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ABC News:
34 people connected to White House, more than previously known, infected by coronavirus: Internal FEMA memo  —  The administration has sought to downplay the spread.  —  White House-related COVID-19 infections grow  —  President Trump's circle of infections has now extended into the Pentagon.
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The Daily Beast:
White House Quietly Told Vets Group It Might Have Exposed Them to COVID  —  The first known White House warning to visitors about a coronavirus risk came the same day that the president acknowledged getting the virus. … On the same day President Trump acknowledged contracting the coronavirus …
Discussion: Raw Story, Wired, USA Today and Forbes
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
White House Security Official Contracted Covid-19 in September  —  A top White House security official, Crede Bailey, is gravely ill with Covid-19 and has been hospitalized since September, according to four people familiar with his condition.  —  The White House has not publicly disclosed Bailey's illness.
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite and New York Post
Politico:
Key moments from Harris and Pence's primetime showdown  —  Coronavirus is ripping through the ranks of the White House.  More than 200,000 Americans have died from the disease.  And questions are still swirling around President Donald Trump's own health after he contracted Covid.
Shefali Luthra / USA Today:
Trump's Amy Coney Barrett pick for Supreme Court might backfire, analysts say  —  President Donald Trump announced in September that he would nominate Amy Coney Barrett to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's vacant Supreme Court seat, making his pick official during an event at the White House Rose Garden.
USA Today:   Here's everyone at the White House Rose Garden SCOTUS event now called a likely ‘superspreader.’ Help us ID them all.
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Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Kamala Harris: “Joe Biden will not ban fracking.  That is a fact”  —  Sen. Kamala Harris at Wednesday's vice presidential debate denied Vice President Pence's claim that Joe Biden would ban fracking if elected.  —  Why it matters: Pence's claims that a Biden administration would …
CNN:
Fact check: Kamala Harris and Mike Pence debate
Thomas Barrabi / Fox News:
Vice presidential debate: Kamala Harris claims she won't take vaccine if Trump recommends
Erin Jensen / USA Today:
Susan Page: Five things to know about the moderator of Wednesday's VP debate
Discussion: Vox and The Daily Caller
David Siders / Politico:
Point of order: Pence and Harris restore sanity to debates
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Pence to target Biden on terrorism, hostages in VP debate
New England Journal of Medicine:
Dying in a Leadership Vacuum  —  Article  —  Covid-19 has created a crisis throughout the world.  This crisis has produced a test of leadership.  With no good options to combat a novel pathogen, countries were forced to make hard choices about how to respond.  Here in the United States, our leaders have failed that test.
Discussion: The Wrap
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Jacqueline Howard / CNN:
Prestigious medical journal calls for US leadership to be voted out over Covid-19 failure  —  (CNN)In an unprecedented move, the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday published an editorial written by its editors condemning the Trump administration for its response to the Covid-19 pandemic …
Discussion: Breitbart, DNyuz, Raw Story and Mediaite
Gina Kolata / New York Times:
In a First, New England Journal of Medicine Joins Never-Trumpers
Discussion: Axios and DNyuz
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Where are all of the arrests?’:  Trump demands Barr lock up his foes  —  Donald Trump mounted an overnight Twitter blitz demanding to jail his political enemies and call out allies he says are failing to arrest his rivals swiftly enough.  —  Trump twice amplified supporters' criticisms …
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Justice Department says it ‘inadvertently’ altered Flynn notes  —  Washington (CNN)The Justice Department said Wednesday that it “inadvertently” altered documents that it recently submitted to a federal court as part of its ongoing effort to dismiss the criminal case against former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed News:
Donald Trump Is Canceling TV Ads In Midwest States That Made Him President  —  President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is slashing television spending in the Midwest, canceling millions of dollars in advertising in states that carried him to victory in 2016.  —  He's been off the local airwaves completely in Iowa and Ohio.
Discussion: Mediaite, The Hill and The Week
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Thomas Barrabi / Fox News:
Trump campaign cancels Ohio, Iowa TV ads amid optimism over swing state election chances
Discussion: New York Times and Axios
Politico:
A bullish Biden campaign invades Trump territory
Discussion: DNyuz and POLITICUSUSA
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Fleischer says Trump shouldn't go to next debate if he's still COVID-19 positive  —  Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said Wednesday that President Trump should not attend the debate scheduled for next week in person if he continues to test positive for the coronavirus before then.
Discussion: DNyuz, Al Jazeera and Mediaite
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Antonio Regalado / MIT Technology Review:
Trump's antibody treatment was tested using cells originally derived from an abortion  —  The Trump administration has looked to curtail research with fetal cells.  But when it was life or death for the president, no one objected.  —  hide  —  This week, President Donald Trump extolled …
Discussion: Al Jazeera
NBC New York:
USPS Worker in NJ Arrested for Allegedly Dumping Mail, Including Election Ballots  —  A U.S. Postal Service mail carrier from Hudson County, New Jersey, was arrested for discarding mail, including 99 general election ballots sent from the County Board of Elections that were intended to be delivered …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden gains ground over Trump  —  A 70 percent majority believes our democracy is “in danger” in this election  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for October 7  —  Democratic candidate Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by a 53-43 percent margin, in a Fox News national survey …
Discussion: New York Times and Political Wire
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
‘A Republican Party unraveling’: GOP plunged into crisis as Trump abruptly ends economic relief talks, dismisses virus  —  Vulnerable Republicans are beginning to distance themselves from President Trump's dismissive response to the coronavirus pandemic and his dramatic termination of negotiations …
Sophie Nieto-Munoz / New Jersey Online:
Ex-N.J. Gov. Chris Christie remains hospitalized for COVID-19  —  THE LATEST: Chris Christie said he was ‘checking’ himself into the hospital after coronavirus test.  Here's how doctors say the system works.  —  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie remains hospitalized at Morristown Medical Center …
Discussion: New York Post and Washington Post
Shay Khatiri / The Bulwark:
McSally Flops in Only Arizona Senate Debate  —  The Republican incumbent, far behind her astronaut challenger in the polls, squandered a chance to turn things around.  —  Last night was the debate in Arizona between that state's two Senate candidates.  It proved to be a embarrassment for the incumbent …
Discussion: Arizona Mirror and Daily Kos
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Judge Orders Twitter To Unmask FBI Impersonator Who Set Off Seth Rich Conspiracy  —  A federal judge in California has ordered that Twitter reveal the identity of an anonymous user who allegedly fabricated an FBI document to spread a conspiracy theory about the killing of Seth Rich …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Seth Boyes / Dickinson County News:
Political sign theft leads to bizarre cover-up effort  —  Don't read all about it  —  A series of minor thefts in early September had Lakes Area store clerks scratching their heads.  Newspaper racks were empty.  Storefront vending boxes were cleaned out, and copies of the Sept. 2 Dickinson County News …
Discussion: Raw Story
Joseph Morton / Omaha World-Herald:
Republican Don Bacon wins endorsement of former rival, Democrat Brad Ashford  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., has secured the support of the man he defeated to get the job back in 2016.  —  Former Rep. Brad Ashford, D-Neb., said in a statement to The World-Herald on Wednesday …
Lynne Peeples / Nature:
Face masks: what the data say … Lynne Peeples is a science journalist in Seattle, Washington.  —  When her Danish colleagues first suggested distributing protective cloth face masks to people in Guinea-Bissau to stem the spread of the coronavirus, Christine Benn wasn't so sure.
Discussion: Power Line
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Facebook Widens Ban on Political Ads as Alarm Rises Over Election  —  Political ads will be banned indefinitely after polls close on Nov. 3 and the company plans new steps to limit misinformation about the results.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Over the past few weeks, Mark Zuckerberg …
Alastair Gee / The Guardian:
Texas doctor, 28, dies of Covid: ‘She wore the same mask for weeks, if not months’ … @alastairgee Email  —  It took Carrie Wanamaker several days to connect the face she saw on GoFundMe with the young woman she had met a few years before.  —  According to the fundraising site …
Discussion: New York Post
Bloomberg:
Trump Aims to Return to Campaign Trail Next Week Despite Illness  —  President Donald Trump is aiming to return to the campaign trail with an event as early as Monday in Pennsylvania, and trips to Michigan and Florida later in the week, according to people familiar with the matter.
Discussion: The Hill
Politico:
White House installs a campaign veteran at the CIA  —  A retired major general who served as a 2016 campaign adviser to then-candidate Donald Trump was quietly installed in a senior advisory role at the CIA earlier this year.  The move is spurring discussion among some former agency officials, who say the arrangement is highly unusual.
Discussion: The Hill
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
BuzzFeed News Pulls Reporter From White House, Citing Virus Risk  —  She said she had “obvious concerns about working indoors during an outbreak.”  The White House Correspondents' Association pushed for more information on known infections.  —  BuzzFeed News has pulled a political correspondent …
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
'It wasn't wise': Republicans urge Trump to restart Covid talks  —  President Donald Trump is taking a huge political gamble with his decision to end coronavirus relief talks weeks before the election.  But Republicans don't want him to call it quits just yet.
 
 
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
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Nicholas Bagley / The Atlantic:
A Warning From Michigan  —  Last week, in a 4-3 party-line vote, Republican judges …
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