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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Inside the epic White House fight over hydroxychloroquine — The White House coronavirus task force had its biggest fight yet on Saturday, pitting economic adviser Peter Navarro against infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci. At issue: How enthusiastically should the White House tout …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Acting Navy chief fired Crozier for ‘panicking’ — and before Trump could intervene — Acting Navy secretary Thomas Modly, in an extensive interview about the firing of the commander of a disease-threatened aircraft carrier, said he acted because he believed the captain was “panicking” …
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Wall Street Journal:
Aboard the USS Roosevelt, Sailors Braced for the Worst — ‘We were bleaching everything.’ A crew scrambled to stanch a coronavirus outbreak in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. — The visit to Vietnam in early March was intended as a historic milestone and a symbol of far-reaching U.S. aims in the Pacific …
John Ismay / New York Times:
Navy Captain Removed From Carrier Tests Positive for Covid-19 — Captain Crozier was fired after a leak of a letter he had emailed to Navy leaders detailing the service's failures in dealing with a coronavirus outbreak on the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt. — Capt. Brett E. Crozier …
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New York Times:
He Led a Top Navy Ship. Now He Sits in Quarantine, Fired and Infected. — Colleagues say the downfall of Captain Brett E. Crozier was charging headlong into the Trump administration's narrative that it had everything in the coronavirus pandemic under control.
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Aleem Maqbool / BBC:
Coronavirus: Pastor who decried ‘hysteria’ dies after attending Mardi Gras — Pastor Landon Spradlin wasn't worried about coronavirus when we went to New Orleans to preach during Mardi Gras. A month later he was dead. — “He loved to laugh. He loved to play guitar.
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Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
'You're basically right next to the nuclear reactor.' … I could be the last person some of these patients ever see, or the last voice they hear. A lot of people will never come off the ventilator. That's the reality of this virus. I force myself to think about that for a few seconds each …
The Guardian:
Boris Johnson admitted to hospital with coronavirus — Move follows rumours that prime minister's condition had been worsening — Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital with coronavirus after suffering persistent symptoms for 10 days. — Downing Street insisted it was just a precautionary measure …
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Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized with virus
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized with virus
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Eyes Accused ‘Quack’ Dr. Oz for Coronavirus Advice — The president can't stop talking about an unproven COVID-19 treatment — the same one the oft-critized TV doctor keeps pushing and pushing. — As the global pandemic and a staggering economic crisis swells, Dr. Mehmet Oz …
aphis.usda.gov:
USDA Statement on the Confirmation of COVID-19 in a Tiger in New York — The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories has confirmed SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans) in one tiger at a zoo in New York.
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Alaa Elassar / CNN:
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Wisconsin legislature comes under fire for ‘unconscionable’ decision to hold primary amid coronavirus pandemic — Two members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission on Sunday denounced the Republican-led legislature for moving forward with the state's primary this Tuesday …
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Joseph Ax / Reuters:
Citing coronavirus, Wisconsin mayors urge postponement of Tuesday's election
Citing coronavirus, Wisconsin mayors urge postponement of Tuesday's election
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Mary Spicuzza / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans ask Gov. Evers to allow in-person Easter and Passover services during …
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans ask Gov. Evers to allow in-person Easter and Passover services during …
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Agence France-Presse:
Glimmer of hope in virus-hit Europe as US girds for ‘hardest’ week — Phil Hazlewood with Michael Mathes in Washington and AFP bureaus — Pope Francis celebrated Palm Sunday mass behind closed doors — London (AFP) - European nations most ravaged by the new coronavirus on Sunday reported …
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Alissa Wilkinson / Vox:
Report: The Trump administration didn't order ventilators or masks until mid-March
Report: The Trump administration didn't order ventilators or masks until mid-March
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New York Times:
Official Counts Understate the U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll — Inconsistent protocols, limited resources and a patchwork of decision-making has led to an undercounting of people with the coronavirus who have died, health experts say. — WASHINGTON — A coroner in Indiana wanted …
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Ryan Van Velzer / 89.3 WFPL News Louisville:
Federal Government Outbids Kentucky For Medical Equipment Amid Shortage — Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear says his administration is doing everything it can to prepare hospitals to be inundated with cases of COVID-19, but nearly every time the state has placed an order for medical protective gear …
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
New York City in the Coronavirus Pandemic — The spectacle of New York without New Yorkers is the result of a communal pact. We know that life now depends on our withdrawal from the city. — The streets of New York City are so desolate now that you half expect tumbleweed to blow along …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Americans Don't Trust the Media Anymore. So Why Do They Trust the Cuomos? — CNN once prevented Chris Cuomo from interviewing his brother on the air. But that all changed with the arrival of the coronavirus, and now it's changing television, too. — At the end of 2013 …
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Americans hit by economic shocks as confusion, stumbles undermine Trump's stimulus effort — Small-business program gets off to rocky start and White House makes hard pivot on $1,200 checks as enormity of task swamps administration — The Trump administration has stumbled in its initial push …
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Politico:
Dems find a rallying cry: Trump tanked the economy — For most of the presidential campaign, the economy looked like the one thing that could overcome Donald Trump's stubbornly low approval ratings and carry him to a second term. Even many Democrats acknowledged they had no cohesive economic message of their own.
Carlos Barria / Reuters:
Louisiana church holds services, defying coronavirus stay-at-home order — CENTRAL, La. (Reuters) - The pastor of the Life Tabernacle Church near Baton Rouge held services on Sunday in defiance of a stay-at-home order issued by Louisiana because of the coronavirus pandemic, telling worshippers they had …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Atkinson: Trump fired me because I handled whistleblower complaint properly — The intelligence community watchdog removed abruptly late Friday by President Donald Trump says he believes Trump ousted him because of his evenhanded handling of a whistleblower complaint that ultimately led to the president's impeachment.
New York Times:
U.S. Will Give Terrorist Label to White Supremacist Group for First Time — The designation of the Russian Imperial Movement reflects growing concerns among U.S. officials about violent white supremacists with transnational links. — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected …
New York Post:
Trump admin weighs legal action over alleged Chinese hoarding of PPE — Leading US manufacturers of medical safety gear told the White House that China prohibited them from exporting their products from the country as the coronavirus pandemic mounted — even as Beijing was trying to …
Scott Gottlieb / Wall Street Journal:
Bet Big on Treatments for Coronavirus — Antivirals and antibody therapies are showing promise. The FDA needs to step up its pace. — Some imagine that the coronavirus will run its tragic course in the spring, with the direst results avoided by intense social-distancing and other mitigation efforts …