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Covid-19 Live Updates: 4 Pence Aides Test Positive — Six states broke records as the virus surged at an alarming pace. Dr. Anthony Fauci suggested the U.S. might need a national mask mandate. — RIGHT NOW Pence's chief of staff and three other aides test positive for the virus.
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Mike Pence's Chief of Staff Tests Positive for Coronavirus — Infections among Pence associations add to White House cases — Pence traveled to Florida to deliver campaign speech Saturday — Mike Pence's chief of staff, Marc Short, has tested positive for coronavirus infection …
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Members of Pence's Inner Circle Test Positive for Coronavirus — Along with Marc Short, the vice president's chief of staff, three additional staff members and a Pence adviser have also tested positive, according to people briefed on the developments. — Several members of Vice President …
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Mike Pence's chief of staff, other top aide test positive for COVID-19 — The vice president has been on the campaign trail for weeks. — Visual Tracking: COVID-19 and the White House — At least 34 people connected to the White House have tested positive for COVID-19, many of whom attended a Rose Garden event in late September.


Trump goes on offensive against Biden with trip to New Hampshire
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Pence adviser Marty Obst tests positive for coronavirus
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Staffers for Kelly Loeffler test positive for COVID-19 — She tested negative and plans to participate in Monday's Supreme Court confirmation vote. — WASHINGTON — Two people who work for U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler recently tested positive for the coronavirus.
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The Last Temptation of NeverTrump — A voice in my head makes the case to re-elect the president.
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The Supreme Court Doesn't Need to Be Reformed
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Murkowski to back Barrett, despite opposing election-year SCOTUS vote
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Hunter Biden Sought To Avoid Registering As Foreign Agent In Chinese Business Venture, Text Message Shows — Hunter Biden wanted to avoid registering as a foreign agent as part of a deal with a Chinese energy company, according to text messages obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation.
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Hunter Biden alleged sex tape and images uploaded on Bannon-connected Chinese website — Multiple videos and images purportedly showing Hunter Biden engaging in sexual acts with several women and using drugs were uploaded on a Chinese digital video platform Saturday evening.


Trump privately tells donors it would be ‘very tough’ for GOP to hold Senate — President Trump privately told donors this past week that it will be “very tough” for Republicans to keep control of the Senate in the upcoming election because some of the party's senators are candidates he cannot support.
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Joe Biden will travel to Georgia on Tuesday in late push to flip state — Democratic nominee Joe Biden is headed to Georgia on Tuesday, several national outlets reported, part of a late effort by the campaign to flip a state that Republicans have carried in every White House contest since 1996.
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Here's Who Biden Is Considering for Top Jobs in His Administration — For a few months now, senators, ex-lawmakers, donors, operatives, local leaders, investors, and activists have quietly been nudging a small group of Democratic officials in D.C. and Delaware.


Brad Pitt narrates new Biden campaign ad airing during World Series — (CNN)Actor Brad Pitt narrated an ad for Joe Biden's presidential campaign that's airing Saturday night during the fourth game of the World Series. — The 60-second spot during Major League Baseball's highly watched …


Our choice is Joe Biden* — This year's general election ballot presents the voter with a dilemma. We have wrestled with this year's choices, as we imagine many voters have. Up and down the ticket we are faced with choices in political ideologies, personalities, backgrounds and governing styles.
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Business Insider


Why Trump Can't Take Red Counties in North Carolina for Granted — Even some people in Gastonia, N.C., are a little perplexed about why the president was holding a rally in a small community that's already in his camp. — GASTONIA, N.C. — Republicans in Gaston County still have pictures …


Stop Calling Famous Composers by Their Last Names — There will be a time when we'll go to concerts again. We will buy our tickets, shuffle shoulder to shoulder down the aisle, and find our seats. The lights will dim, and the conductor will walk onto the stage to introduce the program.


Trump bets on a 2016 replay, but faces a changed landscape — President Trump and his advisers are betting on a high-octane replay of the closing two weeks of his 2016 campaign, with nonstop travel for packed rallies filled with attacks on alleged Democratic corruption in a bid to reignite …
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The Republican Party After Trump — The Party of Lincoln had a good run. Then came Mr. Trump. — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom.
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Astor Place Hair to close after 75 years due to COVID-19 — Astor Place Hair Stylists, the iconic salon and barbershop that has been an East Village fixture for 73 years, is the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. — Management at the basement barber shop, which counted everyone …


Americans Have Lost Sight of What Fascism Means — Many Americans who brand Trump and his allies as fascists are paying too little attention to abuses in Hong Kong and cultural genocide in Xinjiang. — Contributing writer at The Atlantic — How do americans decide what to be outraged about?
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The National Interest


Majority of voters say Biden won second debate, poll finds … Most registered voters said that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden performed better than President Donald Trump during the second presidential debate, according to a POLITICO/Morning Consult poll released Friday.
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Notes from Joe: My Plan to Protect Seniors — As I looked out during my speech last week in South Florida, I was happy to see Carl Schechter — 93 years young and a pillar of his community. — Carl's story is quintessentially American. He came to this country as an immigrant and fought honorably during World War II.


Why I voted for Trump in 2016 and will vote for him again — In March of 2016, I wrote that I would likely support Donald Trump because he was the only presidential candidate speaking for working-class Americans. I also viewed the contempt for Trump by the media and elite of both parties as contempt for his supporters as well.
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