Week 194

• Hope Hicks, senior counselor to President Trump, tests positive for COVID-19. She traveled with President Trump to the debate in Cleveland on September 29 and to a rally in Minnesota on September 30.^[1] Although some White House officials were aware of her diagnosis in the morning, "Trump still took a trip to New Jersey for a fundraiser, and press secretary Kayleigh McEnany still held a news briefing at the White House."^[2]

• President Trump tweets that both he and First Lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19 and would immediately quarantine.^[3] Later that day, President Trump boarded a helicopter to Bethesda Naval Hospital for treatment.^[4]
• President Trump's campaign manager Bill Stepien, RNC chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel, and Senior Senator Mike Lee of Utah test positive for COVID-19.^[5]

• Nick Luna, one of President Trump's closest personal attendants in the White House, tests positive for COVID-19.^[6]
• Senators Thom Tillis, Mike Lee and Ron Johnson all test positive for COVID-19. As a result, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell halts all Senate floor action for two weeks.^[7]

• After President Trump rides in a motorcade around Walter Reed Medical Center, a physician at the hospital says that every Secret Service agent inside the vehicle will have to quarantine for 14 days.^[8][9]

Week 195

• White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany announces she has COVID-19 and will quarantine. Two of her deputies also test positive.^[10]
• President Trump is discharged from the hospital and returns to the White House in the evening.^[11]

• Stephen Miller, senior political advisor to the president, tests positive for COVID-19.^[12]

• Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris participate in the only vice presidential debate at University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. The debate was moderated by Susan Page of USA Today.^[13]

• President Trump, having suddenly announced two days ago that he was ending negotiations with lawmakers regarding a new economic stimulus package,^[14] now says the talks are back on.^[15]

• The Commission on Presidential Debates cancels the October 15 scheduled debate between President Trump and Joe Biden. President Trump had refused to participate virtually. The third and final debate remains scheduled for October 22.^[16]

• President Trump holds a rally on the South Lawn of the White House. Attendees' travel and lodging was paid for by Candace Owens' group BLEXIT, which encourages Black Americans to leave the Democratic Party.^[17]

Week 196

• President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Sanford, Florida.^[18]

• President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.^[19]

• President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Des Moines, Iowa.^[20]

• President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina.^[21]
• President Trump participates in a town-hall meeting style event with undecided Florida voters instead of a planned second presidential debate, which was cancelled after Trump refused to participate in a virtual event.^[22]

• The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) rejects California's request for federal aid for the ongoing forest fires. A FEMA spokesperson remarked that the damage was "...not of such severity and magnitude to exceed the combined capabilities of the state, affected local governments, voluntary agencies and other responding federal agencies."^[23]
• President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at two campaign rallies: Ocala, Florida, and Macon, Georgia.^[24][25]

• President Trump approves a federal disaster declaration for California's wildfires after having rejected the request the previous day.^[26]
• President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at two campaign rallies: Muskegon, Michigan, and Janesville, Wisconsin.^[27][28]

• President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Carson City, Nevada.^[29]

Week 197

• President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at two campaign rallies in Arizona: Prescott and Tucson.^[30]

• President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania.^[31]

• President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Gastonia, North Carolina.^[32]

• President Trump and Democratic Party nominee former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. The debate was moderated by Kristen Welker of NBC.^[33]

• The Trump Administration brokers a peace agreement between Sudan and Israel, the third agreement between Israel and an Arab-Muslim nation in less than three months.^[34]
• President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at two campaign rallies in Florida: The Villages and Pensacola.^[35]

• President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at three campaign rallies: Lumberton, North Carolina; Circleville, Ohio; and Waukesha, Wisconsin.^[36]

• CBS aired President Trump and Vice President Pence's interview for its news show 60 Minutes which was filmed earlier in the week. President Trump was perturbed at host Lesley Stahl asking "hard questions" and complained that former Vice President Biden had received "softball questions". Trump then walked off the set.
• President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Manchester, New Hampshire.^[37]
• President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump participate in the White House Halloween event.^[38]

Week 198

• President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at three campaign rallies in Pennsylvania: Allentown;^[39] Lititz;^[40] and Martinsburg.^[41]
• The Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in a vote of 52–48.^[42]
• President Trump attends the swearing in of Amy Coney Barrett as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by Justice Clarence Thomas on the South Lawn of the White House.^[43]

• Amy Coney Barrett takes the final judicial oath with Chief Justice John Roberts at the Supreme Court of the United States thereby officially starting her tenure as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.^[44]
• President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at three campaign rallies: Lansing, Michigan;^[45] West Salem, Wisconsin;^[46] and Omaha, Nebraska.^[47]

• President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at two campaign rallies in Arizona: Bullhead City^[48] and Goodyear.^[49]

• President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Tampa, Florida.^[50]

• President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at three campaign rallies: Waterford Township, Michigan;^[51] Green Bay, Wisconsin;^[52] and Rochester, Minnesota.^[53]

• President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at four campaign rallies in Pennsylvania: Newtown;^[54] Reading;^[55] Butler;^[56] and Montoursville.^[57]