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New York Times:
Trump's Return Leaves White House in Disarray as Infections Jolt West Wing  —  The West Wing was mostly empty, cleared of aides who were sick or told to work from home, and staff in the White House residence were in full personal protective equipment.  —  The White House that President …
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Washington Post:
Pence team agrees to plexiglass barrier on his side of debate stage  —  The Commission on Presidential Debates said Tuesday night that Vice President Pence had dropped his objections to a plexiglass barricade on his side of the stage for Wednesday's debate after viewing the setup during a walk-through of the debate hall.
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 …
Washington Post:
White House signals stronger coronavirus precautions, but Trump continues to resist  —  The White House offered an informal nod to coronavirus best practices Tuesday, with mask-wearing prevalent after months of flouting public health recommendations and new internal guidelines for interacting …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Pence accedes to plexiglass at debate  —  Vice President Mike Pence has ceded to California Sen. Kamala Harris' demands for plexiglass to be used at Wednesday evening's debate, according to three people familiar with the matter.  —  Pence's team had objected to Harris' wishes for a barrier …
Discussion: KSLTV.com and Raw Story
New York Times:
Most Patients' Covid-19 Care Bears Little Resemblance to Trump's
Discussion: UPI and Vanity Fair
Jeremy B. White / Politico:
California congressman says he got coronavirus after Sen. Mike Lee interaction
Discussion: The Hill
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Capitol Hill workers have tested, presumed positive for coronavirus
Discussion: Roll Call and Forbes
Wall Street Journal:
White House Agrees to FDA's Guidelines for Vetting Covid-19 Vaccines
Hallie Jackson / NBC News:
Stephen Miller, top White House adviser, is self-isolating after testing positive for coronavirus
New York Times:
Trump Live Updates: Trump, Back at the White House, Continues to Downplay Virus
New York Times:
‘We Need to Take Away Children,’ No Matter How Young, Justice Dept. Officials Said  —  Top department officials were “a driving force” behind President Trump's child separation policy, a draft investigation report said.  —  WASHINGTON — The five U.S. attorneys along the border with Mexico …
Washington Post:
Amy Coney Barrett served as a ‘handmaid’ in Christian group People of Praise  —  While Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has faced questions about how her Catholic faith might influence her jurisprudence, she has not spoken publicly about her involvement in People of Praise …
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Revealed: Amy Coney Barrett lived in home of secretive Christian group's co-founder … Amy Coney Barrett lived in the home of one of the founders of the People of Praise while she was a law student, raising new questions about the supreme court nominee's involvement with the secretive Christian faith group …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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 …
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Politico:
Trump rewrites the Russia probe from the hospital  —  Even as he recovers from a coronavirus case that left him hospitalized for days, President Donald Trump has intensified a late-campaign effort to undermine widely accepted evidence about Russia's election interference efforts in 2016.
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump's team trusts Russian intelligence over U.S. intelligence
Discussion: Twitchy
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.
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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.
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Paul Specht / Associated Press:
New texts shared with WRAL suggest Cunningham had sexual relationship with woman  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — Texts obtained by WRAL and verified by The Associated Press suggest that North Carolina's Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate had a sexual relationship with a woman who is not his wife.
Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
Trump support craters after contracting coronavirus, new FPU/Herald poll reveals  —  Catching coronavirus has been disastrous for President Trump's re-election hopes, with support for the president plummeting since news of the infection broke, allowing Democratic nominee Joe Biden to open …
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
More Voters Trust Biden on Covid
Troy Closson / New York Times:
80-Year-Old Is Killed After Asking Bar Patron to Wear Mask  —  The man was shoved to the ground and hit his head after confronting another patron at a bar in upstate New York, the police said.  The case is one of the first of its kind in the state.  —  When an 80-year-old man at a bar near Buffalo …
Discussion: WKBW-TV, TheBlaze and New York Post
New York Times:
Elect Joe Biden, America  —  The former vice president is the leader our nation needs now.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.  It is separate from the newsroom.
USA Today:
“It is a slaughter”: Infectious disease icon asks CDC director to expose White House, orchestrate his own firing  —  A former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health titan who led the eradication of smallpox asked the embattled, current CDC leader to expose …
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
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.
Martha Mendoza, Juliet Linderman / FRONTLINE:
America's Medical Supply Crisis  —  produced by: … Why was the United States left scrambling for critical medical equipment as the coronavirus swept the country?  With the Associated Press and Global Reporting Centre, FRONTLINE investigates the fragmented global medical supply chain and its deadly consequences.
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Martha Mendoza / FRONTLINE:   U.S. Medical Supply Chains Failed, and COVID Deaths Followed
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Delayed Homeland Security Report Warns of ‘Lethal’ White Supremacy  —  An annual assessment that a whistle-blower said was withheld for months did not hold back on the threat from violent extremists and tagged Russia as the primary source of disinformation.  —  WASHINGTON — The Department …
Aymann Ismail / Slate:
The Store That Called the Cops on George Floyd  —  A teenage clerk dialed 911.  How should the brothers who own CUP Foods pay for what happened next?  —  Shortly after 8 p.m. on Memorial Day, May 25, Mahmoud “Mike” Abumayyaleh got a panicked phone call from a teenage employee at the store he owns with his three brothers.
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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Brian Niemietz / New York Daily News:
Stormy Daniels and Melania Trump accuse each other of being a hooker
Discussion: Political Wire
Katherine J. Wu / New York Times:
The White House Bet on Abbott's Rapid Tests. It Didn't Work Out.
Discussion: BuzzFeed News
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Fauci: There could be 300,000 to 400,000 Covid deaths unless precautions taken
Discussion: Axios, Political Wire and New Yorker
Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Martha McSally to debate Mark Kelly with Supreme Court future on line
ABC News:
Airline execs and unions express ‘disappointment’ after stimulus negotiations halted
Jessica Patterson / WOWK-TV:
Poll shows incumbents leading races for surveyed WV voters
 Earlier Items: 
Sigal Samuel / Vox:
Is it immoral if you feel schadenfreude about Trump's Covid-19?
Jessica Piper / Bangor Daily News:
Sara Gideon and Susan Collins within 1 point in new BDN poll of Maine Senate race
Discussion: Breitbart, The Hill and The Week
Robert Frank / CNBC:
Biden defines $400,000 a year as ‘wealthy,’ but that income only makes you upper-middle class in big cities
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
GOP county chair in Arkansas dies from COVID-19 - his committee hosted a maskless gathering last month
Discussion: The Daily Beast and KAIT-TV
 

 
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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Popular photo editing company Pixelmator says it has signed an agreement to be acquired by Apple, pending regulatory approval

Apple Inc.:
Apple reports Q4 revenue up 6% YoY to $94.9B, and net income down 36% YoY to $14.74B, after paying a $10.2B charge as part of an income tax decision in the EU

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Google plans to release Android 16 in Q2 2025 “to better align with the schedule of device launches”; major Android releases have been in Q3 or Q4 since 2013

 
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