Gromer Jeffers Jr / Dallas Morning News:
Lincoln Project plans Texas offensive against Republican Donald Trump, steps up Hispanic outreach
Carolyn Kellogg / Los Angeles Times:
The meta Trump book you didn't know you needed (and wanted) to read
David Wasserman / New York Times:
The 10 Bellwether Counties That Show How Trump Is in Serious Trouble
Discussion: Raw Story and Deseret News
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

 
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