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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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Heather Long / Washington Post:
The $1,200 stimulus checks are arriving. People are mostly spending them on food
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
Your Coronavirus Check Is Coming. Your Bank Can Grab It.
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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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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 …
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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 …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Has New York Bent The Curve?
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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)
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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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Brian Naylor / NPR:
FACT CHECK: Trump Doesn't Have The Authority To Order States To ‘Reopen’
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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 …
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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 …
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
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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.
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.
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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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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump announces cutoff of new funding for the World Health Organization over pandemic response
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Trump says he is halting funding for the World Health Organization
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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” …
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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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Another Dishonest Smear By the Washington Post [with comment by Paul] — Yesterday's Washington Post carried an attack on South Dakota and its governor, Kristi Noem, under the headline South Dakota's Governor resisted ordering people to stay home. Now it has one of the nation's largest coronavirus hot spots.
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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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ABC News:
Biden forges ahead with veep candidate search as coronavirus upends campaign — The candidate's team to vet picks will be in place by the end of this month. — In the week since Sen. Bernie Sanders' exit from the presidential race effectively ended the 2020 Democratic primary …
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Elizabeth Chuck / NBC News:
Florida surgeon general removed from briefing after urging a year of social distancing — Florida Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees was removed from a coronavirus briefing moments after he urged social distancing to remain in place until a coronavirus vaccine is developed — which could be at least a year away.
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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.
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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Jim Turner / Tampa Bay Times:
‘Starved for content’: Ron DeSantis explains why sporting events are needed now — DeSantis said people are “starved” for new entertainment, a day after it was reported he gave the green light to the wrestling giant WWE as an essential business to tape events in Orlando.
ProPublica:
There's Been a Spike in People Dying at Home in Several Cities. That Suggests Coronavirus Deaths Are Higher Than Reported. — Coronavirus death counts are based on positive tests and driven by hospital deaths. But data from major metropolitan areas shows a spike in at-home deaths …
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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