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5:50 PM ET, April 19, 2020

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Washington Post:
Americans at World Health Organization transmitted real-time information about coronavirus to Trump administration  —  More than a dozen U.S. researchers, physicians and public health experts, many of them from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, were working full …
New York Times:
Covid-19 Antibody Test, Seen as Key to Reopening Country, Does Not Yet Deliver  —  Antibody Test, Seen as Key to Reopening Country, Does Not Yet Deliver  — The tests, many made in China without F.D.A. approval, are raising alarms.  — Results are off.  Doctors are misusing them.
Discussion: Gothamist
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Laurie McGinley / Washington Post:
Dozens of coronavirus antibody tests on the market were never vetted by the FDA, leading to accuracy concerns  —  Aggressive marketing of the tests could confuse those clamoring for the products to determine who may have developed disease-fighting antibodies
Justin Caruso / The Daily Caller:
Trump Warns That Chris Wallace, Fox News Are ‘On A Bad Path’ After Pelosi Interview  —  President Donald Trump once again lashed out at Fox News and its flagship weekend host Chris Wallace in a tweet Sunday, saying that the network is on a “bad path” after an interview with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Discussion: The US Sun, Mother Jones and Raw Story
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Speaker Pelosi rips Trump as ‘weak leader,’ tells ‘Fox News Sunday’ he's failed on coronavirus response  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave President Trump an ‘F’ for what she called “weak” leadership during the coronavirus pandemic and promised that despite recent snags, Congress will “soon” …
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Mnuchin says deal could be struck on PPP as early as Sunday
Discussion: NPR and The Hill
David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
The White House Has Erected A Blockade Stopping States and Hospitals From Getting Coronavirus PPE  —  Whenever you start to think that the federal government under Donald Trump has hit a moral bottom, it finds a new way to shock and horrify.  —  Over the last few weeks, it has started to appear as though …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Reuters:
Exclusive: Neiman Marcus to file for bankruptcy as soon as this week - sources  —  (Reuters) - Neiman Marcus Group is preparing to seek bankruptcy protection as soon as this week, becoming the first major U.S. department store operator to succumb to the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Trump Has Begun His Corona Campaign.  We Don't Have to Play Along.  —  The coronavirus story isn't about the president.  —  Did you hear?  The president said some things today.  Mean things!  About someone I know ... I can't quite remember the details, or whether it was today or yesterday, or what day of the week it is, anyway.
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Sheila Kaplan / New York Times:
C.D.C. Labs Were Contaminated, Delaying Coronavirus Testing, Officials Say
Discussion: Sputnik News
Washington Post:
FloridaMorons trends after people flock to reopened Florida beaches  —  Aerial snapshots of people flocking to a reopened beach in Jacksonville, Fla., made waves on the Internet on Saturday.  —  Local news aired photos and videos of Florida's shoreline dotted with people, closer than six feet apart …
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Emily Shugerman / The Daily Beast:
‘Very, Very Scary’: Officials Dumbfounded as Florida Beaches Reopen, 3 Days After Death Spike
Discussion: Sun Herald and WTVY
Wall Street Journal:
Coronavirus Testing Hampered by Disarray, Shortages, Backlogs  —  State officials and labs say competition for supplies and questionable results are prolonging the national crisis  —  Amid efforts to expand coronavirus testing, laboratory operators and state health officials are navigating …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Boris Johnson skipped five virus briefings in early days of pandemic  —  A 5,000-word exposé by the Sunday Times of London — “38 days when Britain sleepwalked into disaster” — finds that Prime Minister Boris Johnson, distracted by personal turmoil and his Brexit victory lap …
Mark Murray / NBC News:
In new poll, 60 percent support keeping stay-at-home restrictions to fight coronavirus  —  Fifty-eight percent say they are more worried about stopping the virus' spread while 32 percent are more concerned with the economic fallout, a new NBC News/WSJ poll shows.
Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump's unspoken factor on reopening the economy: Politics  —  President Donald Trump and his aides aren't just weighing coronavirus infection rates as they push for a quick economic restart.  They think it's good politics, too.  —  Trump aides and allies say they are growing confident …
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Pence says reopening economy safely critical to ensure 'cure isn't worse than the disease'
Discussion: Politico, The Hill, Slate and New York Times
Brooke Baldwin / CNN:
How fighting coronavirus taught me about the gift of connection  —  We are publishing personal essays from CNN's global staff as they live and cover the story of Covid-19.  Brooke Baldwin anchors the 2-4p.m. edition of CNN Newsroom.  Based in New York, she was recently diagnosed with coronavirus.
Discussion: Mediaite
Ellen Knickmeyer / Associated Press:
'They're killing us,' Texas residents say of Trump rollbacks  —  HOUSTON (AP) — Danielle Nelson's best monitor for the emissions billowing out of the oil refineries and chemical plants surrounding her home: The heaving chest of her 9-year-old asthmatic son.
Associated Press:
‘Cartels are scrambling’: Virus snarls global drug trade  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Coronavirus is dealing a gut punch to the illegal drug trade, paralyzing economies, closing borders and severing supply chains in China that traffickers rely on for the chemicals to make such profitable drugs as methamphetamine and fentanyl.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
No Fight Over Red Ink Now, but Virus Spending Will Force Tough Choices  —  The surge of deficit spending to “never-before-seen levels” is viewed as necessary, but dangerous for the future.  —  WASHINGTON — The deficit hawks have had their wings clipped.  —  No one wants to hear alarms raised …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Catherine Lucey / Wall Street Journal:
More Americans Fear Lifting Coronavirus Restrictions Too Soon, WSJ/NBC Poll Says  —  Nearly 60% of respondents worry that lifting stay-at-home orders quickly will fuel the pandemic  —  Americans are worried about lifting stay-at-home orders too quickly amid the coronavirus pandemic …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Daily Mail:
U.S. coronavirus death toll approaches 40,000 as more than 1,900 people die in 24 hours and the number of cases rises to 741,866  — The coronavirus death toll in the United States climbed by 1,903 in 24 hours to reach 39,115 on Saturday  — Confirmed cases of the highly infectious illness …
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump, Fox News are trying to gin up a new Tea Party to distract you from their deadly failures  —  One carried a sign with Patrick Henry's famed Revolutionary-era quote — “Give me liberty or give me death!”  — and parked herself in front of a shuttered Baskin-Robbins to show her determination …
Discussion: The Atlantic and New York Times
Hyung-jin Kim / Associated Press:
North Korea denies that Kim sent Trump ‘a nice note’  —  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Sunday dismissed as “ungrounded” President Donald Trump's comment that he recently received “a nice note” from the North's leader, Kim Jong Un.  —  Trump said during a press briefing …
David Masciotra / Salon:
Trump is insane: And it's time for leading Democrats to say that out loud  —  Rational Americans already understand that our president is mentally ill. Will Democrats ever speak truth to power?  —  Psychologists warn of the deadly consequences of the “silent partner” in abusive homes.
KTSM-TV:
President Trump still owes El Paso from 2019 campaign rally  —  EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — As the City of El Paso looks to trim costs, KTSM wondered if President Donald Trump's re-election campaign has paid the City the half-a-million dollar bill from his February 2019 campaigns top at the El Paso County Coliseum.
Discussion: The Hill
NBC News:
Coronavirus hits Indian Country hard, exposing infrastructure disparities  —  “You're saying 20 seconds of wash your hands with water,” a Navajo doctor in Arizona said.  “We do not have plumbing.  And that's how I grew up.”  —  Every third day, someone from Dr. Michelle Tom's family navigates …
Discussion: The Week
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump and Fox went all-in on a coronavirus silver bullet.  But maybe the wrong one.  —  There is not, as of writing, any medication which has been shown in controlled trials to significantly hasten recovery from covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus that's become a global pandemic.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Andy Puzder / Fox News:
Trump coronavirus guidelines will get us back to normal and safeguard public health victories  —  Trump recognizing ‘economic reality’ of reopening country: Glenn Hubbard  —  It's time to start getting things back to normal after weeks of unprecedented national sacrifice to stop the coronavirus from spreading.
Rev:
Donald Trump Coronavirus Press Conference Transcript April 18  —  President Donald Trump's April 18 coronavirus task force press conference.  Trump railed against the media and gun control, going after both in Saturday's press conference. … Donald Trump: (02:13)  —  Thank you very much.
Discussion: Breitbart and Althouse
New York Times:
Chile, India, France: Coronavirus World News Updates  —  The pandemic has reached Afghanistan's presidential palace.  Volunteers are stoking divisions as they tighten India's lockdown.  —  RIGHT NOW France's prime minister said infections had slowed but that there would be no normalcy “for a long time.”
Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
25 Years After Oklahoma City, Domestic Terrorism Is on the Rise  —  In an exclusive interview with WIRED, FBI director Christopher Wray discusses a scourge that “moves at the speed of social media.”  —  As the United States marks the 25th anniversary Sunday of the bombing …
Discussion: The Federalist
 
 
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K Street is booming. But there's a creeping sense of dread.
Discussion: Raw Story
Uri Friedman / The Atlantic:
New Zealand's Prime Minister May Be the Most Effective Leader on the Planet
Discussion: The National Interest
Mitchell Armentrout / Chicago Sun Times:
State lawmakers seek more than $41B in federal coronavirus aid — including $10B pension bailout
Discussion: Twitchy
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Inslee says Trump's “liberate” tweets are encouraging “illegal activity”
ABC News:
Inside nursing homes, coronavirus brings isolation and 7,300 deaths; Outside, families yearn for news
Michael A. Walsh / New York Post:
How the Obamas could easily win eight more years in the White House
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Government is everywhere now. Where does it go next?
New York Times:
With Broad, Random Tests for Antibodies, Germany Seeks Path Out of Lockdown
Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump's approval rally has disappeared
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Battleground power plays rage as everyday politics go quiet
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
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Bill Scher / Politico:
Will the Pandemic Keep Third Parties Off the 2020 Ballot?
David J. Lynch / Stamford Advocate:
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