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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Didn't Disclose First Positive Covid-19 Test While Awaiting a Second Test on Thursday  —  President received positive result on Thursday evening before making an appearance on Fox News in which he didn't reveal those results  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump didn't disclose a positive result …
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New York Times:
Use of Dexamethasone to Treat Trump Suggests Severe Covid-19, Experts Say  —  Many of the measures cited by his doctors are reserved for patients severely affected by the coronavirus.  —  President Trump's doctors offered rosy assessments of his condition on Sunday, but the few medical details …
New York Times:
As Trump Seeks to Project Strength, Doctors Disclose Alarming Episodes  —  The president made a surprise outing from his hospital bed in an effort to show his improvement, but the murky and shifting narrative of his illness was rewritten again with grim new details.
Annie Karni / New York Times:
At the White House, an Eerie Quiet and Frustration With the Chief of Staff  —  With President Trump hospitalized, Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, delivered no guidance to aides about how they were expected to behave in a moment of crisis.  —  WASHINGTON — In a memo …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Prospect of Trump's early hospital discharge mystifies doctors  —  They say he is in a particularly vulnerable window for covid-19 patients and should be watched closely while taking an unusual combination of drugs.  —  The assertion by President Trump's doctors that he could be discharged …
Discussion: The Hill and CNN
Politico:
President Pelosi?  Pence prepares to risk it all for Trump  —  He's the GOP's one line of defense between a hospitalized commander-in-chief and a President Nancy Pelosi, and he's about to depart Washington on a four-day campaign swing in the middle of his boss's health crisis.
The Guardian:
‘This is insanity’: Walter Reed physician among critics of Donald Trump drive-by visit … Play Video  —  Donald Trump drew immediate rebuke from doctors on Sunday afternoon for an “insane” surprise drive-by visit to supporters outside the Walter Reed military medical center …
Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Trump criticized by medical experts after leaving hospital to drive by supporters … WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday briefly left his hospital room at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he is being treated for Covid-19, to drive past a group of supporters …
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
‘That should never have happened’: Inside Trump's Walter Reed parade  —  Trump surprises crowd with drive-by outside Walter Reed  —  (CNN)Pacing the well-appointed presidential suite at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center between intravenous doses of remdesivir and near-hourly checks of his vitals …
Discussion: Washington Post
Washington Post:
National security experts describe a distracted and potentially vulnerable country
Discussion: Political Wire
Christopher Wilson / Yahoo News:
White House reassurances about Trump's condition stir doubts instead
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and HillReporter.com
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
The president is sick but his followers feel great
Andrew Joseph / STAT:
'There's a disconnect': Outside medical experts question the upbeat portrayal of president's condition
Discussion: Axios, CNN, Bloomberg and The Slot
Washington Post:
White House physician Sean Conley draws scrutiny for rosy assessments of Trump's health
Discussion: New York Times, The Guardian and NPR
Washington Post:
President's blood oxygen levels dropped twice in recent days, doctors say
New York Post:
Trump supporters close 5th Ave. to support COVID-19-stricken president
Discussion: Breitbart
Marc Santora / New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump's Physician Says the President's Oxygen Levels Dropped and He Took Steroid Treatment
Ben Smith / New York Times:
How to Cover a Sick Old Man  —  The president is hospitalized and reporters are fighting for basic facts.  What should elderly leaders — many of America's top politicians are over 80 — reveal about their health?  —  When John Bresnahan was starting out as a reporter in the mid-1990s …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Political Aides Investigate VOA White House Reporter For Anti-Trump Bias  —  Two political appointees at the federal agency that oversees the Voice of America recently investigated one of its most prominent journalists to make the case he was biased against President Trump, NPR has learned.
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Anthony Giannini / whitehousegiftshop.com:
“President Donald J. Trump Defeats COVID”  —  First 1,000 Orders Receive a Complimentary Presidential Blue Mask with Coin!  —  Note from Designer & Series Creator: Anthony Giannini, CEO, USAF-R  —  For these past four years, I have created and co-designed the Historic Moments …
Discussion: Raw Story and HillReporter.com
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Sen. Pat Toomey won't run for reelection or for Pennsylvania governor, sources say  —  Toomey was widely seen as the likely Republican favorite for governor in 2022.  His decision not to run for that office or for Senate could create two wide open contests on the Republican side.
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
After Biden's Exposure to Trump, His Team Is Cagey on Health Questions  —  With transparency on health newly significant in the presidential race, Joe Biden's safety protocols have remained largely under wraps.  But on Sunday evening, his campaign said he had again tested negative for the coronavirus.
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Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Biden tests negative for coronavirus, campaign says
Discussion: Denver Post, The Week, Reuters and Axios
Andrew Seidman / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Rural Pennsylvania voters don't hate Biden as much as they hated Clinton — and Trump may need them to  —  JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Robert Pristas works part-time at a library outside Johnstown and does well for himself investing on the side.  He says Joe Biden is “probably a decent guy.”
Kristin Urquiza / Washington Post:
I sat in the front row at the debate.  Did Trump infect me with the coronavirus?  —  The president's cavalier attitude toward the pandemic is infuriating  —  On Tuesday night, I sat in masked silence in the front row of the debate hall in Cleveland as President Trump mocked former vice president Joe Biden for wearing a mask.
Beth LeBlanc / The Detroit News:
After high court decision, Michigan AG will not enforce COVID orders  —  Attorney General Dana Nessel will no longer enforce Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's executive orders after the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Friday that one of the laws underpinning the orders was unconstitutional.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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Discussion: Big League Politics
Manori Ravindran / Variety:
Cineworld Could Close All Regal Cinemas, U.K. Venues in Response to ‘No Time to Die’ Delay
Alex Hern / The Guardian:
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Discussion: Fox News
 

 
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