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9:55 PM ET, April 14, 2020

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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Coming to your $1,200 relief check: Donald J. Trump's name  —  The Treasury Department has ordered President Trump's name be printed on stimulus checks the Internal Revenue Service is rushing to send to tens of millions of Americans, a process that is expected to slow their delivery by several days, senior agency officials said.
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
The $1,200 stimulus checks are arriving. People are mostly spending them on food
New York Times:
N.Y.C. Death Toll Soars Past 10,000 in Revised Virus Count  —  The city has added more than 3,700 additional people who were presumed to have died of the coronavirus but had never tested positive.  —  New York City, already a world epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Has New York Bent The Curve?  —  There is increasing evidence that New York City and New York state are turning a corner in their efforts to fight back COVID-19, and the timing suggests that the shifts may be a result of social distancing measures.  —  Whether the state and city …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Fox News
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
N.Y. Got $12,000 Per Virus Case, by One Count. Nebraska Got $379,000.
Discussion: Redstate and The Hill
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
AP Interview: Sanders says opposing Biden is ‘irresponsible’  —  This image from video provided by the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign shows Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., as he announces he is ending his presidential campaign Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Burlington, Vt. (Bernie Sanders for President via AP)
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Joe Biden / YouTube:
President Barack Obama endorses Joe Biden For President … On April 14, 2020, President Obama endorsed Joe Biden For President.  He noted Biden's leadership on health care, climate change, and the 2008 recovery, and said that he believes that Biden is the person who can heal the country in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Detroit News:
Trump remark prompts Amash to reconsider run for president
Discussion: Bloomberg, Washington Post and Mediaite
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
‘Accelerate the Endgame’: Obama's Role in Wrapping Up the Primary
Matthew Petti / The National Interest:   Bernie Sanders Foreign Policy Advisors Invited To Biden Camp
Axios:
Trump announces U.S. will halt funding for WHO over coronavirus response  —  President Trump announced Tuesday that the U.S. is placing a hold on funding to the World Health Organization over its handing of the coronavirus pandemic, pending a review.  —  Driving the news: Trump accused the WHO of …
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Trump announces US will halt funding to World Health Organization over coronavirus response
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Trump says he is halting funding for the World Health Organization
Discussion: Breitbart
Jason Millman / Politico:
Trump halting funding to World Health Organization
Discussion: Axios and The Daily Beast
Washington Post:   Live updates: Trump halts funding to the World Health Organization pending a review of its response …
Associated Press:
Fauci: 'We're not there yet' on key steps to reopen economy  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government's top infectious disease expert, said Tuesday the U.S. does not yet have the critical testing and tracing procedures needed to begin reopening the nation's economy …
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Speculation grows about Fauci's future
Discussion: PJ Media Home
Washington Post:
CDC, FEMA have created a plan to reopen America.  Here's what it says.  —  The document is part of a White House plan being drafted to allow President Trump to reopen parts of the country within weeks  —  A team of government officials — led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency …
Discussion: CNN, Townhall and Seeking Alpha
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Washington Post:   Trump wants to declare country open by May 1 — but the reality will be much slower
Washington Post:
‘Focus on the Future - Going to Work for America’
Discussion: Redstate and The Hill
Robert Faturechi / ProPublica:
Senator Richard Burr Sold D.C. Townhouse to Donor at a Rich Price  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Richard Burr …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and The Week
Washington Post:
Trump says his ‘authority is total.’ Constitutional experts have ‘no idea’ where he got that.  —  When President Trump was asked during Monday's news briefing what authority he has to reopen the country, he didn't hesitate to answer.  “I have the ultimate authority,” the president responded, cutting off the reporter who was speaking.
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Cuomo warns of constitutional crisis 'like you haven't seen in decades' if Trump tries to reopen New York
Washington Post:
Democratic voter motivation in Wisconsin has Republicans worried  —  John Carter, 71, stood in line for three hours last week to cast his ballot for Jill Karofsky, the liberal candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.  —  Carter, a retired bus driver from Milwaukee and African-American Democrat …
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Sacramento Bee:
Elon Musk's ventilator fiasco shows need for more oversight of Gavin Newsom's mask deal  —  On March 23, Gov. Gavin Newsom made a dramatic announcement: Tesla founder Elon Musk was donating over 1,000 ventilators to California.  —  It seemed like miraculous news at a moment when the state …
Discussion: Eschaton
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Fadel Allassan / Axios:
California governor unveils roadmap for relaxing coronavirus lockdowns
Discussion: Fox News, Politico and The Hill
San Francisco Chronicle:
California's coronavirus reopening: Gov. Gavin Newsom spells out six criteria
Discussion: SFist and The Daily Caller
Kate Sheehy / New York Post:
‘I hate bullies’: Bicyclist verbally attacked by Chris Cuomo fires back  —  The Long Island resident blasted as a “jackass loser fat-tire biker” by Chris Cuomo in a radio rant told The Post on Tuesday that the CNN host is nothing but a bully — and has even filed a complaint with cops against him.
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Chris Cuomo Clarifies That He's Happy at CNN: “I Never Meant It”
U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General William P. Barr Issues Statement on Religious Practice and Social Distancing; Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest in Mississippi Church Case  —  Attorney General William P. Barr issued the following statement:  —  “In light of the COVID-19 pandemic …
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Hilary Lewis / Hollywood Reporter:
Rita Wilson Shares How She and Tom Hanks Contracted Coronavirus, “Extreme” Chloroquine Side Effects  —  The actress and singer offered an update on her and her husband's condition more than a month after they both tested positive, and explained the origins of her “Hip Hop Hooray” …
Discussion: Vulture, The Hill and Twitchy
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Bloomberg News Killed Investigation, Fired Reporter, Then Sought To Silence His Wife  —  Toggle more options  —  Michael Bloomberg's short-lived presidential bid reignited a long-simmering dispute over the widespread use of non-disclosure agreements at American corporations — especially at his own.
Robby Soave / Reason:
New York Times Editor Excuses Paper's Slow Tara Reade Coverage: ‘Kavanaugh Was a Running, Hot Story’  —  New York Times media columnist Ben Smith asked his boss—Executive Editor Dean Baquet—to explain why it took the paper 19 days to acknowledge Tara Reade's sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden.
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Daniel Villarreal / Newsweek:
Florida surgeon general removed from Governor DeSantis' coronavirus briefing after saying social distancing necessary until there's a vaccine  —  Florida's Surgeon General Scott A. Rivkees was removed from state Gov. Ron DeSantis' cabinet coronavirus meeting today moments after stating …
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Elizabeth Chuck / NBC News:   Florida surgeon general removed from briefing after urging a year of social distancing
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Tax change in coronavirus package overwhelmingly benefits millionaires, congressional body finds  —  The provision, included by Senate Republicans, would cost taxpayers approximately $90 billion in 2020  —  More than 80 percent of the benefits of a tax change tucked into the coronavirus …
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump says he will be “authorizing” governors to reopen states  —  President Trump said during a briefing on the coronavirus Tuesday that individual governors would decide when to reopen their respective state economies.  —  What he's saying: “I will be speaking to all 50 governors very shortly,” Trump said.
Discussion: ABC News
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
State Department cables warned of safety issues at Wuhan lab studying bat coronaviruses  —  Two years before the novel coronavirus pandemic upended the world, U.S. Embassy officials visited a Chinese research facility in the city of Wuhan several times and sent two official warnings …
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Dear Colleague: We Must Insist and Act on the Truth in the Coronavirus Crisis  —  This Easter Weekend provided me with a time for deeper prayer and reflection.  This is an unbearably sad time with all Americans sharing the same devastating experience: we are grieving for those who have died …
 
 
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Susan Collins chides Trump for ‘very uneven’ performance on coronavirus
Reuters:
Iraq suspends Reuters for three months over report on coronavirus cases
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Stimulus Oversight Panel Has One Person Trying to Watch $2.2 Trillion Alone
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Former FDA chief grabs spotlight with coronavirus plans to ‘turn the lights back on’
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Revised N.Y.C. Deaths Spike; California Looks to Next Steps
Discussion: The Week and The Talking Dog
ProPublica:
There's Been a Spike in People Dying at Home in Several Cities. …
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Student files class-action lawsuit against Liberty University over coronavirus response
Discussion: Politico and LGBTQ Nation
 Earlier Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
A Second Round of Coronavirus Layoffs Has Begun. Few Are Safe.
David Gelles / New York Times:
‘This Is Going to Kill Small-Town America’
Discussion: Raw Story
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

 
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