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White House Struggles To Explain, Contain Its Own Spiraling COVID-19 Crisis

By Tamara Keith,

Mara Liasson, Juana Summers, Ayesha Rascoe, Franco Ordoñez

Published October 5, 2020 at 10:08 AM CDT

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Tamara Keith

Tamara Keith is a Senior Political Correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

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Mara Liasson

Mara Liasson is a national political correspondent for NPR.

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Juana Summers

Juana Summers is a host of NPR's All Things Considered.

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Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and the Saturday episodes of Up First.

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Franco Ordoñez

Franco Ordoñez is an NPR White House correspondent.

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