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A federal judge has upheld a state court agreement that extends the deadline for counting absentee ballots in Minnesota by seven days. — ABC News: Top Stories
President Trump will hold a rally on Monday, his first since being diagnosed with the coronavirus. Trump’s doctor issued a memo ahead of a campaign event Monday. His doctor says he is no longer infectious but offers few details. The world recorded
President Trump on Sunday indicated that he is no longer testing positive for the coronavirus and claimed that he is now “immune” from the disease as he is set to rejoin the campaign trail soon. — FOX News: Tyler Olson
Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., national co-chair of Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, appeared on ABC’s “This Week.” — ABC News: Top Stories
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham predicted on Sunday that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett will be confirmed no later than Oct. 27, which is the Tuesday before the presidential election. — FOX News: Tyler Olson
Old and ailing, they see exercising their fundamental right to vote as a way to have a say in a future they will probably never see. — Katie Hafner NYT: Top Stories
A federal appeals court in New York ruled Wednesday President Donald Trump cannot block enforcement of a subpoena for his tax returns issued by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said President
The health crisis was a chance for a political reset, some advisers believed, to show a new, more empathetic stance toward the coronavirus. But the candidate did not stick to the narrative. — NYT: Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni
The F.D.A. proposed stricter guidelines for emergency approval of a coronavirus vaccine, but the White House chief of staff objected to provisions that would push approval past Election Day. — NYT: Sharon LaFraniere and Noah Weiland