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Ivanka Trump, Disregarding Federal Guidelines, Travels to N.J. for Passover — Ms. Trump herself has not followed the federal guidelines advising against discretionary travel, leaving Washington for another one of her family's homes. — WASHINGTON — Ivanka Trump, President Trump's eldest daughter …
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CNN, NBC News, The Hill, Raw Story and The US Sun
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Sources believe coronavirus originated in Wuhan lab as part of China's efforts to compete with US — EXCLUSIVE: COVID-19 originated in a Wuhan laboratory not as a bioweapon, but as part of China's effort to demonstrate that its efforts to identify and combat viruses are equal to or greater …
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Ben Lowsen / The Diplomat:
Did Xi Jinping Deliberately Sicken the World?
Did Xi Jinping Deliberately Sicken the World?
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JONATHAN TURLEY, The National Interest and Fox News
Yeganeh Torbati / ProPublica:
Trump Administration Officials Warned Against Halting Funding to WHO, Leaked Memo Shows
Trump Administration Officials Warned Against Halting Funding to WHO, Leaked Memo Shows
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Washington Post, New York Times, The White House, NPR, Daily Kos, ABC News, HuffPost, CNN and The Hill
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We've never backed a Democrat for president. But Trump must be defeated. — The authors are on the advisory board of the Lincoln Project. — This November, Americans will cast their most consequential votes since Abraham Lincoln's reelection in 1864. We confront a constellation of crises …
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After Anonymous Tip, 17 Bodies Are Found at Nursing Home Hit by Virus — There have been 68 recent deaths of residents and nurses from the facility in a small New Jersey town. — The call for body bags came late Saturday. — By Monday, the police in a small New Jersey town had gotten …
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The Hill, New Jersey Herald, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, The US Sun and New York Post
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Joe Biden's Double Standard — Confronting a sexual-harassment allegation, will the former vice president demand the due-process protections that he previously denied to others? — Politics and law — After weeks in which the allegation remained largely below the surface, on Sunday …
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Washington Post, Fox News and Washington Free Beacon
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Trump's attempt to enlist businesses in reopening push gets off to rocky start — President Trump's attempt to enlist corporate executives in a push to reopen parts of society amid the coronavirus pandemic got off to a rocky start Wednesday, with some business leaders complaining the effort …
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Drinking alcohol can make the coronavirus worse, the WHO says in recommending restricting access — Drinking alcohol can increase the risk of catching Covid-19 and governments around the world should limit access during coronavirus lockdowns, the World Health Organization said late Tuesday.
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Trump's Deadly Search for a Scapegoat
Trump's Deadly Search for a Scapegoat
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Trump threatens to adjourn Congress to get his nominees but likely would be impeded by Senate rules — President Trump threatened to shut down both chambers of Congress to allow him to fill vacancies in his administration without Senate approval. — He spent several minutes …
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NBC News, Outside the Beltway, Raw Story and Letters from an American
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump threatens to adjourn both chambers of Congress
Trump threatens to adjourn both chambers of Congress
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Some Banks Keep Customers' Stimulus Checks if Accounts Are Overdrawn — Financial institutions can use the government deposits to make up for recipients' negative balances. — For some struggling Americans, the arrival of a deposit from the Treasury Department to help with basic expenses …
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American Prospect and New York Post
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Hot spots erupt in farm belt states where governors insist lockdowns aren't needed — The only hospital in Grand Island, Neb., is full. The mayor has asked for a statewide stay-at-home order that the GOP governor insists isn't needed. More than one-third of those tested for coronavirus …
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The shutdown backlash is coming soon—with a vengeance — Laughter has been banned indefinitely during the pandemic, by order of all but a few hold-out governors, on the unanimous recommendation of health experts. — Many people, however, found it challenging to abide by the rules early in the crisis …
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Lindsey Graham outraised by Democrat Jaime Harrison in SC's record-setting Senate race — COLUMBIA — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham's Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison outraised the incumbent Republican for the first time in the race over the initial three months of 2020 …
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Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November: Sources — “Analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event,” a source said. — Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect comment from the Pentagon. — As far back as late November …
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WSJ News Exclusive | China's Export Restrictions Strand Medical Goods U.S. Needs to Fight Coronavirus, State Department Says — Orders of face masks, test kits and other urgently needed medical equipment made by 3M, Owens & Minor and PerkinElmer are sitting in warehouses across China, unable to receive necessary official clearances.
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Carnival Executives Knew They Had a Virus Problem, But Kept the Party Going — More than 1,500 people on the company's cruise ships have been diagnosed with Covid-19, and dozens have died. — The news, when it reached the Grand Princess early on March 4, barely registered at first.
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Protests erupt outside Capitol over Beshear's handling of pandemic, disrupting briefing — FRANKFORT, Ky. - Impatient protesters demanding Gov. Andy Beshear reopen Kentucky disrupted his televised Wednesday afternoon pandemic update, chanting, blowing horns and shouting into a megaphone outside …
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USA Today, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Hill and New York Magazine
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White House snubs Azar, installs Trump loyalist Michael Caputo as HHS spokesperson — The White House is installing Trump campaign veteran Michael Caputo in the health department's top communications position, Caputo confirmed to POLITICO. — The move is designed to assert more White House control …
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Sara Gideon leapfrogs Susan Collins in fundraising ahead of 2020 US Senate race — loading... Welcome, You're signed in as: {{credentials.userName}} — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Sara Gideon raised $7.1 million during the first quarter of 2020, surpassing Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
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Temporal dynamics in viral shedding and transmissibility of COVID-19 — Nature Medicine (2020) Cite this article — Abstract — We report temporal patterns of viral shedding in 94 patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 and modeled COVID-19 infectiousness profiles from a separate sample …
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Exclusive: New York taps McKinsey to develop ‘Trump-proof’ economic reopening plan — (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has hired high-powered consultants to develop a science-based plan for the safe economic reopening of the region that can thwart expected pressure from President Donald Trump …
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Apple rolls out cheaper iPhone as pandemic curbs spending — NEW YORK (AP) — Apple is releasing a new iPhone that will be vastly cheaper than the models it rolled out last fall when the economy was booming and the pandemic had yet to force people to rethink their spending.
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The Coronavirus Is Changing How Americans View One Another — This article is part of “The America We Need,” a Times Opinion series exploring how the nation can emerge from this crisis stronger, fairer and more free. Read the introductory editorial and the editor's letter.
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Falwell Focuses on Critics as Coronavirus Cases Near His University Grow — Jerry Falwell Jr. has tried to have journalists arrested as he maintains he has been unfairly maligned. But the coronavirus keeps spreading around Liberty University. — WASHINGTON — Jerry Falwell Jr.'s angry counteroffensive …
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Germany to relax coronavirus lockdown measures — Many shops and schools will reopen as chancellor warns success in slowing spread is ‘fragile’ — Germany will reopen many of its shops next Monday and some of its schools from May 4, as it joins other European countries in relaxing …
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Baseball? Coachella? Handshakes? Tinder? Anthony Fauci on the New Rules of Living With Coronavirus — Dr. Anthony Fauci wasn't at Donald Trump's side for his daily coronavirus task force briefing on Tuesday. But Fauci's aggressive and unpredictable media tour continued on Snapchat …
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New York Post, The Hill, The US Sun, YouTube and The Daily Caller
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Jobless claims reach 22 million over four weeks — Americans filed 5.2 million jobless claims last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday, pushing the four-week total to over 22 million as the coronavirus pandemic continued to send the workforce into a tailspin.
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Why Are Rich Americans Getting $1.7 Million Stimulus Checks? — I teach students and grads how to ace their personal finances. — A $1.7 million stimulus check? — While wealthy Americans are not eligible for the comparatively measly $1,200 stimulus checks that are now being disbursed …
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The Federalist and The Bread Line
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Hyped Malaria Pill Doesn't Help Clear Coronavirus in Study — Hydroxychloroquine, the 65-year-old malaria drug that President Donald Trump has praised, appeared not to help patients get rid of the pathogen in a small study. — The pill didn't help patients clear the virus better …
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Navy May Reinstate Fired Captain to Command of Roosevelt — Adm. Michael Gilday has indicated that he may reinstate Captain Crozier, who was removed from command after pleading for more help fighting a coronavirus outbreak on his ship. — WASHINGTON — The Navy is looking into whether …
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New York Post
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Major blow to Keystone XL pipeline as judge revokes key permit — Campaigners welcomed Wednesday's ruling as a victory for tribal rights and environmental protection — The controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline has been dealt a major setback, after a judge revoked a key permit issued …
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HuffPost
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Iranian vessels come dangerously close to American military ships: U.S. military — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eleven vessels from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) came dangerously close to U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships in the Gulf, the U.S. military said on Wednesday, calling the moves “dangerous and provocative.”
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In coronavirus scramble for N95 masks, Trump administration pays premium to third-party vendors — The Trump administration has awarded bulk contracts to third-party vendors in recent weeks in a scramble to obtain N95 respirator masks, and the government has paid the companies more than $5 per unit …