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New York Times:
Biden Sweeps Three States and Takes Commanding Lead, as Virus Reshapes American Politics — With a broad coalition, Joseph R. Biden Jr. defeated Bernie Sanders in Florida, Illinois and Arizona, in a rout that could add to pressure on Mr. Sanders to end his campaign.
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Outside the Beltway, New Republic, New York Times, The Week and Daily Kos
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CBS News:
Live updates: Joe Biden picks up wins in Florida and Illinois
Live updates: Joe Biden picks up wins in Florida and Illinois
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New York Magazine, Vox, CBS Chicago, Townhall and New York Times
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Biden projected to win Florida and Illinois primaries, with polls set to close soon in Arizona
Biden projected to win Florida and Illinois primaries, with polls set to close soon in Arizona
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
US and Canada preparing to suspend non-essential travel between the two countries — (CNN)The United States and Canada are preparing to issue a joint statement in the next 24-48 hours to suspend non-essential travel between the two countries, a Trump administration official tells CNN.
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Politico, The Hill, Associated Press, Big League Politics and CBC News
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Anger builds over virus dangers in immigration courts
Anger builds over virus dangers in immigration courts
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Mother Jones
New York Times:
Trump Finally Enlists Much of Government in Coronavirus Attack — Hospital ships stayed in port, veterans hospitals awaited orders and requests for help went unanswered, as much of the government remained on the sidelines. — WASHINGTON — The mayor of Seattle wanted “mass tents” …
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Sam LaGrone / USNI News:
UPDATED: Pentagon Preparing Navy Hospital Ships Mercy, Comfort for Coronavirus Response
UPDATED: Pentagon Preparing Navy Hospital Ships Mercy, Comfort for Coronavirus Response
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The Moderate Voice, Florida Politics and Politico
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
OPM chief Dale Cabaniss abruptly resigns — Dale Cabaniss, the director of the government's Office of Personnel Management, resigned abruptly on Tuesday, effective immediately. — Cabaniss stepped down because of what two people familiar with the matter said was poor treatment …
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Federal personnel chief quits abruptly amid coronavirus planning for the workforce of 2.1 million — The federal personnel director quit with no notice Tuesday after five months on the job, leaving the agency that oversees workplace policy for 2.1 million civil servants with no leader amid …
New York Times:
Trump Now Claims He Always Knew the Coronavirus Would Be a Pandemic — The president tried to rewrite his history with advising Americans about the coronavirus. His own words prove him wrong. — WASHINGTON — For weeks, President Trump has minimized the coronavirus, mocked concern about it and treated the risk cavalierly.
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New York Times:
Once Political B-Listers, Governors Lead Nation's Coronavirus Response — Governors of both parties have taken a lead role in confronting the crisis, asserting themselves in ways that have only highlighted the initial lack of seriousness from the White House.
Addy Baird / BuzzFeed News:
A Progressive Challenger Has Beaten One Of The Last Anti-Abortion Democrats In Congress — WASHINGTON — In an election marked by low turnout and lack of basic voting supplies because of coronavirus concerns, Marie Newman, a progressive, pro-abortion rights challenger to incumbent Democratic …
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VICE, Vox, Raw Story, CBS Chicago, The Intercept and Daily Kos
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Illinois Rep. Lipinski loses to insurgent Marie Newman in high-profile Democratic primary rematch
Illinois Rep. Lipinski loses to insurgent Marie Newman in high-profile Democratic primary rematch
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One America News Network and Fox News
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Marie Newman Beats Dan Lipinski, Democratic Incumbent, in Illinois House Primary
Marie Newman Beats Dan Lipinski, Democratic Incumbent, in Illinois House Primary
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Townhall and Big League Politics
NBC News:
Senate coronavirus vote delayed after Rand Paul pushes doomed amendment — Mitch McConnell had said he wanted to pass the bill at “warp speed.” — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate would move at “warp speed” to pass coronavirus legislation on Tuesday, but Sen. Rand Paul …
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The Independent and Washington Post
New York Times:
These Places Could Run Out of Hospital Beds as Coronavirus Spreads — Percentage of occupied hospital beds that would need to be emptied or added — A new Harvard analysis shows that many parts of the United States will have far too few hospital beds if the new coronavirus continues …
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ProPublica, Washington Post, Minnesota Reformer and Mother Jones
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A global pandemic in the age of political venom — DRIVING THE DAY — “I'VE BEEN THROUGH A FEW OF THESE,” Senate Majority Leader MITCH MCCONNELL reminded reporters in the Capitol on Tuesday. “I was here [for] 9/11. I was here during the financial crisis in '08.
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New York Times:
At Party for Donald Trump Jr.'s Girlfriend, Donors Helped Pick Up the Tab — Attendees of the bash for Kimberly Guilfoyle at the president's private club chipped in — including financial backers of the Trump re-election campaign. — WASHINGTON — It was a lavish birthday party for Donald Trump Jr.'s girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle.
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Raw Story, The Daily Beast, Jezebel and Political Flare
Joe Hagan / Vanity Fair:
“Dishonesty...Is Always an Indicator of Weakness”: Tucker Carlson on How He Brought His Coronavirus Message to Mar-a-Lago — The Fox News host believes that an administration (and GOP, and Democrats, and media) obsessed with impeachment couldn't help but see the coronavirus through a political lens.
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Washington Post, The Week and Deadline
New York Times:
U.S. Virus Plan Anticipates 18-Month Pandemic and Widespread Shortages — The 100-page federal plan laid out a grim prognosis and outlined a response that would activate agencies across the government. — WASHINGTON — A federal government plan to combat the coronavirus warned policymakers …
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Political Flare and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Lessons From Italy's Hospital Meltdown. ‘Every Day You Lose, the Contagion Gets Worse.’ — The coronavirus is pushing a wealthy region with high-tech health care toward a humanitarian disaster — BERGAMO, Italy—Ambulances here have stopped using sirens. The frequent blaring only adds to local fears.
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The US Sun
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
They Went Off the Grid. They Came Back to the Coronavirus. — 25 days rafting through the Grand Canyon meant no access to the news — and a new reality when the trip ended. — Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large. — Every time Zach Elder sets out on a rafting trip …
Ida Garibaldi / Washington Post:
Hello from Italy. Your future is grimmer than you think. — Within weeks, our old lives were gone — My family lives in the Veneto, in Northern Italy, one of the regions worst hit by the novel coronavirus. We are on lockdown. It's scary. It's lonely. It's uncomfortable. And did I mention scary?
Reuters:
U.S. sanctions Iran, seeks release of Americans amid coronavirus outbreak — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed fresh sanctions on Iran on Tuesday, keeping up its economic pressure campaign even as it offered to help Tehran cope with the coronavirus pandemic and called …
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VICE
Brian Resnick / Vox:
Scientists warn we may need to live with social distancing for a year or more — Researchers say we face a horrible choice: practice social distancing for months or a year, or let hundreds of thousands die. — Life in America — and in many countries around the world — is changing drastically.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mercury News, Coronadaily and WCCO | CBS Minnesota
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump tries to erase the memory of him downplaying the coronavirus — Washington (CNN)The somber President Donald Trump of Monday's press conference bore little resemblance to the Trump who had relentlessly played down the coronavirus over the previous two months.
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The Hill, The Daily Signal, Politico and IJR
Jason Breslow / NPR:
Pence Warns Coronavirus Disruptions Could Last ‘Well Into July’ — Toggle more options — With the Trump administration hoping to inject as much as $1 trillion into the economy to deal with the mounting coronavirus crisis, Vice President Pence warned on Tuesday that disruptions from the outbreak …
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Ewilliams / DCist:
Coronavirus Is Causing Industry-Wide Layoffs In D.C., Hitting Service Workers Particularly Hard | DCist — Sweeping rounds of layoffs have started to hit D.C.-area businesses in a wide range of sectors. The economic plunge has been widely felt, hitting the wedding industry …
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Washington Post:
U.S. coronavirus death toll surpasses 100 — Coronavirus has killed from coast to coast. It devastated a nursing home in Washington state and crept into the heartland. Across the United States, more than 100 people infected with the highly contagious new virus have now died — a toll that experts expect to rise quickly.
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The Daily Caller
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Trump's Job Approval Rating Slips to 44% — WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the COVID-19 pandemic hits the U.S. and President Donald Trump's impeachment acquittal becomes a distant memory for Americans, his 44% job approval rating is down five percentage points, and back to where it was before the Senate acquitted …
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Opinion Today
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
How To Get More Ventilators And What To Do If We Can't — Factory capacity can be ramped up, but the components come from overseas and they could be hard to find. — The coronavirus pandemic could cause a dramatic upsurge of hospital patients in the U.S., creating unprecedented demand for ventilators.
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Slate, New York Times and Financial Times
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
DHS faces coronavirus with scores of vacancies and a leadership vacuum — Roughly two-thirds of top jobs in the department are vacant or filled with acting appointees, more than in any other federal agency. — Airport customs experience huge crowds after Trump's travel ban
Tom Rogan / Washington Examiner:
China's coronavirus information warfare hydra — China's coronavirus messaging isn't about truth, but rather the advancement of a multiheaded information warfare effort. — Like the hydra of Greek mythology, Xi Jinping's monster is designed to destroy all who stand against the Communist Party's interests.
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