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Bloomberg News reports: White House aide Nick Luna, who serves as a personal attendant to President Donald Trump, has tested positive for coronavirus infection, according to people familiar with the matter. Luna’s diagnosis emerged a little more than 24 hours after Trump entered the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for treatment of Covid-19 following his own infection. Known as …

Reuters reports: Democrat Joe Biden opened his widest lead in a month in the U.S. presidential race after President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, and a majority of Americans think Trump could have avoided infection if he had taken the virus more seriously, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday. Trump has repeatedly dismissed the severity of …

The Hill reports: The White House announced Friday that President Trump intends to appoint prominent conservative activist Tom Fitton to a judicial oversight agency that would grant him the power to unseat judges in Washington, D.C.,’s judiciary. Trump will tap Fitton to join the D.C. Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure. Fitton heads the group Judicial Watch, and has advocated …

The Guardian reports: Trump’s doctors said it had been 72 hours since Trump’s diagnosis (so sometime on Wednesday), which does not fit in with what we know – or were told. We were told of Trump’s illness late on Thursday/early Friday Washington DC time. That means Trump apparently went to a fundraiser in New Jersey knowing he had Covid-19. Indeed, …

USA Today reports: President Donald Trump remained in the hospital Saturday after he and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for COVID-19 and were experiencing symptoms. Trump went to Walter Reed National Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on Friday after experiencing fever and fatigue. White House physician Sean P. Conley said late Friday that “the president is doing very well” …

Deadline reports: As a COVID-19 infected Donald Trump arrived at a military hospital, Barack Obama offered “best wishes” to his successor and First Lady Melania Trump in their battle against the harsh virus. In striking contrast, the former Celebrity Apprentice host’s re-election campaign simultaneously attacked “Lyin’ Obama.” “Although we’re in the midst of a big political fight, and we take …

The Washington Post reports: The president is receiving remdesivir, an antiviral drug that has shown modest benefits for some people, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and has “completed his first dose and is resting comfortably,” according to a late Friday statement from his physician. Remdesivir was developed in partnership with government agencies and at least $70 million from …

No, really. The hits WON’T stop coming: Donald Trump’s campaign manager has tested positive for Covid-19, dealing another blow to his reelection effort on a day that saw the president and the head of the Republican National Committee report contracting the disease as well. Bill Stepien received his diagnosis Friday evening and was experiencing what one senior campaign official described …

Vice News reports: Twitter told Motherboard that it will suspend people who openly hope for Trump’s death on the platform. Twitter referred to an “abusive behavior” rule that’s been on the books since April. “Content that wishes, hopes or expresses a desire for death, serious bodily harm or fatal disease against an individual is against our rules,” Twitter said in …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump has appeared in public for the first time since his COVID-19 diagnosis, giving a thumbs-up before he boarded Marine One for a military hospital. Trump walked out of the White House to the helicopter Friday evening on his way to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The White House says Trump will spend …

The Associated Press reports: A memo from Trump’s physician said he received a cocktail of drugs from Regeneron. A separate report says he has a low-grade fever. Just this week Regeneron said its trial antiviral drug cocktail — named REGN-COV2 — reduced the coronavirus load and the time needed to ease symptoms in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19. The “greatest improvements” …

The New York Times reports: Officials with the health department in Somerset County, where the Trump National Golf Course in Bedminster, N.J., is located, said Friday that they have asked the club for a list of staff members and attendees at Thursday’s Republican fund-raiser for President Trump. The afternoon event took place after Hope Hicks, an adviser to Mr. Trump, …

Mediaite reports: All in-person events featuring President Donald Trump — who announced he had contracted the coronavirus early Friday morning — will be made virtual or postponed, his campaign announced Friday. “All previously announced campaign events involving the President’s participation are in the process of being moved to virtual events or are being temporarily postponed. In addition, previously announced events …

McClatchy reports: Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien on Friday advised staff who were exposed to anyone who tested positive for the coronavirus to self-quarantine immediately. Anyone else without symptoms does not need to do so at this time, he wrote in an all-staff email that McClatchy obtained. “In consultation with the White House Medical Unit and our own medical consultants, …

“Mrs. Trump came in wearing a mask but took it off once she sat down. I didn’t see when they came in, but all the other members of the first family that I saw there, including Ivanka, Tiffany, when they sat down, they weren’t wearing masks. “I’m told by the pool of reporters who was there that somebody from the …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump is experiencing “mild symptoms” of COVID-19 after revealing Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, a stunning announcement that plunges the country deeper into uncertainty just a month before the presidential election. Trump, who has spent much of the year downplaying the threat of a virus …

NBC News reports: Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who helped Trump prepare for Tuesday’s presidential debate, said that “no one” was wearing masks in the room during preparations. “No one was wearing masks in the room when we were prepping the president,” he told ABC’s “Good Morning America,” adding that he “feels fine” and is not showing any signs …

CNN reports: In light of President Trump’s positive test, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is expected to get tested for coronavirus this morning, according to a source familiar with his plans. Earlier this week, President Trump and Biden shared the debate stage during the first presidential debate. The candidates did not shake hands with each other and did not shake …

Reuters reports: Russian President Vladimir Putin wished Donald Trump a swift recovery on Friday after the U.S. president tested positive for COVID-19. “I am certain that your inherent vitality, good spirits and optimism will help you cope with this dangerous virus,” Putin wrote to Trump in a telegram, pledging his support during “this difficult time”, according to the Kremlin. Russia’s …

Axios reports: President Trump’s tweet on Friday announcing that he and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for coronavirus quickly become his most retweeted and liked tweet ever The tweet — sent at 12:54 a.m. ET — set records while most of the nation was asleep, so it’s bound to get even bigger. By the numbers: As of 5:30 a.m. …