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Tim Herrera / New York Times:
My Coronavirus Test: 5 Days, a Dozen Calls, Hours of Confusion — The symptoms have been easy to deal with. The health care system has not. — Almost a dozen calls with five health care providers over five hours. Two hours of hold music. Two hours in a hospital.
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Mike Pence / USA Today:
We need the American people's help to fight coronavirus now — The American people have already pulled together in so many ways in response to this virus, just as we've always done during other challenging times. — In the fight against the coronavirus, the Trump administration …
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Jason Breslow / NPR:
Pence Warns Coronavirus Disruptions Could Last ‘Well Into July’
Pence Warns Coronavirus Disruptions Could Last ‘Well Into July’
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William Booth / Washington Post:
A chilling scientific paper helped upend U.S. and U.K. coronavirus strategies
A chilling scientific paper helped upend U.S. and U.K. coronavirus strategies
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The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Mnuchin warns senators lack of action could result in 20% unemployment rate, source says — Washington (CNN)Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned Republican senators Tuesday morning that without action the coronavirus pandemic could drive up US unemployment to 20%, a Republican Senate source told CNN.
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Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Questioning the Clampdown — Will people lose faith when they find out they are expected to get the virus anyway? — Experts now agree the virus's spread can be slowed but not contained. It will take its place among mostly seasonal respiratory infections.
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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New Republic, Outside the Beltway, The Week and Daily Kos
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Sanders Campaign Is a Menace to Public Health
The Sanders Campaign Is a Menace to Public Health
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The Bulwark Podcast, ABC News and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Sanders faces growing pressure to withdraw from presidential race
Sanders faces growing pressure to withdraw from presidential race
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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” …
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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Washington Post, ProPublica, Minnesota Reformer, Mother Jones and globalepidemics.org
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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Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
The Pandemic Is Too Big for Trumpworld to Spin — Last Friday, we got a sign that Fox News changed the party line on the coronavirus. Then suddenly, Trump changed his tune, too. Hmmm... BEAST INSIDE — The Trumpy media from top to bottom is having a rough time of it these days.
Kurt Bardella / NBC News:
Trump's ‘Chinese Virus’ coronavirus tweets echo his Mexico insults — with similar results — Just as we saw following Trump's rhetoric against Latinos, the violent trickle-down effect is clear. — CBS White House correspondent Weijia Jiang tweeted Tuesday that “this morning …
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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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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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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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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, Breitbart, Chicago Tribune and Big League Politics
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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Stuart Stevens / Washington Post:
Elections have consequences. We're now living with them. — Stuart Stevens is a writer and Republican political consultant who has advised a pro-Bill Weld super PAC in the 2020 election. His book about the Republican Party, “It Was All A Lie,” will be published next month. — Don't just blame President Trump.
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Bloomberg:
Hospital Workers Make Masks From Office Supplies Amid U.S. Shortage — 'We're not getting new supplies and our stores are almost depleted.' — Hospital workers in Washington state have been making protective medical gear out of office supplies and other run-of-the-mill materials as they deal …
Greg B. Smith / The City:
FIRST HOMELESS SHELTER RESIDENT TESTS POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS — A resident of a city homeless shelter tested positive for coronavirus — a first-of-its-kind case that sent the woman's dorm roommates into quarantine, officials said Tuesday. — Department of Homeless Services (DHS) …
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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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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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
China's coronavirus propaganda campaign is putting lives at risk — The Chinese authorities are engaged in a full-scale effort to rewrite the history of the coronavirus epidemic. Some in the West might be tempted to dismiss the significance of Beijing's propaganda efforts. But they shouldn't.
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Ted Anthony / Associated Press:
Analysis: American attitudes make virus response a hard sell — When Americans are summoned to deal with an attack or defy overwhelming odds, the response typically goes something like this: Fight. Hold the line. Stand together. This won't stop us. Keep on living your life. We will prevail.
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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Brandon Judd / Fox News:
Coronavirus pandemic requires US to adopt new policy to quickly deport illegal immigrants — An emergency proposal to protect the American people from the coronavirus by quickly sending illegal immigrants and asylum seekers who cross our southern border back to Mexico should be approved as a short-term response to the pandemic.
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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
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
Four Pillars to Safeguard Voting Rights with Vote by Mail — Increasingly, we are seeing calls for states to adopt no-excuse absentee and vote by mail. This is a very important step in ensuring the right to vote, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Politico:
Republicans suddenly find a bailout they can back — For Republicans, this time is different. — Senior GOP lawmakers are moving quickly to inject as much as $1 trillion into the economy to save a slew of industries and millions of jobs from the devastation of the fast-spreading coronavirus.
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 …
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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