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Joe Biden / Medium:
Statement From Vice President Biden — Today, Senator Sanders announced he was suspending his campaign. Bernie has put his heart and soul into not only running for President, but for the causes and issues he has been dedicated to his whole life. So, I know how hard a decision this was for him to make …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Democrats salivate over Obama coming off sidelines — The decision by Bernie Sanders to suspend his campaign means former President Obama is about to get back into the political spotlight. — Sources close to Obama and Biden say the two men have spoken “quite frequently,” as one put it …
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
Former Clinton Staffers Invited To “Bye, Bye Bernard” Zoom Call (It's Now Canceled) — The 2020 primary has ended, but the 2016 primary never will. “He's finally gone (again!)” — Less than an hour after Bernie Sanders told supporters he was ending his presidential campaign …
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Sanders had multiple conversations with Obama ahead of decision to end campaign — Sanders: Path towards victory is virtually impossible — (CNN)Former President Barack Obama played an active, albeit private, role in the Democratic presidential primary that effectively ended on Wednesday …
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Bernie Sanders Dropped Out Because His Campaign Believed Its Own BS — The Sanders campaign stayed in its bubble and held on to its theory of the race even when all of the real-world evidence was against it. — Bernie Sanders is finally ending his presidential campaign today. — This is not surprising.
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Only Had Eyes for One Wing of the Democratic Party
Bernie Sanders Only Had Eyes for One Wing of the Democratic Party
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Myah Ward / Politico:
Poll: Obama would be better amid coronavirus, but Trump bests Biden
Poll: Obama would be better amid coronavirus, but Trump bests Biden
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NBC News:
Bernie Sanders drops out of presidential race
Bernie Sanders drops out of presidential race
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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
VP talk could intensify with Harris-DNC fundraising deal
VP talk could intensify with Harris-DNC fundraising deal
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Elizabeth Bruenig / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Never Lied
Bernie Sanders Never Lied
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Joe Biden will have a very hard time winning over the Berniesphere
Joe Biden will have a very hard time winning over the Berniesphere
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The Week
Katelyn Burns / Vox:
Joe Biden says the pandemic response is an opportunity for structural change
Joe Biden says the pandemic response is an opportunity for structural change
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Linda Tripp, the Clinton sex scandal whisteblower who secretly recorded private phone calls with Monica Lewinksy, dies at age 70 ‘after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer less than a week ago’ — Linda Tripp died on Wednesday morning and a close friend told DailyMail.com that ‘she died with a smile on her face’
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New York Post:
Linda Tripp, whistleblower in Clinton-Lewinsky sex scandal, dead at 70 — Linda Tripp, whose secret conversations with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in 1998, died on Wednesday, according to a report. She was 70.
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Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Linda Tripp, whose taped calls with Monica Lewinsky led to Clinton impeachment, dies at 70
Linda Tripp, whose taped calls with Monica Lewinsky led to Clinton impeachment, dies at 70
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Axios
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
How Delays and Unheeded Warnings Hindered New York's Virus Fight — The federal response was chaotic. Even so, the state's and city's own initial efforts failed to keep pace with the outbreak, The Times found. — A 39-year-old woman took Flight 701 from Doha, Qatar …
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The Daily Beast:
NYC Is Taking Hundreds of Body Bags Out of Houses—and Soon They Will Be Counted — New York City officials say they will begin to report those who've died in their homes from suspected coronavirus complications without an official lab diagnosis. — The coronavirus death count in New York City …
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CNBC:
Sen. Kelly Loeffler and her CEO husband will liquidate individual stock shares after coronavirus trade furor — Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia and CEO husband Jeff Sprecher plan to liquidate their individual stock share positions and related options after weeks of criticism of the couple …
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Kelly Loeffler / Wall Street Journal:
I Never Traded on Confidential Coronavirus Information — But to end the distraction, my family will divest from individual stocks. — While the American people are enduring the impact of Covid-19, I have become a top target of baseless attacks from political adversaries and the media.
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QU Poll:
Release Detail — April 8, 2020 - Fauci, Governors Get Highest Marks For Response To Coronavirus, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Majority Say Trump's Response Not Aggressive Enough — As the number of coronavirus cases spreads throughout the country, Dr. Anthony Fauci …
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Vicky Prodeline / Polls:
Fed Govt Not Helping States Enough; Trump Rating, Public Confidence Down
Fed Govt Not Helping States Enough; Trump Rating, Public Confidence Down
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New York Times:
Coronavirus Was Slow to Spread to Rural America. Not Anymore. — Feb. 20This map shows every rural county in America, areas where the coronavirus outbreak initially was slow to spread. Humboldt County in Northern California was the first rural county to report a case, on Feb. 20, a month after the virus first reached the U.S.
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Bloomberg:
Trump's New Chief of Staff Rattles White House in Crisis Mode — Grisham replacement, other staff moves have raised tensions — Meadows called Republican holdouts on ‘stay-at-home’ orders — President Donald Trump's new chief of staff, Mark Meadows, has escalated tensions …
ABC News:
Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November: Sources — “Analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event,” a source says. — As far back as late November, U.S. intelligence officials were warning that a contagion was sweeping through China's Wuhan region …
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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Sitting on a throne of skulls, Mitch McConnell confirms his 8,999th judge — Will Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) keep confirming judges in this time of pandemic? — “We will go back to judges,” he said in an interview. “My motto for the rest of the year is leave no vacancy behind.”
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Lawmakers demand answers on Kushner supply chain influence — Chairs of two key House panels sent a letter to FEMA demanding information in a week on efforts by the president's senior adviser and son-in-law. — Two Democratic House committee leaders are demanding answers from the Trump administration …
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Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Kushner's team seeks national coronavirus surveillance system
Kushner's team seeks national coronavirus surveillance system
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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
New Yahoo News/YouGov coronavirus poll shows Americans turning against Trump — With more than 400,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and 14,000 deaths in the United States, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that Americans are souring on President Trump's leadership during the pandemic.
Francisco Alvarado / The Daily Beast:
This South Florida City Is a Looming Coronavirus Hot Spot You Haven't Heard About — In one of the most Hispanic cities in America, “the potential for terrible things to happen is unimaginable,” one expert said. — Since early March, Paula Gomez has taken several precautions to ward off the coronavirus.
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Raw Story
Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Trump isn't even trying to hide his self-interested reasons for opposing mail-in voting — A mask-clad Wisconsin resident waits in line to vote on April 7, 2020. Scott Olson/Getty Images — “For whatever reason, [it] doesn't work out well for Republicans.”
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Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
Democrats Can Change History or Doom Us To Repeat It
Democrats Can Change History or Doom Us To Repeat It
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John Gramlich / Pew Research Center:
5 facts about Fox News — Fox News, the influential cable network launched by Rupert Murdoch in 1996, holds a unique place in the American media landscape, particularly for those on the ideological right. While Democrats in the United States turn to and place their trust in a variety …
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Washington Post:
The coronavirus crisis is devastating the news industry. Many newspapers won't survive it. — Two months ago, Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter Brie Zeltner became consumed by one topic: the coronavirus crisis that would soon sweep into her state. — The veteran health-care journalist chronicled …
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Dennis Quaid Believes Trump Is ‘Doing a Good Job’ Handling Coronavirus — IN CONVERSATION — In a wide-ranging talk, the renowned actor opens up to Marlow Stern about the pandemic, his new podcast “The Dennissance,” and the cocaine frenzy that was 1980s Hollywood.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Hannity's latest propaganda actually exposes Trump's epic failures — Sean Hannity's latest effort to portray President Trump as a heroic and decisive leader throughout the coronavirus crisis belongs in a time capsule. It will aid future study of one of the most monumental …
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Raw Story
Associated Press:
Prize-Winning Reporter Writes Book on Melania Trump — NEW YORK (AP) — A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Washington Post has written an unauthorized biography of first lady Melania Trump. Mary Jordan's “The Art of Her Deal,” which draws upon more than 100 interviews, comes out June 16.
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Sharon Begley / STAT:
With ventilators running out, doctors say the machines are overused for Covid-19 — Even as hospitals and governors raise the alarm about a shortage of ventilators, some critical care physicians are questioning the widespread use of the breathing machines for Covid-19 patients …
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Why exactly is President Trump lashing out at the World Health Organization? — And do his criticisms have any merit? — President Trump is slamming the World Health Organization for its coronavirus response, threatening to cut off funding for it during a global pandemic. — So why is it his new target?
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Cheryl K. Chumley / Washington Times:
Anthony Fauci sets stage for mandatory — lucrative! — vaccine — ANALYSIS/OPINION: — Anthony Fauci, America's most-listened-to medical professional on the coronavirus, and apparently on all the political, economic, cultural and social precautions every man, woman and child in the nation …
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