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Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence wave to the crowd from the rope line during a campaign event Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, in Boulder City, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Mike Pence abruptly cancels Indiana trip

Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday abruptly postponed a trip to Indiana on Friday in which he planned to join Second Lady Karen Pence in casting their ballots early.

October 8, 2020
In this file photo, President Donald Trump stands on the balcony outside of the Blue Room as returns to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md.  In an interview with Fox Business Network's Maria Bartiromo aired Oct. 8, Mr. Trump said he thinks he could have gotten the coronavirus from a Gold Star families reception at the White House in late September. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)  **FILE**

Trump: Gold Star family ceremony was possible source of infection

President Trump on Thursday said it is not surprising he caught coronavirus because it is sometimes impossible for him to tell people to keep their distance, citing a late-September event in which the families of fallen soldiers came "within an inch of my face."

October 8, 2020
This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. On Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, the top U.S. public health agency said that coronavirus can spread greater distances through the air than 6 feet, particularly in poorly ventilated and enclosed spaces. But agency officials continued to say such spread is uncommon, and current social distancing guidelines still make sense. (NIAID-RML via AP)

Coronavirus can wreak havoc for months in ‘long-haulers,’ specialists say

The coronavirus that has infected President Trump and killed more than 1 million people is a sneaky pathogen that uses its signature spikes to latch onto healthy cells and copy itself, creating little outward effect in some people but massive havoc in the lungs, heart and kidneys of others.

October 7, 2020
President Donald Trump waves from the Blue Room Balcony upon returning to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Trump announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says he plans to attend Oct. 15 debate

President Trump said Tuesday he plans to make the second presidential debate in Miami as he continues his battle against the coronavirus from the White House.

October 6, 2020
President Donald Trump stands on the balcony outside of the Blue Room as returns to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Trump announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump returns to White House

President Trump returned to the White House Monday to continue his round-the-clock fight against the coronavirus after a three-day hospital stay, proclaiming he feels great and his progress is a testament to the "great drugs" his administration is fostering to combat the disease.

October 5, 2020