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10:45 AM ET, October 6, 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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Associated Press:
White House staff, Secret Service eye virus with fear, anger  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The West Wing is a ghost town.  Staff members are scared of exposure.  And the White House is now a treatment ward for not one — but two — COVID patients, including a president who has long taken the threat of the virus lightly.
Discussion: Daily Kos and New York Times
CNN:
Trump's reckless return met with a dramatically changed White House  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump may be eagerly seeking a return to normal after three nights in the hospital.  But the White House he arrived home to Monday with dramatic and reckless flourish has changed drastically since …
New York Times:
White House Is Not Tracing Contacts for ‘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 …
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 …
Associated Press:
D.C. gov't says it's been unable to connect with White House for Covid contact tracing
Discussion: The Guardian and Washingtonian
Carrie Johnson / NPR:   Justice Scalia's Son Apologizes To His Parish For Not Wearing Mask At White House
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Associated Press:
‘An embarrassment’: Trump tweet angers pandemic survivors  —  SEATTLE (AP) — Dizzy with a soaring fever and unable to breathe, Scott Sedlacek had one thing going for him: He was among the first people to be treated for COVID-19 at Seattle's Swedish Medical Center, and the doctors and nurses were able to give him plenty of attention.
Discussion: Raw Story
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Trump risks new backlash with COVID bravado  —  President Trump is in a perilous political spot even after his discharge from the hospital on Monday evening.  —  Many of the difficulties are of Trump's own making.  —  The president is always eager to portray himself as strong and vigorous …
Discussion: Towleroad Gay News
CBS News:
Restaurant staffers in quarantine after working Trump fundraiser  —  Thirteen workers at a Minneapolis steakhouse were quarantining after the restaurant catered a private fundraiser attended by President Donald Trump during his visit to Minnesota last week, the restaurant said Monday.
Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
Joe Biden takes shot at Trump over wearing masks with Twitter meme
Dhruv Khullar / New Yorker:
The Recklessness of Trump's Return to the White House
Discussion: Washington Post
Gerard Baker / Wall Street Journal:   Outside Walter Reed, a Misinformation Epidemic
CNN:
North Carolina elementary school teacher dies days after testing positive for Covid-19  —  (CNN)A third-grade teacher died in North Carolina days after testing positive for Covid-19 and while her students were quarantined as a result of the exposure.  —  Julie Davis, who taught …
Discussion: ABC11
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Zac Anderson / USA Today:
Trump tied with Biden in Florida despite campaign setbacks, new Suffolk University/USA TODAY Network poll finds
CNN:
Trump off the air in Ohio and Iowa as polls show tight races in both states
Discussion: The Hill
CNN:
More than 3 million general election ballots cast so far in November election
Discussion: Political Wire
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
On campaign trail, vulnerable GOP senators play down a more conservative Supreme Court  —  The GOP candidates are minimizing the impact of a Justice Amy Coney Barrett.  —  Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.  —  Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
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David Harsanyi / National Review:   The Democrats Are Flirting with the Destruction of the Judiciary
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:   ANALYSIS: Amy Coney Barrett's Family More Diverse Than Top Liberal Institutions
Tom Lyden / FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul:
Subject of Project Veritas voter fraud story says he was offered bribe  —  Liban Osman is featured prominently in a video released last week by the conservative media operation Project Veritas claiming there is “massive voter fraud” in Minnesota orchestrated by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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 …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Actually Believes He Can Sell Himself to America as a COVID-Conquering Hero
Discussion: Raw Story and MyNorthwest.com
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:   Seth Meyers Destroys Trump's 'Don't Be Afraid of COVID' Nonsense
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.
Discussion: Reason and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Pew Research Center:
Unfavorable Views of China Reach Historic Highs in Many Countries  —  Majorities say China has handled COVID-19 outbreak poorly  —  This analysis focuses on cross-national views of China.  The work builds on previous studies released in the summer of 2020 on Americans' views of China and the international image of the U.S.
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Politico:
Plexiglass to separate Harris and Pence at VP debate
Josh Kaplan / DCist:
Thousands Of D.C. Renters Are Evicted Every Year.  Do They All Know To Show Up To Court?  |  DCist  —  This story is the result of a months-long investigative project in partnership with Spotlight DC.  Evictions have been suspended in D.C. since Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a state …
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
The Weirdest 90 Seconds in Presidential History  —  Don't cry for Donnie, America.  The truth is, he never left you.  —  Donald Trump's photo op on the Truman Balcony following his return to the White House with COVID-19 is one of the most disturbing, absorbing, foreign images I can recall.
 
 
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Shirin Ghaffary / Vox:
Facebook and Twitter said they would crack down on QAnon, but the delusion seems unstoppable
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
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Boris Johnson sets out post-coronavirus vision for UK
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Politico:
EU court ruling threatens EU-UK data flows
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Thomas Barrabi / Fox News:
Shift in Ohio vote tallies after election not a sign of ‘something nefarious,’ secretary of state says
Washington Post:
A U.S. senator kept taking off his mask on a Delta flight, raising questions about safety oversight
Discussion: New York Post
Washington Post:
Trump administration revokes the visa of a Ukrainian political fixer tied to Giuliani
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story