Trump election party draws scrutiny as guests test positive

Ben Carson, seen here at a Trump rally in late October with his wife Candy, is one of at least three US administration figures to test positive for Covid-19 since attending the defeated president’s election night party (Jose Juarez/AP)

At least three senior Trump administration or campaign officials have tested positive for Covid-19 after attending an election night watch party in the White House East Room.

The night — intended to mark a victory that never came — has become yet another symbol of the president’s cavalier attitude toward a virus that is ripping across the nation and infecting more than 100,000 people a day.