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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.
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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 …
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Forbes, The Week, New York Times, Washington Post and The Hill, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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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 …
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump mounts bizarre and misleading White House return despite warnings
Trump mounts bizarre and misleading White House return despite warnings
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Associated Press:
D.C. gov't says it's been unable to connect with White House for Covid contact tracing
D.C. gov't says it's been unable to connect with White House for Covid contact tracing
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The Guardian and Washingtonian
Washington Post:
Trump returns to White House, downplaying virus that hospitalized him and turned West Wing into a ‘ghost town’
Trump returns to White House, downplaying virus that hospitalized him and turned West Wing into a ‘ghost town’
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
'It's recklessness out here': White House reporters are furious with the White House for having ‘endangered’ their lives
'It's recklessness out here': White House reporters are furious with the White House for having ‘endangered’ their lives
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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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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.
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CBS News:
Restaurant staffers in quarantine after working Trump fundraiser
Restaurant staffers in quarantine after working Trump fundraiser
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Trump risks new backlash with COVID bravado
The Memo: Trump risks new backlash with COVID bravado
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Towleroad Gay News
Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
Joe Biden takes shot at Trump over wearing masks with Twitter meme
Joe Biden takes shot at Trump over wearing masks with Twitter meme
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Dhruv Khullar / New Yorker:
The Recklessness of Trump's Return to the White House
The Recklessness of Trump's Return to the White House
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Washington Post
Gerard Baker / Wall Street Journal:
Outside Walter Reed, a Misinformation Epidemic
Rich Lowry / National Review:
Democrats Haven't Landed a Punch on Amy Coney Barrett — Supreme Court Sides with GOP, Reinstates South Carolina's Ballot Witness Requirement — House Democrats Want to Force You to Pay for Abortion — Her Supreme Court nomination has been smooth sailing so far. — T
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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
On campaign trail, vulnerable GOP senators play down a more conservative Supreme Court
On campaign trail, vulnerable GOP senators play down a more conservative Supreme Court
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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 …
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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
Trump tied with Biden in Florida despite campaign setbacks, new Suffolk University/USA TODAY Network poll finds
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Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Hill and Florida Politics
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 …
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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.
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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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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 …
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.
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Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
Stop Telling Joe Biden What to Do
Stop Telling Joe Biden What to Do
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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.
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630 KHOW:
Sen Ron Johnson (R-WI) discusses his positive COVID19 diagnosis — Sen. Ron Johnson took his 6th precautionary COVID test a few days ago, fully expecting his 6th negative because he felt absolutely fine. The test, however, came back positive so now he's in his third quarantine.
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
‘Out of his mouth will come these wild Trumpisms’: Harris preps to take on Pence — Vice presidential debates didn't matter — until the president contracted a deadly virus and might be too sick to attend the next two of his own. — After last week's screamfest between Donald …
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Politico:
Plexiglass to separate Harris and Pence at VP debate
Plexiglass to separate Harris and Pence at VP debate
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David Wasserman / New York Times:
The 10 Bellwether Counties That Show How Trump Is in Serious Trouble — Each one is in a battleground state. Votes from people there will matter a lot — and offer Joe Biden several paths to victory. — Mr. Wasserman is the House editor at The Cook Political Report.
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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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