Maggie Haberman Sorts It All Out For You

As Pence prepares to take the debate stage, Trump makes his return to the Oval Office - reclaiming headlines and also reminding folks he's the top ticket ahead of an evening where the focus is on Pence.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 7, 2020

And, behold the power of the bubble:

As we wrote today, staff members are stunned the virus has hit the White House and still refusing to see it as a serious disease. https://t.co/cl0zctfvcp

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 7, 2020

There was an 81% increase in COVID-19 tests in D.C. Monday compared to a week ago.

"People work in the White House, and those people also shop at my grocery store and are out about town. It feels frankly really scary," said one resident.https://t.co/oyy4UyszxB

— NPR (@NPR) October 7, 2020