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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Trump says of N.Y. Gov. Cuomo: 'I wouldn't mind running against Andrew' — Cuomo is not running for president, and the race for the Democratic nomination is down to just two candidates: Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday …
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Teri Weaver / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Cuomo's coronavirus fight: 87% of New Yorkers approve, poll shows — Syracuse, N.Y. — Nearly 9 in 10 New Yorkers approve of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's efforts to fight the coronavirus, a Siena College poll out this morning shows. — The governor's strategy to stop COVID-19's spread has closed thousands …
Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders says he's staying in the presidential race. Many Democrats fear a reprise of their 2016 defeat.
Bernie Sanders says he's staying in the presidential race. Many Democrats fear a reprise of their 2016 defeat.
Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Biden Goes After ‘Reckless’ Trump Claim That Hospitals Are Using Too Many Face Masks
Biden Goes After ‘Reckless’ Trump Claim That Hospitals Are Using Too Many Face Masks
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
The Contrarian Coronavirus Theory That Informed the Trump Administration — President Trump, who at one point called the coronavirus pandemic an “invisible enemy” and said it made him a “wartime President,” has in recent days questioned its seriousness, tweeting, “WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF.”
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Richard Read / Los Angeles Times:
Choir practice turns fatal. Airborne coronavirus strongly suspected — With the coronavirus quickly spreading in Washington state in early March, leaders of the Skagit Valley Chorale debated whether to go ahead with weekly rehearsal. — The virus was already killing people in the Seattle area, about an hour's drive to the south.
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TODAY.com:
Dr. Deborah Birx predicts up to 200,000 deaths ‘if we do things almost perfectly’ — Joining TODAY from Washington, the response coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Dr. Deborah Birx, says, “We're very worried about every city in the United States” and that …
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Media Reaction To Yamiche Alcindor Dustup With Trump Shows Why Their Approval Ratings Are Low — Her peers rushed to defend her, but Alcindor has a track record of partisan commentary and unnecessarily hostile and silly questions. — The ongoing dysfunctional codependent relationship between …
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Fact check: A breakdown of false and misleading statements at Trump's Rose Garden briefing
Fact check: A breakdown of false and misleading statements at Trump's Rose Garden briefing
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump blames hospitals for mask and ventilator shortages
Trump blames hospitals for mask and ventilator shortages
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. investigates at least one lawmaker's stock trades before coronavirus spike in U.S. — The Justice Department is investigating stock trades made by at least one member of Congress as the U.S. braced for the pandemic threat of coronavirus, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Exclusive: Justice Department reviews stock trades by lawmakers after coronavirus briefings — (CNN)The Justice Department has started to probe a series of stock transactions made by lawmakers ahead of the sharp market downturn stemming from the spread of coronavirus, according to two people familiar with the matter.
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Social-Distancing Culture War Has Begun — Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. — For Geoff Frost, the first sign of the coronavirus culture war came last weekend on the golf course.
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
President Trump's Prime-Time Pandemic — The coronavirus briefings have given Donald Trump a regularly scheduled reality show again — or, rather, a create-your-own-reality show. — “I've gotten to like this room,” President Trump said March 23 in the White House briefing room.
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
FDA issues emergency authorization of anti-malaria drug for coronavirus care — The drugs have been championed by President Donald Trump for treatment despite scant evidence. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration building. The Food and Drug Administration on Sunday issued …
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Trump administration sent protective medical gear to China while he minimized the virus threat to US — Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio's daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show” and a columnist for The Daily Beast. Follow him @DeanObeidallah.
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Ana Swanson / New York Times:
White House Airlifts Medical Supplies From China in Coronavirus Fight
White House Airlifts Medical Supplies From China in Coronavirus Fight
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Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
GOP Plows Forward on Plans to Kill Obamacare, Pandemic Be Damned — Despite the virus hitting their states, attorneys general say they aren't bending on the idea that the Affordable Care Act must go. — BEAST INSIDE — The worsening coronavirus outbreak may be stretching the limits …
Politico:
AOC breaks with Bernie on how to lead the left — Soon after her upset primary victory against a Democratic Party boss in 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez traveled to St. Louis to prove her victory wasn't a one-off by campaigning for Cori Bush, who was similarly taking on a longtime Democratic congressman.
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Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Trump: I'm Doing a Great Job Fighting the Coronavirus, and 100,000 of You Will Die — Seriously, literally, things that Trump touches are dying, and he's still just making shit up to get him through each day, and then making up different shit the next day. — BEAST INSIDE
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Alaa Elassar / CNN:
Armed vigilantes blocked a neighbor's driveway with a tree to force him into quarantine — (CNN)A Maine man said armed neighbors descended on his home and chopped down a tree to block his road and prevent him from leaving because they believed he may have coronavirus.
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Zoltan Simon / Bloomberg:
Orban Takes Sole Command of Hungary With Pandemic Emergency Law — Parliament gives premier emergency powers indefinitely — Cabinet rejects accusations of power grab as scaremongering — Hungary's parliament handed Prime Minister Viktor Orban the right to rule by decree indefinitely …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump beats a retreat on opening the country as coronavirus data, images show dark reality — The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights — For six days straight, President Trump talked about reopening the country quickly. He wanted people filing into offices again …
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Robert Tracinski / The Bulwark:
The Federalist's Dangerous Coronavirus Trutherism — WTF happened? The publication's reactionary turn and the hollowing out of conservatism. — Coronavirus Truthers are now a thing, and I regret to inform you that a publication I used to work for has taken the lead in spinning crazy …
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Trump's chaotic coronavirus presidency: Historically divisive and, for some, fatal — Trump is stoking division even amid the coronavirus pandemic. Has he misjudged his country? We'll know for sure in November, but history suggests yes. — It has been clear for weeks …
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Workers Facing the Coronavirus: 'We're Up Here Risking Our Life for Chicken' — Workers around the country are walking off the job to protest a lack of protective equipment, safety measures, even soap. — Mr. Greenhouse writes about labor. — Millions of white-collar workers are telecommuting …
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
Fear in Bulk — Dear Washington, — There's an old trick in horror movies, a clichéd sequence that makes you squirm no matter how many times you've watched it unfold. It's the one where everyone goes into hiding—underneath beds, inside garages—because a monster is stalking them.
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Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
Nurses Die, Doctors Fall Sick and Panic Rises on Virus Front Lines — The pandemic has begun to sweep through New York City's medical ranks, and anxiety is growing among normally dispassionate medical professionals. — A supervisor urged surgeons at Columbia University Irving Medical Center …
Joe Biden for President:
Here's The Deal — On “Here's The Deal,” former Vice President Joe Biden provides a voice of clarity during uncertain times. Each episode will feature in-depth conversations about pressing issues with some of the nation's top experts — paired with the heart, compassion, and wisdom only Joe can deliver.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Super PAC stakes out Democrats' Senate strategy with $70 million ad plan — The largest Democratic super PAC focused on the U.S. Senate is reserving nearly $70 million in fall advertising time, offering an early clue as to how the party's top strategists view the emerging Senate battlefield.
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
What Happens in November if One Side Doesn't Accept the Election Results? — The November 2020 presidential election won't be run perfectly—we have never had a perfect election conducted in this country or elsewhere—but the unique challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic add special stress …