In recent months, the Republican had taken steps to prep for a governor’s race, but on Monday he said he would finish his Senate term and return to the private sector.
Category: Politics
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Trump returns to White House, downplaying virus that hospitalized him and turned West Wing into a ‘ghost town’
The president departed from Walter Reed offering more flippant commentary about the deadly pandemic despite his illness.
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The serious political and health risks Republicans are taking in moving forward with the Barrett hearings
They’re planning to hold an indoor event in the middle of a coronavirus outbreak — in their own party.
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CDC says airborne transmission plays a role in coronavirus spread in a long-awaited update after a website error last month
The update officially acknowledges growing evidence that under certain conditions, people farther than six feet apart can become infected by tiny droplets and particles that float in the air for minutes and hours, and that they play a role in the pandemic.
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Trump’s biggest failing in the 2020 campaign
Trump won in 2016 in large part because he made his opponent, Hillary Clinton, just as unpalatable as he was. That’s not happening now. In fact, Biden might be becoming slightly more popular.
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Republicans face major head winds in final stretch to maintain Senate majority
The GOP’s predicted Supreme Court bump has yet to materialize, and it is facing down a new level of uncertainty as the coronavirus spreads in party circles.
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True to form, Trump wants to move on from his coronavirus infection despite looming dangers
You may recall that this was the strategy he used for the country overall.
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Secret Service agents, doctors aghast at Trump’s drive outside hospital
“He’s not even pretending to care now,” said one agent after the president’s jaunt outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
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Trump kept saying victory over the coronavirus was near. Then he got sick.
Month after month, as the death toll climbed, the president has proclaimed that success was just around the corner. Here’s a sampling of his remarks.
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The president embraces coronavirus nihilism
With a a shrug, President Trump prepares to use his personal experience with the virus as an argument against treating the pandemic seriously.
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Election live updates: Biden heading to Florida while doctors say Trump could be discharged as soon as today
President Trump remains hospitalized after a positive coronavirus test, while Joe Biden heads to the key battleground state of Florida, where he will participate in nationally televised town hall. Information about Trump’s health remain limited and contradictory.
