Ayesha Rascoe
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Politics
Trump Hits The Trail With Florida Rally, A Week After COVID-19 Hospital Stay
President Trump is kicking off what's being billed as a frenetic pace of campaigning leading up to Election Day. Cleared by his doctors, Trump is traveling for the first time since hospitalization.
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Politics
Effects Of The Coronavirus Outbreak On The White House
NPR looks back at a chaotic week at the White House as it grapples with a coronavirus outbreak that has affected key staff members and sent others to work from home.
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Health
Trump Back In Oval Office As Doctor Says His Vitals Remain Stable
President Trump's doctor said Wednesday that Trump has been fever-free for more than four days and without symptoms for 24 hours.
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Politics
Debate Forces Pence Into Spotlight As Coronavirus Crisis Engulfs White House
The vice presidential debate will be the first time Pence answers questions about how he and Trump failed to stop the spread of the virus to the White House itself.
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Politics
Mike Pence Gets A Rare Moment In The National Spotlight
Vice President Mike Pence takes the stage for a debate with Kamala Harris in Salt Lake City Wednesday night. The debate comes amid President Trump's treatment for COVID-19. Pence has tested negative.
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Politics
White House Struggles To Explain, Contain Its Own Spiraling COVID-19 Crisis
Five days after President Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, and with the commander-in-chief hospitalized, the White House is struggling to show it has the situation under control.
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Politics
Politics And Science Of Coronavirus
Now that President Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus, NPR checks in with what that means for life and work at the White House and what is known about living with COVID-19.
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Politics
Trump Woos Black Voters With 'Platinum Plan' For Loans, Juneteenth Pledge
President Trump is unveiling a campaign plan in Atlanta to pledge more funds to institutions that lend money to Black business owners — and to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.
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Politics
Former Pence Aide Backs Biden, Drawing Scorn From Trump
Olivia Troye said President Trump prioritized his re-election over concern for people getting sick. Trump said Thursday she was a "lower-level person" who was terminated.
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Politics
Fact-Checking President Trump's RNC Speech
President Trump formally accepted the Republican nomination for President last night. We go over the major talking points of his speech.