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Alex Wickham / BuzzFeed:
The UK Only Realised “In The Last Few Days” That Its Coronavirus Strategy Would “Likely Result In Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths” — Scientists advising the government say an aggressive new approach adopted to attempt to “suppress” the virus may have to be in place for 18 months.
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Moves to Drop Charges Against Russian Firms Filed by Mueller — The companies funded Russia's social media-fueled interference in the 2016 election, prosecutors said. But they tried to weaponize the case instead of fight it. — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department moved …
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Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
U.S. Justice Dept. abandons prosecution of Russian firm indicted in Mueller election interference probe — The U.S. Justice Department moved Monday to drop its two-year-long prosecution of a Russian company charged with orchestrating a social media campaign to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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Associated Press:
Feds dropping case for 2 Russian companies in troll probe
Feds dropping case for 2 Russian companies in troll probe
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justice Department drops plans for trial over Russian interference in 2016 U.S. election
Justice Department drops plans for trial over Russian interference in 2016 U.S. election
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New York Times:
Trump Gives New Guidelines for Containment in the U.S. — President Trump announced new guidelines to control the spread of the virus, advising against gatherings of more than 10 people, as European nations sealed their borders. — RIGHT NOW Health officials ordered millions in six counties …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Trump to Governors on Ventilators: ‘Try Getting It Yourselves’ — On a conference call with the nation's governors, President Trump said they should try to get ventilators on their own ahead of an expected crush of coronavirus cases. — WASHINGTON — President Trump told a group of governors …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“There's No Boogeyman He Can Attack”: Angry at Kushner, Trump Awakens to the COVID-19 Danger — For weeks, Trump and his son-in-law saw the novel coronavirus mostly as a media and political problem. But the spiraling cases, plunging markets, and a Mar-a-Lago cluster finally opened eyes.
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Rick Rouan / The Columbus Dispatch:
Coronavirus: Ohio election is up in air despite judge's ruling — Rick Rouan The Columbus Dispatch John Futty The Columbus Dispatch — After issuing a release that appears to defy a judge's ruling that Tuesday's primary must go forward, a source in the governor's office says that's not the case.
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Laura Hancock / Plain Dealer:
Judge denies request to delay Ohio primary election until June over coronavirus
Judge denies request to delay Ohio primary election until June over coronavirus
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Washington Post:
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's coronavirus response has become a national guide to the crisis
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's coronavirus response has become a national guide to the crisis
Rick Rouan / The Columbus Dispatch:
Coronavirus: Judge denies request to move Ohio Primary to June 2
Coronavirus: Judge denies request to move Ohio Primary to June 2
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WCMH-TV:
Ohio health chief orders polls closed as a health emergency; primary election not happening Tuesday
Ohio health chief orders polls closed as a health emergency; primary election not happening Tuesday
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Ohio governor announces polls will be closed Tuesday over coronavirus
Ohio governor announces polls will be closed Tuesday over coronavirus
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Washington Post:
On Fox News, suddenly a very different tune about the coronavirus — For weeks, some of Fox News's most popular hosts downplayed the threat of the coronavirus, characterizing it as a conspiracy by media organizations and Democrats to undermine President Trump.
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Daniel Desrochers / Lexington Herald-Leader:
McConnell calls on McGrath to take down political ads as coronavirus cripples Kentucky — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign called on a potential Democratic opponent — former Marine Corps pilot Amy McGrath — to stop running political advertisements during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
McConnell Has a Request for Veteran Federal Judges: Please Quit
McConnell Has a Request for Veteran Federal Judges: Please Quit
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Rep. Louie Gohmert delays House coronavirus relief bill from moving to Senate
Rep. Louie Gohmert delays House coronavirus relief bill from moving to Senate
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Sheri Fink / New York Times:
White House Takes New Line After Dire Report on Death Toll — Federal guidelines warned against gatherings of more than 10 people as a London report predicted high fatalities in the U.S. without dramatic action. — Sweeping new federal recommendations announced on Monday for Americans …
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Politico:
‘This is a very bad one’: Trump issues new guidelines to stem coronavirus spread
‘This is a very bad one’: Trump issues new guidelines to stem coronavirus spread
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Ben White / Politico:
How ugly could it get? Trump faces echoes of 1929 in coronavirus crisis.
How ugly could it get? Trump faces echoes of 1929 in coronavirus crisis.
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Politico:
Before Trump's inauguration, a warning: ‘The worst influenza pandemic since 1918’ — Seven days before Donald Trump took office, his aides faced a major test: the rapid, global spread of a dangerous virus in cities like London and Seoul, one serious enough that some countries were imposing travel bans.
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Washington Post:
How U.S. coronavirus testing stalled: Flawed tests, red tape and resistance to using the millions of tests produced by the WHO — When Olfert Landt heard about the novel coronavirus, he got busy. — Founder of a small Berlin-based company, the ponytailed 54-year-old first raced …
New York Times:
Inside the Coronavirus Response: A Case Study in the White House Under Trump — Infighting, turf wars and a president more concerned with the stock market and media coverage than policy have defined the Trump White House. They have also defined how it has handled a pandemic.
Erin Allday / San Francisco Chronicle:
Bay Area ‘shelter in place’ expected: Only essential businesses open in 6 counties with 6.7 million people until April 7 — The San Francisco Chronicle has lifted the paywall on our coverage of this developing story to provide critical information to our community.
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Jason Riley / wdrb.com:
Kentucky Derby to be postponed until September as concerns heighten over COVID-19 pandemic — LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The 146th running of The Kentucky Derby will be postponed until the first Saturday in September, multiple sources told WDRB News, the latest sporting event to be affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Tim Morrison / Washington Post:
No, the White House didn't ‘dissolve’ its pandemic response office. I was there. — Tim Morrison is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and former senior director for counterproliferation and biodefense on the National Security Council. — President Trump gets his share of criticism — some warranted, much not.
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Robert Mackey / The Intercept:
Pandemic Planning Should Ensure All Votes Can Be Cast by Mail in November, Experts Say — As Ohio's governor ordered that his state's primary be delayed until June, citing the need for social distancing in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Senate Democrats and election experts pressed Congress …
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New York Times:
Mayor Resisted Harsh Steps on Virus. Then Aides Said They'd Quit. — Mayor Bill de Blasio hesitated to close schools and restaurants, but pushback from advisers changed his mind. He still went to the gym Monday. — For most of last week, as Mayor Bill de Blasio continued to urge …
Washington Post:
Casinos ask Congress for emergency aid as coronavirus toll sweeps industry — Gaming association says leaders should move ‘urgently’ to back casinos and their employees — Casinos have joined the airline industry in asking Congress for emergency financial help as Las Vegas …
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
SoftBank Owned Patent Troll, Using Monkey Selfie Law Firm, Sues To Block Covid-19 Testing, Using Theranos Patents — Honestly, I wasn't sure how to begin this story or how to fit all the insanity into the title. It's a story involving patents, patent trolling, Covid-19, Theranos …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Andrew Cuomo Is the Control Freak We Need Right Now — In ordinary times, Mr. Cuomo's relentlessness and bullying drive New Yorkers crazy. In the age of the coronavirus, they soothe our battered nerves. — “A crisis shows you a person's soul,” Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo mused during a conference call with reporters on Sunday.
Mihir Zaveri / New York Times:
Be Wary of Those Texts From a Friend of a Friend's Aunt — Text messages claiming to have inside knowledge were the latest example of misinformation spreading amid anxiety about the coronavirus. — The text messages have largely followed a pattern: The author claims to have a connection …
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Assholes Who Ridiculed Preparations For the Covid-19 Pandemic Are Having a Change of Heart — Newt Gingrich was on Fox News this morning explaining that all Americans should prepare for the covid-19 pandemic. But Gingrich has pulled quite a 180 during a very short period of time.
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Mark Weiner / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Former Rep. Richard Hanna, GOP moderate from Upstate NY, dies at 69 — WASHINGTON - Former U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, a fiercely independent Republican from Upstate New York who championed LGBT and women's rights, died Sunday at a hospital in Oneida County. He was 69.
Ron Paul / ronpaulinstitute.org:
The Coronavirus Hoax — Governments love crises because when the people are fearful they are more willing to give up freedoms for promises that the government will take care of them. After 9/11, for example, Americans accepted the near-total destruction of their civil liberties in the PATRIOT Act's hollow promises of security.
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Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
U.S. Coronavirus Concerns Surge, Government Trust Slides — WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the past month, as the coronavirus moved from an outbreak mainly limited to China to a worldwide pandemic, the percentage of Americans worried about being exposed to the virus has surged …
Agence France-Presse:
Puerto Rico first US territory under 24-hour virus isolation — A woman sits by herself in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, at a normally busy area after Governor Wanda Vazquez told people to stay home — San Juan (AFP) - Puerto Rico was under 24-hour isolation Monday, governor Wanda Vazquez told local media …
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
NBC News projects Joe Biden wins Washington state primary — Bernie Sanders won the state in a landslide in the 2016 Democratic caucuses there. — NBC News projects that former Vice President Joe Biden has won the Democratic primary in Washington state. — With 99 percent of the vote …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Americans kept wondering what the president wanted them to do about coronavirus. Finally, Trump offered some guidance. — President Trump for weeks dismissed the danger of the novel coronavirus. He distracted himself by stoking unrelated feuds and nursing grievances.
John Solomon / Just The News:
Obama DOJ officials privately told Mueller they were alarmed by FBI treatment of Flynn — A little-noticed letter from special counsel Robert Mueller's office divulges Obama DOJ concerns about FBI treatment of ex-Trump national security adviser. — Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates …
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