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Hemant Mehta reports at The Friendly Atheist: Last week, Atlanta megachurch pastor Jentezen Franklin attended the White House Christmas party, a mostly maskless gathering of people who still haven’t figured out we’re in the middle of a pandemic. He even bragged about it on Instagram, celebrating the occasion with his daughter. Well, you’ll never believe what happened next. According to …

The Hill reports: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is entering quarantine after he came into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, the State Department announced Wednesday. A State Department spokesperson said that Pompeo has since tested negative for the coronavirus but will quarantine “in accordance with [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] guidelines.” “He is being closely monitored …

The Hill reports: President Trump on Tuesday shrugged off concerns about the White House’s decision to hold holiday parties during the coronavirus pandemic, emphasizing the availability of face masks for guests and other measures. “They’re Christmas parties and, frankly, we’ve reduced the number very substantially as you know,” Trump told reporters during an event on coronavirus vaccines. “And I see …

Axios reports: President Trump’s lawyer Jenna Ellis has informed associates she tested positive for the coronavirus, multiple sources tell Axios, stirring West Wing fears after she attended a senior staff Christmas party on Friday. Driving the news: There are concerns about the potential for another White House superspreader event, though it was unclear whether Ellis posed a risk when she …

The Washington Post reports: The United States recorded more than 177,000 new coronavirus patients on Friday, a record high for the third straight day as the number of confirmed cases continues a steady climb. At least 25 states and D.C. on Friday reported that their seven-day average of new cases was up 30 percent from the previous day. Every state …

The Washington Post reports: More than 130 Secret Service officers who help protect the White House and the president when he travels have recently been ordered to isolate or quarantine because they tested positive for the coronavirus or had close contact with infected co-workers, according to three people familiar with agency staffing. The spread of the coronavirus — which has …

NBC News reports: David Bossie, who was recently tasked to head President Trump’s re-election legal challenges, tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News. “Because he can’t be at the campaign headquarters and he can’t be in the Oval Office [due to his diagnosis] Dave’s no longer a part of the decision-making …

The Independent reports: Ben Carson has become the latest Trump administration official to test positive for Covid-19. The secretary of housing and urban development attended the election night party at the White House on Tuesday. Mr Carson’s deputy chief of staff says he is “in good spirits and feels fortunate to have access to effective therapeutics which aid and markedly …

Bloomberg News reports: President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, has told associates he has coronavirus, according to people familiar with the matter, adding to the outbreaks connected to the White House. It wasn’t immediately clear when Meadows learned that he had contracted the virus or whether he had developed symptoms of Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus. …

The New York Daily News reports: President Trump will end his reelection campaign how he began the home stretch: by hosting a crowded event in defiance of health precautions in the midst of a raging pandemic. Trump plans to entertain about 400 people on Election Night at the White House. The move comes as the president considers proclaiming himself the …

The Washington Post reports: A new study from Stanford University estimates that 18 of Trump’s recent large-scale campaign rallies ultimately resulted in 30,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and probably led to more than 700 deaths among attendees and others infected by them. The study, released Friday by Stanford economics professor B. Douglas Bernheim and three doctoral students, examined rallies …

The New York Times reports: Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor who was recently battling a coronavirus infection, said on Thursday that he was “wrong” not to wear a mask at an event honoring Judge Amy Coney Barrett and in his debate preparation sessions with President Trump, and that people should take the threat of the virus seriously. In …

From a statement issued by Melania Trump: It was two weeks ago when I received the diagnosis that so many Americans across our country and the world had already received—I tested positive for COVID-19. To make matters worse, my husband, and our nation’s Commander-in-Chief, received the same news. Naturally my mind went immediately to our son. To our great relief …

Yahoo News reports: Trish Scalia, the wife of Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday afternoon, the Labor Department told staffers in an email on Tuesday night. Trish Scalia is “experiencing mild symptoms but doing well,” the Labor Department said, while the secretary has tested negative for the virus and has not shown any symptoms. Trish Scalia, …

But will there be balconies available for Covita? Trump is eager to increase his schedule to include multiple rallies a day, and his campaign thinks that the Barrett hearing will provide an enthusiasm boost with key groups, senior aides told reporters Monday. In a conference call held ahead of Trump’s return to the campaign trail after his coronavirus diagnosis, senior …

Axios reports: Twitter flagged a tweet from President Trump on Sunday morning in which he claimed, without evidence, that he is now “immune” to the coronavirus. Why it matters: Trump continues to be one of the most prominent sources of coronavirus misinformation, eight months into the pandemic. Details: While Trump’s doctors have said that he is no longer transmitting the …

CNN reports: A defiant President Donald Trump resumed public events Saturday with a divisive speech at the White House, where he potentially put lives at risk once again, just nine days after he revealed his own Covid-19 diagnosis. After being sidelined from the campaign trail for more than a week, Trump leaned into his law-and-order message in a speech threaded …

The New York Times reports: President Trump, in his first televised interview since he announced that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, said Friday night that he was “medication free” and back to normal, a week after he was hospitalized after having trouble breathing. “I feel very strong,” he said. In the interview with Dr. Marc Siegel on “Tucker …

Politifact reports: After refusing to participate in a virtual debate, President Donald Trump continued to wage a war with the Commission on Presidential Debates, saying that the group chooses biased moderators and that it apologized after tampering with his microphone when he debated Hillary Clinton in 2016. In an Oct. 8 phone interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Trump …

The Hill reports: Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), on Friday said the White House held a coronavirus “superspreader event,” referring to the White House ceremony for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. “I think the data speak for themselves,” Fauci said during a CBS News Radio interview when speaking on the …