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9:45 AM ET, April 15, 2020

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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
Discussion: Raw Story and HuffPost
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill, Tangle and Forbes
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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)
CNN:
Elizabeth Warren to endorse Joe Biden on Wednesday
Discussion: Vanity Fair and WGN-TV
Eric Cortellessa / Washington Monthly:   An Open Letter to Bernie's Supporters
NBC News:   Bernie's struggle: The missteps and missed opportunities of a movement
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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Associated Press:
In nod to governors, Trump walks back total authority claim
Discussion: ABC News and The Hill
Associated Press:
Fauci: 'We're not there yet' on key steps to reopen economy
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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 …
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?
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Fox News
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.
Elaina Plott / New York Times:
Trump Wanted a Radio Show, but Deferred to Rush Limbaugh  —  The president did not want to compete with Mr. Limbaugh, whose influence with his conservative base is powerful, according to White House officials.  —  On a Saturday in early March, Donald J. Trump, clad in a baseball cap …
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.
Reuters:
Trump halts World Health Organization funding amid coronavirus pandemic  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would halt funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic while his administration reviews its response to the global crisis.
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Trump says he is halting funding for the World Health Organization
Discussion: Breitbart and MSNBC
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 …
Discussion: The Athletic, HuffPost and The Week
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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 …
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Wisconsin's Election Was Not a Triumph for Democracy.  It Was a Tragedy.  —  No healthy democracy would force its citizens to jeopardize their lives to vote.  —  The story of Wisconsin's April 7 election is, in some ways, an inspirational one.  Republicans insisted on holding the contest …
Discussion: The Bulwark, The Root and WISC-TV
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Washington Post:
Democratic voter motivation in Wisconsin has Republicans worried
Discussion: Kaiser Health News and Daily Kos
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Signal, Breitbart and WZZM-TV
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 …
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.
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 …
 
 
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Don Jr. blasts Jim Acosta for saying Trump is ‘scapegoating’ …
Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
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Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
The New York Times Knows Nobody Believes It about Biden, Kavanaugh, and Sexual Assault
The Bulwark:
Justin Amash Should Not Run for President (In 2020)
Christopher Caldwell / Spectator USA:
Sovereignty rules … At the end of March, about two weeks …
Wall Street Journal:
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CNN:
What the Surgeon General gets wrong about African Americans and Covid-19
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Sidelined by Coronavirus, Congressional Leaders Face Pressure to Vote Remotely
 Earlier Items: 
Jim Turner / Tampa Bay Times:
‘Starved for content’: Ron DeSantis explains why sporting events are needed now
Andrew Kerr / The Daily Caller:
Hunter Biden Still Listed As Board Member Of Chinese Company He Pledged To Resign From In October, Business Records Show
Discussion: Townhall
Elizabeth Chuck / NBC News:
Florida surgeon general removed from briefing after urging a year of social distancing
Discussion: Newsweek
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Susan Collins chides Trump for ‘very uneven’ performance on coronavirus
Discussion: National Review
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump says he will be “authorizing” governors to reopen states
Discussion: ABC News
ProPublica:
There's Been a Spike in People Dying at Home in Several Cities. …
 

 
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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

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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