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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 …
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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Jada Yuan / Washington Post:
Concern rises for White House residence staffers as their workplace emerges as a virus hot spot
Concern rises for White House residence staffers as their workplace emerges as a virus hot spot
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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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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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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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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 …
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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 …
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.
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Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
Breaking and Analysis: Without noted dissent, Supreme Court reverses 4th Circuit and says South Carolina voters still need to provide witness signatures …
Breaking and Analysis: Without noted dissent, Supreme Court reverses 4th Circuit and says South Carolina voters still need to provide witness signatures …
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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
U.S. Supreme Court allows South Carolina vote-by-mail restriction
U.S. Supreme Court allows South Carolina vote-by-mail restriction
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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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Evie Fordham / Fox News:
Cal Cunningham backs out of town hall as new cheating allegation surfaces
Cal Cunningham backs out of town hall as new cheating allegation surfaces
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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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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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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Biden Holds Steady Lead Over Trump in Arizona, Latest Poll Finds
Biden Holds Steady Lead Over Trump in Arizona, Latest Poll Finds
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
U.S. Senate committee formally announces October 12 Supreme Court hearing
U.S. Senate committee formally announces October 12 Supreme Court hearing
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