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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
In unprecedented move, Treasury orders Trump's name printed on stimulus checks — 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 …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump's self-quarantine — DRIVING THE DAY — ONE OF THE DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS of the political persona that DONALD TRUMP created was that he had a knack for relationships — building them and maintaining them. When relationships weren't going his way …
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Why Trump's slump is likely to last all year — The president is losing ground in polls, faces a worsening economy, and is watching Democrats unify behind Joe Biden ahead of schedule. — President Trump is in an increasingly precarious position for reelection as he struggles to maintain focus …
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CNN:
Elizabeth Warren to endorse Joe Biden on Wednesday — (CNN)Sen. Elizabeth Warren will officially endorse former Vice President Joe Biden Wednesday morning, according to a source familiar with the plans. — The former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate is expected to tweet …
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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)
Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Elizabeth Warren endorses Joe Biden
Elizabeth Warren endorses Joe Biden
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New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Endorses Joe Biden: 'When You Disagree, He'll Listen'
Elizabeth Warren Endorses Joe Biden: 'When You Disagree, He'll Listen'
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Eric Cortellessa / Washington Monthly:
An Open Letter to Bernie's Supporters
An Open Letter to Bernie's Supporters
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Associated Press:
China didn't warn public of likely pandemic for 6 key days — In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined they likely were facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus, the city of Wuhan at the epicenter of the disease hosted a mass banquet for tens of thousands of people …
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Elaina Plott / New York Times:
Trump Wanted a Radio Show, but He Didn't Want to Compete With Limbaugh — President Trump said he envisioned a show running two hours a day, according to White House officials, and would do it were it not for the risk of encroaching on Rush Limbaugh, the conservative host.
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Melissa Harris-Perry / ELLE:
Stacey Abrams On Voting Rights, COVID-19, And Being Vice President — “I would be an excellent running mate.” — Experienced politicians know there is a right way to answer questions about pursuing higher office. Be demure. Redirect. Convey vague interest while insisting never to have given it serious consideration.
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Bill Gates, in rebuke of Trump, calls WHO funding cut during pandemic ‘as dangerous as it sounds’ — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates criticized President Trump's decision to suspend funding to the World Health Organization as “dangerous,” saying the payments should continue particularly during the global coronavirus pandemic.
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Washington Post:
Trump wants to declare country open by May 1 — but the reality will be much slower — President Trump has all but decided to begin declaring the country ready to get back to business on May 1, two current and two former senior administration officials said, but a scramble is underway inside …
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Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Indiana congressman says he's willing to let more Americans die to save economy — Favoring the economy over Americans' health “is the lesser of two evils,” Rep. Trey Hollingsworth said. — Reopening the economy is preferable to preventing a new wave of coronavirus deaths, a member of Congress from Indiana said Tuesday.
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Josh Israel / The American Independent:
GOP congressman: Dying from virus is ‘lesser of two evils’ if we can save economy
GOP congressman: Dying from virus is ‘lesser of two evils’ if we can save economy
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Justine Coleman / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: We must choose ‘loss of American lives’ over ‘loss of our way of life as Americans’
GOP lawmaker: We must choose ‘loss of American lives’ over ‘loss of our way of life as Americans’
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David Lim / Politico:
Coronavirus testing hits dramatic slowdown in U.S. — The number of coronavirus tests analyzed each day by commercial labs in the U.S. plummeted by more than 30 percent over the past week, even though new infections are still surging in many states and officials are desperately trying to ramp up testing so the country can reopen.
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The Bulwark:
Justin Amash Should Not Run for President (In 2020) — Amash is great. But a third-party run could help reelect Donald Trump. — We love Justin Amash. We're what the kids would call Amash stans. — We love him because he's actually read both the Constitution and the Mueller Report.
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLB players, team employees participating in coronavirus study — Employees of Major League Baseball teams are participating in a massive study that will test up to 10,000 people for coronavirus antibodies and should offer researchers a better sense of how widespread the disease …
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The Daily Beast:
Barr Pressed Australia for Help on Mueller Review as DOJ Worked to Free Its Hostages — DOUBLE TRACK — While his deputies finalized a plan with Australian officials to free two bloggers from a Tehran prison, Bill Barr had another request: help on his look back at the Russia probe.
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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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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
COVID-19 almost cured Chris Cuomo of journalism
COVID-19 almost cured Chris Cuomo of journalism
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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 …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Anchor: ‘Conservatives’ Heads Would've Exploded' if Obama Claimed ‘Total’ Authority — While Baier pointed out the rank hypocrisy, his Fox News colleague Brit Hume waved off Trump's comments as just another of the president's exaggerations. — Fox News anchor Bret Baier …
Walter E. Williams / Townhall:
Fixing College Corruption — America's colleges are rife with corruption. The financial squeeze resulting from COVID-19 offers opportunities for a bit of remediation. Let's first examine what might be the root of academic corruption, suggested by the title of a recent study …
Anna Merlan / The Guardian:
After the end of the world: the eerie silence of the Las Vegas Strip — The Las Vegas Strip looks like the morning after the end of the world. — On a recent day in late March, the strip was full of advertisements for things that read like transmissions from another planet where the air is easier to breathe.
David Rothkopf / USA Today:
Denial didn't get America past the Depression and it won't work for Trump on coronavirus — It's terribly risky in a pandemic to have a president who is anti-fact, anti-science and without empathy. Bad leaders who ignore crises make them much worse. — In March, the president, said the worst would be over in 60 days.
Ingrid Jacques / Detroit News:
Grassroots backlash grows against Whitmer's excessive stay-home order — Perhaps “the woman in Michigan” has let all the attention get to her head. — The fawning interviews and puff pieces from cable news networks and progressive media outlets happy to carry the Democratic Party's water …
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Science:
Projecting the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 through the postpandemic period — 1Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. — 2Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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” …
France 24:
McDonald's apologises after China store bans black people — US chain McDonald's has apologised after a sign telling black people they were banned from entering a branch in southern China prompted outrage online, following reports of discriminatory treatment towards Africans in the city.
Frank Main / Chicago Sun Times:
Pritzker arranging secret flights from China to bring millions of masks and gloves to Illinois — The governor is worried President Trump might try to seize the supplies for the federal stockpile so he's keeping the details quiet, a source said. — Gov. J.B. Pritzker is planning …
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Don Jr. blasts Jim Acosta for saying Trump is ‘scapegoating’ China for virus: ‘Maybe time for a name change from CNN to Xi NN’ — Donald Trump Jr. slammed CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta after the reporter knocked his father for naming the president's “scapegoates” for the coronavirus outbreak.
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 …
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Matthew J. Peterson / The American Mind:
A Time for Statesmanship — The president has got to make a decision. — “I'm going to have to make a decision, and I only hope to God that it's the right decision.” -Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America, Good Friday, 2020 President Trump was right to declare war …