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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Trump administration just changed its description of the national stockpile to jibe with Jared Kushner's controversial claim — The Trump administration on Friday changed the description of the Strategic National Stockpile on a government website after journalists noted that it contradicted …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Strategic National Stockpile description altered online after Kushner's remarks — The official government webpage for the Strategic National Stockpile was altered Friday to seemingly reflect a controversial description of the emergency repository that White House adviser Jared Kushner offered at a news conference Thursday evening.
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ProPublica:
How Tea Party Budget Battles Left the National Emergency Medical Stockpile Unprepared for Coronavirus — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — Dire shortages of vital medical equipment …
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Matthew Brown / USA Today:
Fact check: Did the Obama administration deplete the federal stockpile of N95 masks?
Fact check: Did the Obama administration deplete the federal stockpile of N95 masks?
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New York Times, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Townhall and Daily Kos
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump's ignorant son-in-law is running the coronavirus response. That's unacceptable.
Trump's ignorant son-in-law is running the coronavirus response. That's unacceptable.
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Vanity Fair, Politico, Common Dreams and Progress Pond
Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP Sen. Gardner wants probe into ‘mismanagement’ of national stockpile
GOP Sen. Gardner wants probe into ‘mismanagement’ of national stockpile
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Deadline, Raw Story, CNN and Washington Post
Jennifer Ehrlich / Business Wire:
3M Response to Defense Production Act Order — ST. PAUL, Minn.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—3M issued the following statement in response to the announcements issued by the White House last evening: — Over the last several weeks and months, 3M and its employees have gone above and beyond to manufacture …
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Associated Press:
New mask guidance could strain supply, test limits of market
New mask guidance could strain supply, test limits of market
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Politico and Denver Post
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
CNN's Acosta Interrupts Dr Birx As She Discusses The WHO's Handling Of Coronavirus Pandemic — CNN reporter Jim Acosta interrupted Dr. Deborah Birx on Friday as the White House coronavirus task force coordinator was discussing the World Health Organization's handling of the pandemic.
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
‘No problem whatsoever’: Trump downplays Fauci absence at coronavirus briefing
‘No problem whatsoever’: Trump downplays Fauci absence at coronavirus briefing
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The Daily Caller, Breitbart and Steve Gruber
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Anyone near Trump or Pence will be given rapid coronavirus test: White House
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Recommendation Regarding the Use of Cloth Face Coverings, Especially in Areas of Significant Community-Based Transmission — CDC continues to study the spread and effects of the novel coronavirus across the United States. We now know from recent studies that a significant portion of individuals …
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The Daily Beast:
Fox News Moguls Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch Stockpile Attorneys Against Coronavirus Lawsuits — After one non-profit org sued the network for pushing coronavirus misinformation, the network is readying to go to war against more such lawsuits. — Amid the mushrooming coronavirus crisis …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Stars Now Pretend They Never Said What They Said About the Coronavirus
Fox News Stars Now Pretend They Never Said What They Said About the Coronavirus
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump says he opposes mail-in voting for November — President Trump on Friday said he's confident the general election in November won't be delayed by the coronavirus, but he rejected the idea of having every state prepare to conduct mail-in voting. — The president, speaking …
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Grace Panetta / Business Insider:
The US Postal Service is on track to run out of money by June, and it could be a disaster …
The US Postal Service is on track to run out of money by June, and it could be a disaster …
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Exponents
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump campaign declares war on Dems over voting rules for November
Trump campaign declares war on Dems over voting rules for November
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Ted Anthony / Associated Press:
Anick Jesdanun, longtime AP technology writer, dies at 51 — He ran marathons on every continent, including Antarctica — 83 of them in all, many followed by a visit to an obscure craft brewery. Last year, he watched 365 movies — most of them in theaters.
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The Hill and The Daily Caller
Politico:
'It's a sh— sandwich': Republicans rage as Florida becomes a nightmare for Trump — TALLAHASSEE — The staggering unemployment exploding on President Donald Trump's watch would worry any incumbent running for reelection, but troubles in Florida are injecting an added dose of fear into a jittery GOP.
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Chad Garland / Stars & Stripes:
‘Captain Crozier! Captain Crozier!’: Videos show sailors sending off ousted USS Roosevelt commander with cheers — Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here.
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Leaders back Navy firing of ship captain; sailors cheer him
Leaders back Navy firing of ship captain; sailors cheer him
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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
This Brooklyn Landlord Just Canceled Rent for Hundreds of Tenants — Mario Salerno, who has 18 apartment buildings, said he did not want renters to stress about their payment during the coronavirus pandemic. — A few days after losing his job in March, Paul Gentile was throwing away trash outside …
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Gothamist
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The 11 wildest lines from Donald Trump's utterly childish letter to Chuck Schumer — (CNN)On Thursday afternoon — moments before he urged people to take politics out of the coronavirus fight — President Donald Trump sent an absolutely unbelievable letter to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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Washington Post, The White House and The American Independent
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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Biden campaign says he backs Trump's China travel ban
Biden campaign says he backs Trump's China travel ban
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Townhall, Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Member of Kennedy family and her son identified as missing boaters in Chesapeake Bay — Two boaters who went missing in the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis on Thursday evening have been identified as Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, 40, and her 8-year-old son Gideon Joseph Kennedy McKean.
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ProPublica:
Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate — No, the coronavirus is not an “equalizer.” Black people are being infected and dying at higher rates. Here's what Milwaukee is doing about it — and why governments need to start releasing data on the race of COVID-19 patients.
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Detroit Free Press and Morning Consult
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
GOP governor refusing to implement stay-at-home order says Dr. Fauci 'doesn't have all the information' — While numerous governors have enacted stay-at-home orders shutting down nonessential businesses and ordering residents to shelter in their homes for all but necessary outings, one holdout is Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA).
Politico:
Consensus starts to grow on ‘Phase 4’ coronavirus relief — Congress is finally beginning to sketch the outlines of its next big coronavirus response. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi shifted her tone on Friday, calling for a much more focused “Phase 4” relief package to address immediate needs related …
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CNN, The Hill, Breitbart and National Review
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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
In pivot, Pelosi sees next relief bill with bipartisan goals
In pivot, Pelosi sees next relief bill with bipartisan goals
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The Hill
Washington Post:
Trump Organization has laid off about 1,500 employees as pandemic hits business — The Trump Organization has laid off or furloughed about 1,500 employees at hotels in the United States and Canada as the coronavirus pandemic inflicts further pain on the president's private business.
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Raw Story and New York Times
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
How did covid-19 begin? Its initial origin story is shaky. — The story of how the novel coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, China, has produced a nasty propaganda battle between the United States and China. The two sides have traded some of the sharpest charges made between two nations since …
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Bethany Biron / Business Insider:
Hobby Lobby is closing all stores and furloughing ‘nearly all’ employees after it defied stay-at-home orders by quietly reopening locations around the nation — Hobby Lobby is closing all of its stores nationwide and furloughing most of its employees, according to a statement shared on the company's website Friday afternoon.
Bloomberg:
Ivanka Trump Was Conduit for Small Banks Over SBA Program — Trump's daughter forwarded ideas from Bank of America, others — Paycheck Protection Program website up and running Friday — Bank executives concerned about the Trump administration's rollout of a $349 billion emergency …
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Minxin Pei / Foreign Affairs:
China's Coming Upheaval — Competition, the Coronavirus, and the Weakness of Xi Jinping — Over the past few years, the United States' approach to China has taken a hard-line turn, with the balance between cooperation and competition in the U.S.-Chinese relationship tilting sharply toward the latter.
Nancy H. L. Leung / Nature:
Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks — Nature Medicine (2020) Cite this article — Abstract — We identified seasonal human coronaviruses, influenza viruses and rhinoviruses in exhaled breath and coughs of children and adults with acute respiratory illness.
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