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Pence, Peerless Trump Defender, Confronts His Limits — During an orderly debate, the vice president deflected criticism of the Trump administration's pandemic response, something Kamala Harris said “clearly” hasn't worked. — Vice President Mike Pence approached his task on Wednesday …
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Post-debate CNN poll: Harris seen as winner in a contest that matched expectations — See who undecided voters thought won the VP debate — (CNN)More Americans said Sen. Kamala Harris did the best job in the vice presidential debate Wednesday night, according to a CNN Instant Poll of registered voters who watched.
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Mike Pence's Debate Performance Bugged Me Out — He's numb to pests large and small. — We need to talk about that fly. — It was a fly, wasn't it? If not, it was a bug doing an ace interpretation of a fly, and about two-thirds of the way through the debate in Salt Lake City on Wednesday night …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Pence Dodges Peaceful Transfer of Power Question at VP Debate
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden gains ground over Trump
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
The VP debate offers the nation a glimpse of a post-Trump future
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
‘They are coming for you,’ Harris says of Trump-Pence attacks on the Affordable Care Act.
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
Without Trump Onstage, There Is No Chaos
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Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
Kamala Harris's Dishonesty on Abe Lincoln
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ABC News:
5 key takeaways from the vice presidential debate
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Voters more favorable to Harris than Pence ahead of debate
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Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Pence sidesteps question about peaceful transfer of power
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Michael Ruiz / Fox News:
Trump campaign leaves ticket for Tupac at VP debate after Kamala Harris named him ‘best rapper alive’
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E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Harris won by keeping the focus on Trump — and Biden
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Wall Street Journal:
Mike Pence's Re-Election Case
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Erin Jensen / USA Today:
Susan Page: Five things to know about the moderator of Wednesday's VP debate
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Claire Sanford / Rev:
Kamala Harris & Mike Pence 2020 Vice Presidential Debate Transcript
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NBC News:
Trump asked Walter Reed doctors to sign non-disclosure agreements in 2019 — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump required personnel at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to sign non-disclosure agreements last year before they could be involved with treating him, according to four people familiar with the process.
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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 …
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USA Today:
White House coronavirus outbreak may have exposed thousands from Atlanta to Minnesota … President Donald Trump and other White House insiders infected with COVID-19 carried the virus across the country in a matter of days, potentially exposing hundreds, perhaps thousands …
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
White House won't say when President Trump last tested negative for COVID-19
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Here's why it matters when Trump last tested negative for COVID-19
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Patricia Murphy / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Top White House aide hosted lavish Atlanta wedding in May despite virus restrictions — At time, state banned gatherings of more than 10 people — White House chief of staff Mark Meadows hosted a lavish wedding for his daughter in Atlanta this May, despite a statewide order and city …
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.
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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 …
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Second Trump-Biden debate will be remote — The Commission on Presidential Debates announced Thursday that President Trump and Joe Biden will appear at next week's second presidential debate from “separate remote locations.” — The state of play: The decision comes as Trump continues …
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New York Times:
Next Biden-Trump Debate to Be a Virtual Matchup — The Commission on Presidential Debates said it would hold a virtual debate between the candidates on Oct. 15 because of virus concerns. — Virus Takes Center Stage as Pence and Harris Skirmish in Debate — Vice President Mike Pence …
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
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump's spy chief releases new batch of Russia docs to Justice Department
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Elizabeth Meyer / Iowa Starting Line:
Greenfield Shatters Fundraising Records With $28.7M Haul — Theresa Greenfield raised more money in the last three months than any Iowan running for U.S. Senate had raised in an entire election cycle. — In the third fundraising quarter of 2020, spanning July through September …
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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Kelly McLaughlin / Business Insider:
Eric Trump says his dad ‘literally saved Christianity’ in a ‘full-out war on faith’ … - Eric Trump said in an interview with the North Dakota radio station WZFG-AM last week that his father, President Donald Trump, “literally saved Christianity.” — He claimed Democrats have launched a …
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Ethan Wolff-Mann / Yahoo Finance:
Ex-Obama advisor: 'Take phone out of Trump's hand,' warns he's ‘going to blow up the economy’ — On Tuesday, President Trump fired off a tweet at 2:48 p.m. ET that sent the S&P 500 (^ — “I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when …
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