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Trump Admin Petitions SCOTUS To Stop US Census

CNN reports: The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to intervene and allow it to wrap up the 2020 census by blocking a lower court opinion requiring the count to continue until the end of October. The administration asked the high court for “immediate relief” because the trial court order will prevent Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross from delivering an …

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DeVos Vows To Use “Bully Pulpit” To Get Schools Open

Politico reports: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos pledged Wednesday to use the “bully pulpit” to pressure states to reopen schools for in-person learning amid the pandemic. DeVos said on a Zoom event that she and President Donald Trump have been “very consistent” about the need to reopen schools for in-person learning “in every possible situation.” DeVos used the pandemic as reason …

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WH Warned Gold Star Families About COVID Exposure

The Daily Beast reports: On the same day President Trump acknowledged contracting the coronavirus, the White House quietly informed a veterans group that there was a COVID-19 risk stemming from a Sept. 27 event honoring the families of fallen U.S. service members, the head of that charitable organization told The Daily Beast. The White House warning, which came on Oct. …

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WH Denies After Larry Kudlow Says Trump Worked In Oval Office Yesterday With “Extra Precautions” In Place

Axios reports: The White House denied Wednesday that President Trump worked in the Oval Office on Tuesday while still suffering from coronavirus, despite an assertion otherwise from by White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow. The state of play: Kudlow told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that Trump had worked in the Oval with unspecified “extra precautions” to protect against the spread of …

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Federal Duck Stamp Contest Requires Hunting Images

The Audubon Society reports: The paintings submitted for this year’s federal duck stamp contest feature familiar images of wildlife art: A Cinnamon Teal bobs on a mountain lake. Two Brant tuck in to land in coastal chop. A placid pair of Red-breasted Mergansers float side by side, their jaunty crests aglow in early morning light. But a closer look at …

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Sessions In 2018: “We Need To Take Away Children”

The New York Times reports: The five U.S. attorneys along the border with Mexico, including three appointed by President Trump, recoiled in May 2018 against an order to prosecute all undocumented immigrants even if it meant separating children from their parents. They told top Justice Department officials they were “deeply concerned” about the children’s welfare. But the attorney general at …

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Stephen Voldemort Miller Tests Positive For COVID

The Hill reports: White House senior adviser Stephen Miller has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently self-quarantining, The Hill has confirmed. Miller said he began a period of self-isolation several days ago before receiving a positive test for the coronavirus on Tuesday. “Over the last 5 days I have been working remotely and self-isolating, testing negative every day through …

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DHS Annual Report Finds That White Supremacists Pose Deadliest Domestic Terror Threat To The United States

CNN reports: White supremacist extremists will remain the deadliest domestic terror threat to the United States, according to the Department of Homeland Security’s first annual homeland threat assessment, which details a range of threats from election interference to unprecedented storms. Since 2018, White supremacists have conducted more lethal attacks in the US than any other domestic extremist movement, demonstrating a …

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VIRAL VIDEO: Kellyanne Conway Screams F-Bombs At Her Daughter For “Lying” About Her Mom’s COVID Tests

Heavy.com reports: On October 5, Claudia dropped another COVID-19 related bombshell claiming that President Trump, her mother’s former boss, who tested positive for COVID-19 on October 2, was way sicker than The White House was letting on. Later Monday evening, Claudia shared one more disturbing TikTok video, which has since been deleted, during which she and her mother got into …

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WH Blocks New FDA Guidelines On COVID Vaccine

The New York Times reports: Top White House officials are blocking strict new federal guidelines for the emergency release of a coronavirus vaccine, objecting to a provision that would almost certainly guarantee that no vaccine could be authorized before the election on Nov. 3, according to people familiar with the approval process. Facing a White House blockade, the Food and …

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Mike Pence Spox Mocks VP Debate Safety Changes

Politico reports: The Commission on Presidential Debates has approved plans for plexiglass to be used in Wednesday’s vice presidential debate amid mounting concerns about coronavirus transmission, according to two people familiar with the discussions. The Pence and Harris teams have been negotiating the terms of the debate in recent days. Following Friday’s news that President Donald Trump had contracted Covid-19, …

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Two Of Kayleigh McEnany’s WH Staffers Test COVID+

The Guardian reports: ABC news is reporting that Chad Gilmartin, the principal assistant press secretary, has tested positive for Covid-19. Bloomberg, confirming the reporting, said Karoline Leavitt, an assistant press secretary, has also tested positive, along with other mid-level staffers. The White House Correspondents’ Association has released a statement on McEnany’s diagnosis. “We wish Kayleigh, the president and everyone else …

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WH Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Tests COVID+

USA Today reports: White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany tested positive for COVID-19, she announced on Twitter Monday. “After testing negative consistently, including every day since Thursday, I tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday morning while experiencing no symptoms,” she said in a statement. McEnany, who holds press briefings with members of the media regularly, said “No reporters, producers, or …

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Meadows “Optimistic” Trump Will Be Discharged Today

Fox News reports: White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said the administration is “optimistic” President Trump will be able to return to the White House on Monday after spending several days at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center being treated for coronavirus, saying Trump’s health improved overnight and the president is ready to get back “to a normal working …

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Kellyanne Conway’s Daughter: I’m Sick With COVID

Fox News reports: Claudia Conway announced on social media Sunday that she has coronavirus. “Hey guys currently dying of covid!” Conway, the daughter of President Trump’s former aide Kellyanne Conway, wrote on a TikTok post. Kellyanne Conway announced her own coronavirus diagnosis on Friday minutes after her daughter broke the news. The elder Conway was at the Sept. 26 Rose …

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HHS Had CDC Change Warning On Risk To Children

Politico reports: In early September, as many school districts were still deciding whether to hold in-person classes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention altered the title of a scientific report on the coronavirus and removed words like “pediatric” from its text, days after a Trump administration appointee requested similar changes, according to emails obtained by POLITICO. That request — …

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Barr Reverses, Will Begin Several Days Of Quarantine

The Associated Press reports: Attorney General William Barr will self-quarantine out of caution after President Donald Trump and several other lawmakers and aides tested positive for the coronavirus. Justice Department spokesperson Kerri Kupec said late Sunday that Barr has had four COVID-19 tests since Friday, and all have come back negative. She says he will self-quarantine for several days out …

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Two WH Residence Staffers Tested COVID+ Weeks Ago

The New York Times reports: Two members of the White House residence staff tested positive for the coronavirus roughly three weeks ago, according to two people familiar with the diagnoses. The people who tested positive were not employees who come in direct contact with the president and the first lady, one of the people familiar with the diagnoses said. But …

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WH Won’t Say If Source Of Trump’s Infection Is Known

The Washington Post reports: National security adviser Robert O’Brien said Sunday that Trump will remain at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for “at least another period of time.” O’Brien said Trump’s doctors “want to make sure they are there for the president and he’s getting the best treatment. But he’s doing well.” O’Brien, in an appearance on CBS News’s …

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Trump Signs Blank Paper In Staged Hospital Photo-Op

The Independent reports: The Trump administration’s credibility crisis continues as the president is mocked for apparently signing a blank piece of paper with a marker in photos taken at Walter Reed military hospital, in a vain attempt to show him working while fighting coronavirus. On Saturday night, the White House released photos of Donald Trump appearing hard at work while …

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