Oct 02 WATCH: What Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis means for the campaign and upcoming election By Candice Norwood The White House released a statement on Friday -- less than 24 hours after his positive test was announced -- that the president will be moved to Walter Reed hospital. Continue reading
Oct 02 Stock markets sink after Trump tests positive for coronavirus By Associated Press The future contracts for the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials dropped 1.6% and 1.5%, respectively while the price of oil tumbled almost 4%. Continue reading
Oct 02 President Trump and first lady test positive for COVID-19 By Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Trump's positive test comes just hours after the White House announced that senior aide Hope Hicks came down with the virus after traveling with the president several times this week. Continue reading
Oct 01 Trump in 'quarantine process' after top aide gets COVID-19 By Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin, Associated Press President Donald Trump's comments came after he confirmed that Hope Hicks, one his closest aides, had tested positive for the virus Thursday. Continue reading
Oct 01 Top Trump aide Hope Hicks tests positive for coronavirus By Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Hicks traveled with the president multiple times this week, including on Marine One, the presidential helicopter, for a Minnesota rally Wednesday, and aboard Air Force One to Tuesday night's first presidential debate. Continue reading
Oct 01 WATCH: Trump, Biden appeal to Catholics at virtual charity dinner By Kevin Freking, Bill Barrow, Associated Press Trump and Biden will be the entertainment as the 75th Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner goes virtual Thursday because of the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch 4:45 What's involved in a presidential power transition? Despite President Trump’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transition of power if he loses the election, he does have a team cooperating on a plan with a team from the Biden campaign. What is involved in the process? The… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch 3:26 Release of unverified Russian intelligence sparks questions about politicization By Nick Schifrin Recent developments on national intelligence have exacerbated concerns the Trump administration is co-opting government capabilities for its own gain. In one example, mere hours before the first Trump-Biden debate, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe declassified unverified Russian intelligence suggesting… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch 8:34 The risks of politicizing the U.S. intelligence community Is the Trump administration politicizing intelligence and the community that provides it? Johns Hopkins University’s John McLaughlin, who was acting CIA director during the George W. Bush administration, and Larry Diamond, who also served under President George W. Bush and… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch 7:52 The first Trump-Biden debate was unruly. Is American civil discourse dead? By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport After Tuesday’s remarkable presidential debate, much attention has been focused on President Trump’s unconventional conduct. But does the lack of substantive debate and civil discourse reflect a broader phenomenon in American society? Two distinguished political scientists, Harvard University’s Danielle Allen… Continue watching