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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump says Gold Star families could have given him Covid-19  —  President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that he might have contracted Covid-19 from Gold Star family members who were too close to him when telling stories of their loved ones who died in the line of duty.
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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.
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.
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 …
NBC News:
Trump back at White House after Covid-19 treatment at Walter Reed
Discussion: VICE
CNN:
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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New York Times:
Pence, Peerless Trump Defender, Confronts His Limits
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden gains ground over Trump
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
The VP debate offers the nation a glimpse of a post-Trump future
Wall Street Journal:
Mike Pence's Re-Election Case
Politico:
Key moments from Harris and Pence's prime-time showdown
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
‘They are coming for you,’ Harris says of Trump-Pence attacks on the Affordable Care Act.
Robert Snell / The Detroit News:
Feds say they thwarted militia plot to kidnap Whitmer  —  The FBI thwarted what they described as a plot to violently overthrow the government and kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and federal prosecutors are expected to discuss the alleged conspiracy later Thursday.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill and New York Post
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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Bonchie / Redstate:
Mike Pence Destroyed Kamala Harris, and the Media Settle On a Pathetic Excuse  —  This is how you know she lost.  —  Mike Pence debated Kamala Harris last night, and it was not a pretty sight for the Democrat.  As per her usual arrangement, Harris ended up grimacing, cackling …
Commission on Presidential Debates:
CPD ANNOUNCES SECOND PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WILL BE VIRTUAL  —  Washington, D.C. (October 8, 2020) - In order to protect the health and safety of all involved with the second presidential debate, scheduled for October 15, 2020, The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) announced the following today:
Quint Forgey / Politico:
'I'm not going to waste my time': Trump says he won't do virtual debate against Biden  —  President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would not participate in the second televised debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden next week after the nonpartisan commission responsible for producing …
New York Times:
Trump Objects to Commission's Virtual Debate Plan
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 …
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
What is The Cook Political Report?  —  The Cook Political Report is an independent, non-partisan newsletter that analyzes elections and campaigns for the US House of Representatives, US Senate, Governors and President as well as American political trends.
Discussion: Political Wire
David Gilbert / VICE:
Facebook Just Forced Its Most Powerful Critics Offline  —  “Nothing says ‘free speech’ quite as much as a multi-billion dollar corporation with a global monopoly getting its critics shut down.”  —  DG  —  Facebook is using its vast legal muscle to silence one of its most prominent critics.
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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 …
Discussion: The Hill, DNyuz, Political Wire and Fox News
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Jim Dwyer, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist, Dies at 63  —  Working for New York Newsday, The Daily News and The Times, he covered the human stories of New York in dramatic prose and crusaded against injustice.  —  Jim Dwyer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, columnist …
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
With Just Weeks to Go, Trump is Not Making up Ground  —  Dear Readers: Join us today at 2 p.m. eastern for our latest episode of Sabato's Crystal Ball: America Votes.  Vice presidential expert Joel K. Goldstein will be joining us to react to the VP debate.  If you have questions you would like us …
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: National Review and Al Jazeera
Washington Post:
Economic relief talks are back on, Trump asserts, two days after he cut them off  —  Latest pronouncement comes as Pelosi and Mnuchin negotiate on airline relief; Trump says he's pushing for broader deal  —  President Trump said Thursday that economic relief talks are back on …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republican Senator Blurts Out That He Hates Democracy  —  Last night, livetweeting his thoughts on the 2020 vice-presidential debate, Republican senator Mike Lee decided it was an opportune moment to share one of his edgier political beliefs: Democracy is bad.
Jake Tapper / The Atlantic:
Why Americans Fall for Grifters  —  For its evening programming on January 20, 2017, Turner Classic Movies, a network known for its commitment to the cinematic canon, not its politics, made a pointed scheduling decision.  The channel would be airing A Face in the Crowd.
Ken Haddad / WDIV-TV:
Michigan AG: Burkman, Wohl turn themselves in on voter intimidation charges  —  DETROIT - Two right-wing political operatives accused of voter intimidation in Michigan have turned themselves in to authorities in Detroit, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday.
Washington Post:
How systemic racism shaped Floyd's life and hobbled his ambition  —  Roaming America after years overseas in Europe, the Middle East and South Asia  —  His life began as the last embers of the civil rights movement were flickering out.  Its horrific, videotaped end ignited …
 
 
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Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
EXCLUSIVE: FBI Is Stonewalling Congressional Oversight On Hunter Biden
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Sen. Ron Johnson has been using a private plane owned by his adult children during coronavirus pandemic
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Jobless claims were worse than expected amid slowdown in hiring
Discussion: The Week
Esther Gim / Rewire News Group:
Colorado Voters Could Determine Abortion Access Nationwide
David Harsanyi / National Review:
A New York Times Columnist Wish-Casts Foreign Intervention into U.S. Elections
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
They Want You To Be Afraid  —  The only thing that outraged the leftist elite …
Kelly McLaughlin / Business Insider:
Eric Trump says his dad ‘literally saved Christianity’ in a ‘full-out war on faith’
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
Ethan Wolff-Mann / Yahoo Finance:
Ex-Obama advisor: 'Take phone out of Trump's hand,' warns he's ‘going to blow up the economy’
 Earlier Items: 
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Maya Wiley Enters N.Y.C. Mayor's Race: ‘I Am Not a Conventional Candidate’
Discussion: TheGrio
Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
The Republican Party Is Terrified of Voters
Discussion: NPR, Washington Post and Raw Story
Mark Weiner / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Brindisi surges ahead of Tenney in House race (Siena College | Syracuse.com poll)
Discussion: Roll Call
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
‘A Republican Party unraveling’: GOP plunged into crisis as Trump abruptly ends economic relief talks, dismisses virus
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Judge Orders Twitter To Unmask FBI Impersonator Who Set Off Seth Rich Conspiracy
New England Journal of Medicine:
Dying in a Leadership Vacuum
 

 
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Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Search to let paid users search for timely information using GPT-4o, after testing the feature in July 2024, a direct challenge to Google

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Google plans to release Android 16 in Q2 2025 “to better align with the schedule of device launches”; major Android releases have been in Q3 or Q4 since 2013
 
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