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4:56 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 …
New York Times:
White House Is Not Contact Tracing ‘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 infections …
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Justice Scalia's Son Apologizes To His Parish For Not Wearing Mask At White House  —  A son of the late Justice Antonin Scalia apologized to his parish Sunday for attending a White House ceremony without wearing a mask.  —  The Rev. Paul Scalia of the St. James Catholic Church in suburban Virginia …
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
The People Trump Came Home To
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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Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
Joe Biden takes shot at Trump over wearing masks with Twitter meme  —  The tweet read, ‘Wear a mask’  —  Did Trump get discharged from Walter Reed Medical Center too soon?  —  When the gloves come off, the mask goes on.  —  Joe Biden tweeted a meme showing President Trump removing …
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Wall Street Journal:
President Trump Still Faces Risk as He Convalesces at White House
Discussion: MyNorthwest.com
The Times of Israel:   John Hagee, prominent pro-Israel evangelical pastor, ill with COVID-19
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump may be prematurely declaring victory over the coronavirus. Again.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Breitbart
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Don Jr. Thinks Trump Is Acting Crazy”: The President's COVID Joyride Has the Family Divided
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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New York Times:
Eric Trump Finally Interviewed in N.Y. Fraud Inquiry  —  President Trump's son had sought to postpone a deposition with the New York attorney general's office until after Election Day.  —  After months of delays, President Trump's son Eric was questioned under oath on Monday as part …
Discussion: Bloomberg and MyNorthwest.com
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New York Times:
E. Jean Carroll, Trump Accuser, Seeks to Bar Justice Dept. From Case  —  Ms. Carroll, a writer, has asked a judge to reject the department's move to intervene in her lawsuit against the president, whom she has accused of rape.  —  In defending himself against the many legal actions he is facing …
Discussion: Axios and Bloomberg
Fadel Allassan / Axios:   Eric Trump deposed in New York probe into family business
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
The murky legal concept that could swing the election  —  Amy Coney Barrett hasn't even arrived yet, but the Supreme Court has begun delivering its first big signals of how aggressive a role the court plans to play in setting the rules for next month's election.
Discussion: Washington Post and ABC News
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CNN:
Trump off the air in Ohio and Iowa as polls show tight races in both states  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's campaign canceled its planned television advertising in Iowa and Ohio this week, focusing its spending on states where Trump is behind even as polls show he is neck-and-neck …
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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.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Washington Post:
Trump's latest madness may herald large-scale GOP collapse  —  It's hard not to see the spread of covid-19 through the White House and the Republican Party as a metaphor for Trumpism: The party hoped and believed that they could keep themselves safe from the damaging effects of the virus.
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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.
Washington Post:
A U.S. senator kept taking off his mask on a Delta flight, raising questions about safety oversight  —  The chairman of the Senate committee that oversees airlines and U.S. transportation policy had his mask off for extended periods on a Delta flight to Mississippi on Thursday night …
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
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Seth Meyers Destroys Trump's 'Don't Be Afraid of COVID' Nonsense  —  “Remember, he might get better from COVID, but he will never get better as a person,” the “Late Night” host warned.  —  Seth Meyers wasn't the first late-night host to cover the massive coronavirus outbreak at the White House.
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 …
Pam Belluck / New York Times:
Nearly One-Third of Covid Patients in Study Had Altered Mental State  —  The hospitalized patients showed signs of deteriorating neurological function, ranging from confusion to coma-like unresponsiveness, new research indicates.  —  Nearly a third of hospitalized Covid-19 patients experienced …
Emily Holden / The Guardian:
Leader of non-profit labeled ‘hate group’ attended White House Amy Coney Barrett event  —  Michael Farris leads Alliance Defending Freedom, designated an anti-LGBTQ+ hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center  —  The head of a conservative Christian non-profit organization that has been designated …
Discussion: The 19th
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National Geographic:
Poll finds more Americans than ever think we should wear masks
Glenna Milberg / WPLG-TV:
Joe Biden talks COVID-19 and economy in Local 10 exclusive interview
Paul Szoldra / Task & Purpose:
The next chapter in the Task & Purpose story
Tom Moran / New Jersey Online:
Ex-NJ Gov. Chris Christie speaks from hospital bed after COVID-19 diagnosis, feisty as ever
Discussion: NBC New York and CNN
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Biden leading in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Trump's touting of ‘racehorse theory’ tied to eugenics and Nazis alarms Jewish leaders
 Earlier Items: 
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
GOP Elites Thought They Could Buy Their Way Out of a Pandemic
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘GLOW’ Canceled By Netflix; Won't Proceed With Fourth & Final Season Due To COVID-19
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Fox News
AUM:
AUM Poll: Tommy Tuberville leads Doug Jones by 12 points in closing weeks of Alabama Senate race
Washington Post:
Trump administration revokes the visa of a Ukrainian political fixer tied to Giuliani
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Intel Sources: CIA Director Gina Haspel Banking On Trump Loss To Keep Russiagate Documents Hidden
 

 
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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:
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