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David Karpf / Wired:
Biden's Path to Victory Does Not Bode Well for Voters — Like Trump in '16, he coasted on free media coverage. If that's the future of campaigning, America's in trouble. — There's an interesting parallel between Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 Democratic primary and Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 Republican primary.
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Democrats want to drop Joe Biden for Andrew Cuomo, poll finds — A majority of Democrats want to nominate New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for president instead of Joe Biden, according to poll results shared exclusively with The Post. — The national poll found 56 percent of Democrats prefer Cuomo …
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Mike Bloomberg's Firm That Ran His Presidential Campaign Is Bidding to Take Over Joe Biden's — The Bloomberg-owned firm Hawkfish, which ran the presidential campaign of Mike Bloomberg, is in serious talks to serve the presidential campaign of Joe Biden, according to sources with knowledge of the ongoing negotiations.
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Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
Darran Simon, Washington Post journalist, dies at 43 — Darran Simon, a journalist who developed an expertise reporting on trauma during a wide-ranging career that had recently brought him to The Washington Post, where he covered District politics and government, was found dead April 9 at his home in Washington.
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Luke Mullins / Washingtonian:
Washington Post Reporter Found Dead
Washington Post Reporter Found Dead
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Washington Post:
A plan to defeat coronavirus finally emerges, but it's not from the White House — In the absence of federal direction, states and America's top experts forge the path ahead. — A national plan to fight the coronavirus pandemic in the United States and return Americans to jobs and classrooms …
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Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
CDC Director: ‘Very Aggressive’ Contact Tracing Needed For U.S. To Return To Normal — It's the question on everyone's minds: What will it take for us to come out of this period of extreme social distancing and return to some semblance of normal life? — It turns out that the Centers …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden must say it: Trump will get more people killed
Biden must say it: Trump will get more people killed
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Chuck Grassley:
FBI Ignored Early Warnings that Debunked Anti-Trump Dossier was Russian Disinformation — Declassified footnotes sought by Grassley, Johnson reveal faulty predicate in Russia probe — WASHINGTON - The “central and essential” evidence used to justify invasive surveillance of an American citizen …
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
FBI Received Evidence Of Russian Disinformation In Steele Dossier — The FBI received information that Russian disinformation might have been fed to Christopher Steele, whose dossier played a “central” role in the bureau's investigation of the Trump campaign.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Many absentee ballots were not postmarked, putting votes at risk of not being counted … Katherine Katsekes, left, and Diane Scott help sort absentee ballots by ward to be opened on election day at Brookfield City Hall on Tuesday. Many area communities are having a larger-than-normal number …
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Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin health department tracking whether new coronavirus cases are tied to Tuesday's in-person voting
Wisconsin health department tracking whether new coronavirus cases are tied to Tuesday's in-person voting
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Wants 50 Wisconsins on Election Day
Trump Wants 50 Wisconsins on Election Day
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New York Times:
Deaths in New York City Are More Than Double the Usual Total — Over the 31 days ending April 4, more than twice the typical number of New Yorkers died. — That total for the city includes deaths directly linked to the novel coronavirus as well as those from other causes, like heart attacks and cancer.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Top Trump ally sounds 2020 election alarm over coronavirus response — There is growing concern among top conservative leaders that the Trump administration isn't addressing the long-term economic impact of the coronavirus, several sources tell Axios. One top adviser said if the recovery …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Who is telling Trump to reopen the economy?
Who is telling Trump to reopen the economy?
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Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Barr: ‘Troubling’ evidence in review of Russia involvement in 2016 election that could lead to charges — Attorney General William Barr signaled that federal officials involved in launching the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election and its links to the Trump campaign could face criminal prosecution.
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NBC News:
More than 2,200 coronavirus deaths in nursing homes, but federal government isn't tracking them — The numbers are likely a significant undercount, given the limited access to testing and other constraints, state officials and public health experts say. — Nearly 2,300 long-term care facilities …
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New York Times:
Coronavirus Cases in the US: Live Updates — Global supply chains have been disrupted, leading to shortages of key goods. Every country needs the same lifesaving tools, but nationalist-minded leaders are jeopardizing access for all. Michigan will ban travel between homes.
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
News Media Outlets Have Been Ravaged by the Pandemic — Roughly 28,000 workers at news companies nationwide have been laid off, furloughed or had their pay reduced. Some publications that rely on ads have shut down. — The news media business was shaky before the coronavirus started spreading across the country last month.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's new ad attacking Biden on China is a complete and utter mess — The big headline from a new Trump campaign ad is that it features an image suggesting that Gary Locke, former Washington governor and U.S. ambassador to China, is a member of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
New Trump Attack Ad Falsely Suggests Former Governor Is Chinese
New Trump Attack Ad Falsely Suggests Former Governor Is Chinese
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Jane C. Hu / Slate:
No, You Did Not Get COVID-19 in the Fall of 2019 — On Tuesday, KSBW, a news station in Monterey, California, aired a story about California's potential “herd immunity” to the novel coronavirus. The piece opens by discussing a new study from Stanford Medicine in which researchers …
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CREW:
The Trump Family Is Taking 12x More Protected Trips Than The Obama Family — Last fiscal year, the Trump family took more trips that required Secret Service protection than the Obama family took in seven, according to a budget document released by the Treasury Department.
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Tanzina Vega / New York Times:
Quarantined With a Newborn, Alone — Raising a baby is already isolating. The pandemic highlighted how fragile my social networks are. — When I gave birth to my son at the end of January, an unexpected miracle to me at the age of 45, I never could have imagined spending my maternity leave in the middle of a global pandemic.
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Louisiana church expecting 2,000 at Easter service despite coronavirus: ‘Satan and a virus will not stop us’ — While many churches across the nation plan to hold their Easter services online Sunday, a Louisiana pastor says his church near Baton Rouge is expecting a crowd of 2,000 …
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Andrew Court / Daily Mail:
Boston suburb sets up one-way sidewalks to allow residents to practice social distancing - and police will hand out $100 fines to anyone who walks in the wrong direction — Police in the suburb of Beverly noticed locals brushing up against one another as they walked in opposite directions along busy Lothrop Street
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The Charlotte Observer:
NC's top Republican doesn't trust the governor to run a fair 2020 mail-in election. Really. — A battle is emerging in Washington and across the country about a large-scale expansion of mail-in voting in November's elections. In North Carolina, the conversation just got especially ugly.
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Barry Neild / CNN:
Czech nudists told to wear face masks by police — (CNN) — Face masks aren't mandatory everywhere, but strict rules on wearing them have been enforced in the Czech Republic — even for nudists. — The European country has begun to relax restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus …
Washington Post:
Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia faces blowback as he curtails scope of worker relief in unemployment crisis — Labor Department comes under fire over handling of worker protection, unemployment program — The Labor Department is facing growing criticism over its response to the coronavirus pandemic …
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irs.gov:
Non-Filers: Enter Payment Info Here — Who is eligible for the Economic Impact Payment? — U.S. citizens or resident aliens who: — Have a valid Social Security number, — Could not be claimed as a dependent of another taxpayer, and — Had adjusted gross income under certain limits.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
White House attacks Voice of America, claiming it promoted Chinese propaganda — The White House launched an extraordinary attack on Voice of America on Friday, saying the federally funded but independent news service had promoted Chinese government propaganda in its reporting about the coronavirus outbreak.
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Wall Street Journal:
All the President's Ratings — The Commander in Chief responds to our editorial.
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Neil Irwin / New York Times:
Everything Is Awful. So Why Is the Stock Market Booming? — Investors are betting that powerful interventions from Washington will protect the long-term profitability of major companies. — What on earth is the stock market doing? — Death and despair are all around.
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
‘The Woman in Michigan’ Goes National — The phone rings once. — “Hello?” — It's a man's voice: gruff, impatient. — “Hi there,” the female caller says. “May I please speak with John?” — “Who's this?” — “Gretchen Whitmer.” — A three-second pause. — “Governor Whitmer?”
CNN:
Navarro publicly said Americans had ‘nothing to worry about’ while privately warning coronavirus could cost lives and dollars — (CNN)White House trade adviser Peter Navarro publicly said Americans had “nothing to worry about” while he privately warned the White House that the coronavirus pandemic …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
I've read the plans to reopen the economy. They're scary. — Medical personnel from Riverside University Health Systems administer a coronavirus test during drive-through testing. Bob Riha Jr./Getty Images — There is no plan to return to normal. — Over the past few days …
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Juliette Michel / Agence France-Presse:
Cheap beef and wasted milk: US agriculture struggles with virus — New York (AFP) - Milk dumped in fields and cattle prices plunging even as steaks stay expensive: the coronavirus pandemic is hitting American farmers hard. — With industries from restaurants to department stores forced to close …
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
‘No one went for a knockout blow’: Inside Bernie's campaign nosedive — Many of Sanders' aides and top allies are convinced they should have gone for Biden's jugular. — Sen. Bernie Sanders. Brittany Greeson/Getty Images — It was late February, and Bernie Sanders was days away …
CBS News:
Views of Trump's handling of coronavirus outbreak slip again - CBS News poll — Most Americans continue to think the battle against the coronavirus outbreak is going badly, and few would feel comfortable being out in crowded spaces now. There's a collective uncertainty about where things are headed next …
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Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Trump to announce council for “opening our country” next week — Highlights from Friday's briefing: — Trump says he's creating a council of business people and doctors to reopen the economy — Trump says determining when to reopen the country is the biggest decision he's ever made
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Brad Polumbo / Washington Examiner:
Liberty University's Jerry Falwell Jr. launches assault on press freedom — Apparently, “Liberty” is just a name for the small, conservative college run by Jerry Falwell Jr. in Lynchburg, Virginia — not any kind of statement of its values. At least, that's what the school's latest stunt suggests.
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