Trump press secretary COVID-19 positive: US election live news

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany announced on Monday she tested positive for coronavirus. Donald Trump’s chief of staff said that updates on the president leaving the hospital, where he is being treated for COVID-19, will come later on Monday. Joe Biden campaigns in Florida, a state key to a Trump victory. Early voting begins in California, Iowa, Maine, Montana and Nebraska. After the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court begins its 2020-2021 term with 29 days until the election on November 3. Hello and welcome to Al Jazeera’s continuing coverage of the US elections. This is Joseph Stepansky. Monday, October 5: 11:30 ET – White House press secretary tests positive White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has said she has tested positive for COVID-19, days after Trump was diagnosed. McEnany spoke briefly with reporters Sunday evening, but says that no members of the White House press corps spent enough time around her to be considered close contacts. She says that she is beginning the quarantine process and “will continue working on behalf of the American People remotely”. McEnany joins a growing number of people in Trump’s orbit to test positive for the coronavirus, including his campaign manager and several Republican Senators. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany has said she has tested positive for coronavirus[File: Carlos Barria/Reuters] 10:45 ET – Supreme Court begins 2020-2021 term The US Supreme Court returned to work on Monday for the first time since liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, opening its new term as Senate Republicans pursued quick confirmation of Trump’s conservative nominee to replace her. With eight justices rather than the usual nine, the court was hearing arguments in two cases on Monday, starting a term due to run through next June that includes several major cases including one that will decide the fate of the Obamacare healthcare law. Its last term ended in July. At least at the outset of the term, the cases are being argued as they were at the end of the last term by teleconference because of the coronavirus pandemic. Before the first argument began, Chief Justice John Roberts paid tribute to Ginsburg, calling her a “dear friend and treasured colleague” and sent “our condolences to her children, extended family and countless admirers.” Roberts said that a memorial service will at some point be held in the courtroom. style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; right: 0; left: 0;">