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Friday 9 OctOber 2020

Continued from Front forward to being able to
"I'm not going to do a vir- debate" but added that he
tual debate," he declared. and Trump "shouldn't have
The president's campaign a debate" as long as the
manager, Bill Stepien, said president remains COVID
Trump would stage a rally positive.
rather than debate next Trump fell ill with the virus
Thursday, though it's not last Thursday, just 48 hours
yet clear if he will be well after debating Biden in per-
enough to do that. son in Cleveland. While the
With less than four weeks two candidates remained
until Election Day and with a dozen feet apart during
millions of voters casting the debate, Trump's infec-
early ballots, pressure is tion sparked health con-
building on Trump to turn cerns for Biden and sent
around a campaign that him to undergo multiple
is trailing Biden nationally COVID-19 tests before re-
and in most battlegrounds, turning to the campaign
where the margin is nar- trail. Trump was still conta-
rower. A debate before an gious with the virus when
audience of tens of millions he was discharged from
of television viewers could Walter Reed National Mili-
provide that reset. tary Medical Center on
But another debate could Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden waves as he boards his cam- Monday, but his doctors
also expose Trump to politi- paign plane at New Castle Airport in New Castle, Del., Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020., en route to Arizona. have not provided any de-
cal risks. GOP strategists say Associated Press tailed update on his status.
the party's support began According to the Centers
eroding after his seething to Democratic vice presi- later speculated may have It was unclear whether for Disease Control and
performance against Biden dential nominee Kamala contributed to his loss in Biden would attend the de- Prevention, those with mild
last week when he didn't Harris as a "monster." the state. Boarding a flight bate by himself or whether to moderate symptoms of
clearly denounce a white This would not be the first to campaign in Arizona the event would be fully COVID-19 can be conta-
supremacist group. time Trump has skipped a on Thursday, Biden said it scrapped. His deputy cam- gious for as many as — and
Trump's apparent unwilling- debate. During the 2016 would be "irresponsible" for paign manager, Kate Bed- should isolate for at least —
ness to change his style to Republican primary, he him to comment on Trump's ingfield, simply said Biden 10 days.
win back voters he needs boycotted the last debate debate decision. "looks forward to speaking Biden has repeatedly test-
— particularly women — before Iowa's first-in-the "We don't know what the directly to the American ed negative for the virus
was on display again Thurs- nation's caucuses, hold- president's going to do," people." since the debate, including
day during his Fox Business ing a fundraiser for veter- Biden said. "He changes his Biden said earlier in the another test that was ad-
interview when he referred ans instead — a move he mind every second." week that he was "looking ministered on Thursday.q

For 3rd time, groups seek end to Trump order on House seats

ticipating in the 2020 cen- The New York judges didn't administration for the ex-
sus. rule on the constitutional- tra time, arguing minori-
Trump administration attor- ity of the memorandum, ties and others in hard-to-
neys say the challenge to merely saying it violated count communities would
the order is premature and federal laws on the census be missed if the counting
should be dismissed. and apportionment. That ended early.
The numbers used for de- left open the door for the The Trump administration
ciding how many congres- judges in the other cases to on Wednesday asked the
sional seats each state gets rule on other aspects of the Supreme Court to put Koh's
is a process known as ap- president's memorandum. order on hold.
portionment. It is derived Other lawsuits challenging Although the legal fights
from the once-a-decade the memorandum have over Trump's order and
head count of every U.S. been filed in Maryland and when the census will end
In this Sunday, April 5, 2020 file photo, An envelope containing resident that is set to end at Massachusetts, and a law- are being fought in sepa-
a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident is shown in Detroit. the end of the month. The suit filed two years ago in rate court cases, oppo-
Associated Press census also helps deter- Alabama covers the same nents challenging the
mine the distribution of $1.5 ground. Trump administration say
By MIKE SCHNEIDER groups and state and lo- trillion in federal funding an- The California case was be- they are intertwined since
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — cal governments called nually. ing heard virtually Thursday the census schedule was
For the third time in two Thursday on federal judges After Trump issued the or- before three district judges. shortened to accommo-
months, civil rights groups in California to rule that der last July, around a half They included U.S. District date Trump's order.
and state and local gov- Trump's order was illegal, dozen lawsuits were filed Judge Lucy Koh, who last Facing disruptions to field
ernments were asking judg- claiming it discriminates across the U.S., challeng- month in a separate case operations because of the
es to strike down a direc- against people based on ing it. Hearings on the order stopped the Trump admin- pandemic, the Census Bu-
tive from President Donald race, ethnicity, and na- already have been held istration from finishing the reau proposed a new time-
Trump that would exclude tional origin. They said in Washington and New census at the of Septem- table in April that extended
people living in the U.S. il- Trump's order goes against York, and a panel of three ber, allowing the count to the deadline for finishing
legally from being counted 230 years of U.S. history, will federal judges in New York go on for another month the count from the end of
when deciding how many cause them to lose political ruled that it was unlawful. through October. A differ- July to the end of October
congressional seats each representation and is dis- The Trump administration ent coalition of civil rights and pushed the apportion-
state gets. couraging people in the has appealed to the U.S. groups and local govern- ment deadline from Dec.
The coalition of civil rights country illegally from par- Supreme Court. ments had sued the Trump 31 to next April.q